PDF-MODERNISM & MODERNIST LITERATURE: INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND INTRODUCT

1 2 THE. Week. . 2, Day 1. (8 September 2015). Did You Buy the Class Text??. There is ONE class text ONLY that you MUST obtain for this class. . It’s available from the English Department office (1027), and it costs just 6000 won . The Waste Land. 434 Lines. Published in 1922. Considered one of, if not the, most important poem of the 20. th. century.. Edited by Ezra Pound, leading poet of the Modern Period.. The Waste Land. The five parts of . 1900-1945. Between World Wars. Many historians have described the period between the two World Wars as a “traumatic coming of age.”. In a post-Industrial Revolution era, America had moved from an agrarian nation to an urban nation.. Reading Contemporary Fiction. Lecture Week Seven. Structure of the lecture. Realism, a brief recap.. Modernism. Modernist . Fiction. Post-Structuralism and Post-Modernism. A Post-Modern text: 500 Days of Summer. Original publication date- 1925. Prior knowledge?. Gatsby Intro- Context. Post war. Pre-Crash. Prohibition. Old Money vs. New Money. American Dream. Gatsby Intro- Modernism. The term modernism refers to the radical shift in aesthetic and cultural sensibilities evident in the art and literature of the post-World War One period. . . Post-modernism. . . POST-MODERNISM . Postmodernism is a concept that encompasses a wide range of ideals, methods and practices. It is more importantly not a philosophical movement in itself, but rather, incorporates a number of philosophical and critical methods that can be considered 'postmodern', the most familiar methods include . The . Lost. Generation. -Isms. Romanticism, Dark Romanticism, Transcendentalism. (Louisiana Purchase, figuring out the role of government, industrialization vs. nature). Realism. (Reaction to the Civil War, push to make literature relatable). 1900-1950. What is Modernism?. An international period or movement in European and American art, literature, and culture.. Began in the early 1900s right before WWI (1914-1918).. Ends a little after WWII (1939-1945).. Zak Diethorn, Nicole Steedle, Shannon Spangler. Time period . From beginning of the 20th century to about 1965. The period was marked with breaks in the traditional ways of viewing the world in areas such as society, religion, and politics.. wars, Prosperity, & Depression. Modernism. Recognized not only in literature, but also. a. rchitecture. p. hilosophy. p. sychology. a. nthropology. painting. m. usic. sculpture. t. he sciences. A Movement of Cultural Crisis. The Great Gatsby . by F. Scott Fitzgerald . We are going to be reading it this unit and looking at how the 4 characteristics of modernism appear throughout it.. . 1. . . Sense . of disillusionment and loss of faith in the “American Dream. Alfred, Lord Tennyson, ‘The Lady of . Shalott. ’:. On either side the river lie. Long fields of barley and of rye,. That clothe the . wold. and meet the sky:. And thro’ the field the road runs by. Questions to consider . Define the word “modern” in your own words:. What does the word modern mean to you? . What are its associations?. Is it a positive or negative term? Why?. Definition. Modernism is a literary and cultural international movement which flourished in the first decades of the 20th century. It reflects a sense of cultural crisis which was both exciting and disquieting, in that it opened up a whole new vista of human possibilities at the same time as putting into question any previously accepted means of grounding and evaluating new ideas. Modernism is marked by experimentation, particularly manipulation of form, and by the realization that knowledge is not absolute.. Parallelisms and Differences. Critical Studies Series for PG English. Shalini. Rachel Varghese. Asst. Professor, Christian College, . Chengannur. Introduction. Modernism and Postmodernism -two movements in lit and art.