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1 I ATLANTIC T ANYA BARSON Whenever a fleet of ships gave chase to slave ships it was easiest just to lighten the boat by throwing cargo overboar d weighing it down with balls and chainsx2026. ts about hange Changing policies and practices to promote healthy productive and purposeful aging requires transformative work and collaboration with a broad range of likeminded individuals and institutions Many have helped ll recognize just a few o 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 . PROFESSOR SHELDON SCHIFFER. MAYMESTER VERSION. 
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. Office hours: 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM . Daily. Office. :. 25 Park . Place South – Room . 1023. phone. : 404-413-. 5623. email. : schiffer@gsu.. 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 . Events and trends that helped shape Modernism. History that led to Modernism. World War I 1914-1918. First “modern” war. Employed new artillery firepower (machine guns, Howitzers shells, tanks, airplane . 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. Defining. Modernism. “I haven’t changed my mind about modernism from the first day I ever did it…It means integrity; it means honesty; it means the absence of sentimentality and the absence of nostalgia; it means simplicity; it means clarity. That’s what modernism means to me.”. unresolved. different meanings across fields. Politics and Econ. Arts. Religion – it is heresy (original use). Modernism. ’. s Materials. the everyday – boring, mundane. day novels – . Ulysses. Which intellectual and social movement was the Romantic movement a reaction to?. The Renaissance. The Enlightenment. The . Gilded . Age. The Medieval era. Which of the following were key reasons behind the Romantic movement?. Modernism 1 Modernism….. An international artistic movement Architecture, arts and crafts, film and literature Began in the latter part of the 19 th century Came to an end(?) in the middle of the twentieth century A sequel to the hit PowerPoint presentation,. Modernism: More than a mass of crudely drawn rectangles, thank you very much. . (. link here. , in case you forgot that one). * . Menand. , Louis. “Saved From Drowning.” Rev. of . 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.