PPT-LIT 3023 Modernism T.S. Eliot

The Waste Land 2 Overview Recap on last lecture A poem of allusion Structure Close reading The Waste Land Sources myth and romance see Jessie Weston James Frazer European literature in general. realism.. . Arguably . the most paradigmatic motive of modernism is the rejection of . tradition and . its reprise, incorporation, rewriting, recapitulation, revision and parody in new . forms.. . Modernism . Revising for Clarity and Meaning. 1. Preludes. (1917), a poem by T.S Eliot, portray the subjective experience of a person and the objective reality. He reflects on the fragmented alienation from the physical reality as he challenges the limits of one’s consciousness. 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). By: T. S. Eliot. Eliot’s Waste Land. Eliot’s Waste Land. http://infographicsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/the-waste-land.jpg. About The Waste Land. ". The Waste Land. " caused a sensation when it was published in 1922. It is today the most widely translated and studied English-language poem of the twentieth century. This is perhaps surprising given the poem's length and its difficulty, but Eliot's vision of modern life as plagued by sordid impulses, widespread apathy, and pervasive soullessness packed a punch when readers first encountered it.. 1914-1945. Major Influences. World War I. The Jazz Age/Roaring Twenties. Prohibition. The Harlem Renaissance. 19. th. Amendment (Women Suffrage). The . Great Depression. The New . Deal. Factories. Larger cities. Time and Consciousness in . Mrs. Dalloway. Time. Clock time (Big Ben). Internal time (Interior monologue). Past – present – future (Deep past and deep future suggested in portrayal of the present moment). Woolf (1) . Overview. Virginia Woolf - life and times. As a . modernist novelist. As a critic and thinker. As a feminist. . Woolf. 1882-1941. Another Victorian. Daughter of Leslie Stephen. Educated at home. 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. BIRTH:. Thomas Stearns Eliot . September 26, 1888 in Missouri. . CHILDHOOD:. father, Henry Ware Eliot, . mother, Charlotte Champe Stearns, . was a teacher. . At the time of Eliot’s birth, his parents were in their mid-forties . Rajesh Kevin Sanjay. “Modernism is not a precise label but instead a way of referring to the efforts of many individuals across the arts who tried to move away from established modes of representations”. 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 By Prof. Shikha Singh. 1. Introduction. The composition . of The Waste Land . has a textual history . which is ably reflected in . The waste Land Facsimile . and Transcript of the Original Draft. was edited by Valerie Eliot in 1971.. Mrs. Dalloway. Time. Clock time (Big Ben). Internal time (Interior monologue). Past – present – future (Deep past and deep future suggested in portrayal of the present moment). Structural . organisation. Eliot’s Waste Land. Eliot’s Waste Land. http://infographicsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/the-waste-land.jpg. About The Waste Land. ". The Waste Land. " caused a sensation when it was published in 1922. It is today the most widely translated and studied English-language poem of the twentieth century. This is perhaps surprising given the poem's length and its difficulty, but Eliot's vision of modern life as plagued by sordid impulses, widespread apathy, and pervasive soullessness packed a punch when readers first encountered it..