PPT-The Modernist Period

19001950 What is Modernism An international period or movement in European and American art literature and culture Began in the early 1900s right before WWI 19141918 Ends a little after WWII 19391945. Modernist and Postmodernist F ramework s of Social Work Knowledge Antony Schaffarczyk, Royal Holloway University of London This paper explores the influence of modernist and postmodernist ideas in 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 . Fiction – . Writers. on the . novel. 1. “. It . is fine to see how the old three volume tradition is being broken through. One volume is becoming commonest of all. It is the new school, due to continental influence. Thackeray and Dickens wrote at enormous length and with profusion of detail; their plan is to tell everything, and leave nothing to be divined. Far more artistic, I think, is the later method, of merely suggesting; of dealing with episodes, instead of writing biographies. The old novelist is omniscient. I think it is better to tell a story precisely as one does in real life, hinting, surmising, telling in detail what . Literature . 1914-1945. Causes of the Modernist Temper. WWI. Urbanization. Industrialization. Immigration. Technological Evolution. Growth of Modern Science. Influence of Austrian Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). 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. . Postmodernism. The Postmodern era started in the 1950’s. Writers attempt to blend literary styles. There is a break from traditional forms of writing. Significant Writers. Do you recognise these books?. Which of these factors contributed least to the divide between rural traditionalists and urban modernists in the 1920s?. A. Traditionalists . often viewed modernist trends as immoral.. B. Many . modernists envied the peace and quiet of small-town life.. 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 . 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.. 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. Outline. The classic short story. Modernist approaches to short fiction. The context for short fiction in modernism. Katherine Mansfield. D. efinitions. E.M. Forster, . Aspects of the Novel. :. [Story] is immensely old – it goes back to Neolithic times, perhaps to Palaeolithic... The primitive audience was an audience of shock-heads, gaping round the campfire, fatigued with contending against the mammoth or woolly rhinoceros, and only kept awake by suspense. The [storyteller] droned on, and as soon as the audience guessed what happened next they either fell asleep or killed him.” . 1900-1930. Modernism. The Modernist movement is defined by the highs and lows of the US economy, global conflict, and a new, technological and diverse society.. Shifts in culture marked each decade.. The luminaire is compatibile with the bulbs of the energy classes A - Eproduct categoryenvironmentmaterialtablesolid brassvoltageswitchbackelitesourcecord lenght235295ELT