PPT-Modernism after 1945 Mavlenkin

Alexander MIIGAiK Moscow Introduction For thirty years after the Second World War the various images of modernity established in the 1920s and 1930s held undisputed sway though in cases they were now developed and extended by the same architects including Wright Corbusier . Meiji Restoration. 1868. Emperor “restored” to power. Creation of a modern nation state. Getting to Empire. Victory in Sino-Japanese War (1895). Getting to Empire. Victory in Sino-Japanese War (1895). 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 . Week 15, February 3. German destruction of Murmansk, 1943 . (. Yevgeny. . Khaldei. ). Germans losing the war. Battle of Kursk, summer 1943, last German offensive in the East . . Jews and other victims locked in the continent . 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 . Background…. During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, the first on August 6, 1945 and the second on August 9, 1945. These two events are the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date. . 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 . Movements in Literature and Art. Modernism in Literature. Post WWI, pre WWII. Nontraditional syntax and forms. Accessible to everyone, not just academics. Pessimistic picture of a culture in chaos. Question moral and philosophical meanings. 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. 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. What’s Essential?. Causes of the War (underlying and direct). Reasons for American Neutrality (various acts/events). Reason for American entrance: Pearl Harbor. Wartime goals of the Allies. Major battles: D-Day, Iwo Jima, Okinawa. Week 5. 1859 Arrival. . of. 黒船（. Kurofune. ): U.S. naval diplomatic expedition to Japan. Why the US?. Why Japan?. Commodore Matthew. . Calbraith. . Perry. Ryomaden. 10:38. 1859-1868 . 尊王攘夷 . 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.