Modernism

What is modernism?

• refers to the radical shift in aesthetic and cultural sensibilities.

• refers to and represents a reality outside itself.

• The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination.

• the various branches of creative activity

Modernism started to be shaped by:

• Expression

• Economy

• Arts

• Industrialized societies

Modernism existed during

• Around 1940s

• Around 1845

• Around 1890-1950

• from 1700-1740

Is a device that modernists used to emphasize the psychological state of a character.

(a)  

Main theme of modernism

• Transformation

• Art

• Literature

• Alienation

Modernism marked a strong break with tradition in society this breaks includes reactions against:

• Social view

• Religion

• Education

• Economy

Is characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional ways of writing, in both poetry and prose fiction writing.

(a)  

Precursors of modernism:

• Sigmund Freud and Ernst Mach

• Andrew Bird

• Nat King Cole

• Taylor swift

The Modernist impulse is fueled in various literatures by

(a)  

Modernism is

• A school

• A philosophical movement and an art movement

• A gender

• A literary device