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MODERNISM - Coggle Diagram
MODERNISM
Common features
Distortion of shape
reflect the complexity of modern urban life
Breaking down of limitations in space and time
Emphasis on subjectivity
New literary techniques ( stream of consciousness
important of a unconsciouns life
Modern novel
New concept of time
time was perceived as subjective and inner
the interior monologue
the verbal expression of psychic phenomenon
stream of consciousness
the psychic phenomenon itself
the continuous flow of thoughts and sensation that characterise the human mind
the shift from the victorian novel
need for different froms of expression
novelists was in a moral psychological uncertainty position
transformation of British society
Modern novelist
they understood impossible to reproduce the complexity of human mind using traditional techniques
gave more importance to subjective consciousness
rejected omniscent narrator
new methods to portray the individual consciousness
Three groups of novelist
Psychological novelist
Joseph Conrad
main works
the shadow line
Lord jim
Nostromo
The secret sharer
The secret agent
Heart of darkness
narrative technique
the frame
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Structure and style
anonymous narrator
idiomatic speech
charachters
Kurtz
Marlow
journey into the self
marlow's story is a mythical journey in search of the inner self
he didn't transgress his limits
he was able to restrain himself
he was saved because his aim was the self-knowledge
Darkness
death and despair in the jungle
death of authority
death of ethical behaviour
solitude and alienation
Indictment of imperialism
imperialism is a system of political and economic dominance
historical context
Civilisation
habituate the natives to general laws
life
second industrial revolution
depression
imperialism and ww1
who experimented with subjective narrative techniques
James Joyce
style
revolutionary style
setting : Ireland
real place
narrative technique
free direct speech
extreme interior monologue
Dubliners
style
fifteen stories
external narrator
setting in Dublin
Themes
Paralasys
the consequence of a frenetic and impersonal life
Epiphany
describe a sudden revelation in the every day life of the characters
the protagonists have some desire they would like to fulfil, but they give up because of their circumstance
Anti-utopian / distopian novel
George Orwell
influence of dickens
role of artist
social themes
realistic langauge
LIfe
Born in India in 1923
socialism and atheism
Animal Farm
style
clear, uncomplicated language
satirical allegorical fable
charachters
Mr. Jones, the farmer
corrupt and flawed government
Pigs
become the leaders of the farm
Napoleon
snowball
Themes
revolution (Russian)
Corruption of the leaders
Ignorance
International movement at the beginning of the 21th century
age of anxiety
ww1
mentality changes
scientific theories