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MODERNISM - Coggle Diagram
MODERNISM
precursors
Joseph Conrad
impressionistic technique
fragmented point of view
Henry James
point of view of one single character
David Herbert Lawrence
undermine the idea that the self is a stable and fixed entity
New theories and ideas revolutionized the concept of life and of the world
Einstein's theory of relativity
Freud's psychoanalysis
world of uncoscious and inner self
Interpretation of Dreams
consciousness is multilayered
reality exists only as it is perceived by the self
inflenced many authors
Lawrence
the first WW inaugurated an era of anxiety and uncertainty
reflected in the literary and artistic production
technical and stylistic experimentalism
COSMOPOLITAN literary and artistic movement
new styles to rebel against the past
futurism
common features
narrative techniques showing the flux of thoughts
rejection of traditional grammar and punctuation
redefinition of traditional concepts of time and place
rejection of traditional verse forms in poetry
fragmentation of the narrative point of view
use of complex vocabulary and concepts
cubism
expressionism
surrealism
human mind is at the centre of the writer's scrutiny
subjective truths
Two main strata
modernist prose
inward reality
reaction against Modernism
external reality
George Orwell
1984 (1949)
Animal Farm (1945)
Aldous Huxley
colonial issues
Forster
experimented with themes instead of styles
Philip Dick
STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
