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Modernism & Modern Novel - Coggle Diagram

- - - - new views of man & the universe
- - - - his figure and poems inspired patriotism and war propaganda
    - - we can see: -his sentimental view of the war -england seen as a perfect and beautiful place -death seen just as the death of the body -death in honour of england -romantic view of the soldier who fights for his homeland
  - - - he managed to represent modern warfare in a realistic way
        
        his aim with his poems was to awake the conscience of the readers to the horrors of the war
    - - based on the poet's experience in tranches
        
        communicate the pity of the war
        
        the meaning of the title is -it's sweet & honourable
      - we can see: -the realistic description -the reality of soldiers' conditions -how soldiers actually felt -the cruel death -the nonsense of the war -the critique of the english propaganda
- - - - set all his work in ireland & wanted to give a realistic portrait of the life of ordinary people
    - - wanted to render life objectively
        
        used different points of view
        
        importance of the inner world of the characters
    - - 15 stories set in Dublin
        
        Dublin is a place where cruelty and selfishness are predominant
        
        themes: -detailed description -mix of realism and symbolism -stories told by the character pov -set in their minds -follow their stream of conscoiusness
        
        epiphany
        
        a special moment that lead the characters to a sudden self-realisation about their life & condition
        
        it conceals the key to the story
        
        paralysis
        
        phisical & moral caused by politics, culture, society & family
        
        climax: the characters come to the awarness of their paralysis
        
        esacpe
        
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  - - - it belongs to the first period works
        
        the poem consists of 5 sections
        
        it rejects any order or unity, with fragmented images
        
        themes: -contrast between fertility of past and spiritual sterility of present -alienated characters and world -collapse of civilisation -despair of living
        
        the present world lacks of any hope, faith, ideals or values
        
        the mythical past appears in the allusions to and quotation from past literary works
        
        its style is a mixture of different poetic styles
        
        he uses the technique of implication, objective correlative, juxtaposition and repetition of words & images
    - - his wife was in poor physical and mental health
        
        he was also in poor mental health and spent some time in a sanatorium
        
        he expressed his horror with poetry
        
        his works can be devided into 2 period
        
        first with a pessimistic vision of the world
        
        second, after the conversion to anglicanism, with purification, hope and joy