The rise of Modernism occurred at the outset of the twentieth century, a time of great upheaval, not only in the arts, but in nearly every aspect of life. The expansion of scientific understanding and revolutionary growth in technology, coupled with incredible economic progress, provided a breeding ground for progressive thought. A new way of ...
Modernist writers use some very specific themes and poetic devices in their writing that sets it apart from other periods of English literature. According to the Modernisms powerpoint, Modernism is defined as “a periodizing classification that designates the wide range of cultural preoccupations, philosophical currents, and historical events that shaped the literature of the first ...
A fable is literary genre that is usually very short and epigrammatic in nature, revealing by story’s end an instructive moral. The most famous writer of fables is Aesop, of course, and so successful was he that very few writers even attempt to take up the challenge of adding to the substantial canon attributed to ...
Few cultures divest rituals and annual celebrations with as much importance and reverence as do the Asian cultures. During the 5000 years of China’s existence, in particular, a number of social and religious customs have risen to an importance that at times becomes unhealthy, causing the subjugation and mistreatment of individuals and fostering moral hypocrisy. ...
Some of the greatest pieces of creativity perhaps were written in the 20th century. It was a time period that included World War I, parts of World War II, the Great Depression, and a flourishing Jazz era. Writers, musicians, and also the growth of the movie industry in the middle of the 20th century proved ...
For the very reason that so many irrational and unattainable things exist in the universe, modern poetry exists; modern poets like Whitman, Dickinson, Frost, Stevens, Yeats, Williams, Eliot, and Pound, each contributed to the modernist era by trying to make sense of the irrational, trying to find light in the darkness, order in the chaos. ...
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