SlideShare a Scribd company logo
1 of 39
Modernism in literature An overwiew of early 20th century  literary trends
Definition ,[object Object]
A few dates ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Modernism as a movement ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
General Features  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Consequences  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Thematic features ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Theoretical Background  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Influential thinkers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Max Plank  (1858-1947) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Albert Einstein  ( 1879-1955)   ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
William James  (1842-1910) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Sigmund Freud  (1856-1938) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Carl G. Jung  (1875-1961) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Friedrich Nietzsche  (1844-1900) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Henri Bergson  (1858-1941) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
James Frazer  (1834-1841)   ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Ferdinand De Saussure   (1857-1913) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Painting ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Matisse
Picasso
Braque
Wyndham Lewis
Kandinsky
Music ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Formal features of poetry ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Free verse ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Modernist poets ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
W.B. Yeats  (1855-1939)
T.S. Eliot  (1888-1965)
Modernist novelists ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Formal features of narrative  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Stream of consciousness ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Interior monologue ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
V. Woolf  (1882-1941)
J. Joyce  (1882-1941)
D.H Lawrence  (1995-1930)
G. Orwell  (1903-1950)
References  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

More Related Content

What's hot

Victorian literature ‫‬
Victorian literature ‫‬Victorian literature ‫‬
Victorian literature ‫‬
Mohammed Raiyah
 
Structuralism as a literary Movement....
Structuralism as a literary Movement....Structuralism as a literary Movement....
Structuralism as a literary Movement....
Bhumi Joshi
 

What's hot (20)

Arnold and his criticism
Arnold and his criticism Arnold and his criticism
Arnold and his criticism
 
Modernism
ModernismModernism
Modernism
 
Renaissance Period Literature
Renaissance Period LiteratureRenaissance Period Literature
Renaissance Period Literature
 
The Age of Chaucer
The Age of ChaucerThe Age of Chaucer
The Age of Chaucer
 
Superfanicom The Tenets Of Liberal Humanism
Superfanicom The Tenets Of Liberal HumanismSuperfanicom The Tenets Of Liberal Humanism
Superfanicom The Tenets Of Liberal Humanism
 
The Victorian Period- English Literature
The Victorian Period- English LiteratureThe Victorian Period- English Literature
The Victorian Period- English Literature
 
Victorian literature ‫‬
Victorian literature ‫‬Victorian literature ‫‬
Victorian literature ‫‬
 
Romanticism
RomanticismRomanticism
Romanticism
 
Neoclassical Literature
Neoclassical LiteratureNeoclassical Literature
Neoclassical Literature
 
Difference between Classicism and Romanticism
Difference between Classicism and RomanticismDifference between Classicism and Romanticism
Difference between Classicism and Romanticism
 
Stream of consciousness
Stream of consciousnessStream of consciousness
Stream of consciousness
 
JOHN DRYDEN
JOHN DRYDENJOHN DRYDEN
JOHN DRYDEN
 
General characteristics of 20th century
General characteristics of 20th centuryGeneral characteristics of 20th century
General characteristics of 20th century
 
Russian formalism
Russian formalismRussian formalism
Russian formalism
 
Modern peotry
Modern peotryModern peotry
Modern peotry
 
Structuralism as a literary Movement....
Structuralism as a literary Movement....Structuralism as a literary Movement....
Structuralism as a literary Movement....
 
Romantic Age in English Literature
Romantic Age in English LiteratureRomantic Age in English Literature
Romantic Age in English Literature
 
Expressionism
ExpressionismExpressionism
Expressionism
 
Preface to Lyrical Ballads
Preface to Lyrical BalladsPreface to Lyrical Ballads
Preface to Lyrical Ballads
 
To the lighthouse, Summary,themes, symbols and modernism
To the lighthouse, Summary,themes, symbols and modernismTo the lighthouse, Summary,themes, symbols and modernism
To the lighthouse, Summary,themes, symbols and modernism
 

Viewers also liked

Dystopian novels
Dystopian novelsDystopian novels
Dystopian novels
gordon77
 
Victor horta
Victor hortaVictor horta
Victor horta
reflets
 
Works and influences of hector guimard
Works and influences of hector guimardWorks and influences of hector guimard
Works and influences of hector guimard
Nalin Bhatia
 

Viewers also liked (20)

Modernism Ppt
Modernism PptModernism Ppt
Modernism Ppt
 
Modernism
ModernismModernism
Modernism
 
Aspects of Modernism
Aspects of ModernismAspects of Modernism
Aspects of Modernism
 
Introduction to Modern Literature 1900-1950
Introduction to Modern Literature 1900-1950Introduction to Modern Literature 1900-1950
Introduction to Modern Literature 1900-1950
 
An Overview of Human Rights, Health Related Rights & HIV/AIDS in Kenya
An Overview of Human Rights, Health Related Rights & HIV/AIDS in KenyaAn Overview of Human Rights, Health Related Rights & HIV/AIDS in Kenya
An Overview of Human Rights, Health Related Rights & HIV/AIDS in Kenya
 
American Literature: Introduction to the Modern Period
American Literature: Introduction to the Modern PeriodAmerican Literature: Introduction to the Modern Period
American Literature: Introduction to the Modern Period
 
Modernism in a Literature.
Modernism in a Literature.Modernism in a Literature.
Modernism in a Literature.
 
Dystopian novels
Dystopian novelsDystopian novels
Dystopian novels
 
Dystopia
DystopiaDystopia
Dystopia
 
Dystopian Worlds
Dystopian WorldsDystopian Worlds
Dystopian Worlds
 
Lake poets
Lake poetsLake poets
Lake poets
 
The dystopian novel
The dystopian novelThe dystopian novel
The dystopian novel
 
Dystopian narratives
Dystopian narrativesDystopian narratives
Dystopian narratives
 
Dystopian Genre
Dystopian GenreDystopian Genre
Dystopian Genre
 
General characteristic of Modernist Age
General characteristic of Modernist AgeGeneral characteristic of Modernist Age
General characteristic of Modernist Age
 
Victor horta
Victor hortaVictor horta
Victor horta
 
Art Nouveau
Art NouveauArt Nouveau
Art Nouveau
 
Works and influences of hector guimard
Works and influences of hector guimardWorks and influences of hector guimard
Works and influences of hector guimard
 
The Generic conventions of Sci-fi films
The Generic conventions of Sci-fi filmsThe Generic conventions of Sci-fi films
The Generic conventions of Sci-fi films
 
Teacher feedback form
Teacher feedback formTeacher feedback form
Teacher feedback form
 

Similar to Modernism In Literature

Introductiontothe romanticageofenglishliterature
Introductiontothe romanticageofenglishliteratureIntroductiontothe romanticageofenglishliterature
Introductiontothe romanticageofenglishliterature
Samir Baruah
 
How humanities changed_the_world
How humanities changed_the_worldHow humanities changed_the_world
How humanities changed_the_world
CSR
 
08.11.21 Understanding Performance - Modernism
08.11.21 Understanding Performance - Modernism08.11.21 Understanding Performance - Modernism
08.11.21 Understanding Performance - Modernism
Louise Douse
 

Similar to Modernism In Literature (20)

Modernism in literature by Monir Hossen
Modernism in literature by Monir Hossen Modernism in literature by Monir Hossen
Modernism in literature by Monir Hossen
 
Modernism by Monir Hossen
Modernism by Monir HossenModernism by Monir Hossen
Modernism by Monir Hossen
 
Literary Modernism
Literary ModernismLiterary Modernism
Literary Modernism
 
Introductiontothe romanticageofenglishliterature
Introductiontothe romanticageofenglishliteratureIntroductiontothe romanticageofenglishliterature
Introductiontothe romanticageofenglishliterature
 
My Presentation on Teacher Day about Modernist Literature.
My Presentation on Teacher Day about Modernist Literature.My Presentation on Teacher Day about Modernist Literature.
My Presentation on Teacher Day about Modernist Literature.
 
Modernism
ModernismModernism
Modernism
 
Guía para Semestral Great Universal Writters
Guía para Semestral Great Universal WrittersGuía para Semestral Great Universal Writters
Guía para Semestral Great Universal Writters
 
Deprived of Free Will: Antihumanism in Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party
 Deprived of Free Will: Antihumanism in Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party  Deprived of Free Will: Antihumanism in Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party
Deprived of Free Will: Antihumanism in Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party
 
History of English literature .pdf
History of English literature .pdfHistory of English literature .pdf
History of English literature .pdf
 
Larida
LaridaLarida
Larida
 
How humanities changed_the_world
How humanities changed_the_worldHow humanities changed_the_world
How humanities changed_the_world
 
Literarytheory
LiterarytheoryLiterarytheory
Literarytheory
 
Literature "romantic movement and ghotic
Literature "romantic movement and ghoticLiterature "romantic movement and ghotic
Literature "romantic movement and ghotic
 
A poetics of postmodernism.pptx
A poetics of postmodernism.pptxA poetics of postmodernism.pptx
A poetics of postmodernism.pptx
 
Modernism in Art: An Introduction, Refelctions of a modern world
Modernism in Art: An Introduction, Refelctions of a modern worldModernism in Art: An Introduction, Refelctions of a modern world
Modernism in Art: An Introduction, Refelctions of a modern world
 
08.11.21 Understanding Performance - Modernism
08.11.21 Understanding Performance - Modernism08.11.21 Understanding Performance - Modernism
08.11.21 Understanding Performance - Modernism
 
Lit mov booklet part-4
Lit mov booklet part-4Lit mov booklet part-4
Lit mov booklet part-4
 
The Impact Of Postmodernism
The Impact Of PostmodernismThe Impact Of Postmodernism
The Impact Of Postmodernism
 
Anecdote And History
Anecdote And HistoryAnecdote And History
Anecdote And History
 
Modernism in Literature
Modernism in LiteratureModernism in Literature
Modernism in Literature
 

More from Maria Teresa Ciaffaroni

More from Maria Teresa Ciaffaroni (20)

Macbeth buono
Macbeth buonoMacbeth buono
Macbeth buono
 
The merchant of venice
The merchant of veniceThe merchant of venice
The merchant of venice
 
King lear
King learKing lear
King lear
 
Hamlet 3 c
Hamlet 3 cHamlet 3 c
Hamlet 3 c
 
Hamlet
HamletHamlet
Hamlet
 
Sciascia e shakespear eok
Sciascia e shakespear eokSciascia e shakespear eok
Sciascia e shakespear eok
 
Food in shakespeare
Food in shakespeareFood in shakespeare
Food in shakespeare
 
Le fonti italiane di shakespeare
Le fonti italiane di shakespeareLe fonti italiane di shakespeare
Le fonti italiane di shakespeare
 
Quiz urban developpement
Quiz urban developpementQuiz urban developpement
Quiz urban developpement
 
Urban development
Urban developmentUrban development
Urban development
 
Quiz political assassinations
Quiz political assassinationsQuiz political assassinations
Quiz political assassinations
 
Political murders in europe
Political murders in europePolitical murders in europe
Political murders in europe
 
PresenThe augustinian monastery
PresenThe augustinian monasteryPresenThe augustinian monastery
PresenThe augustinian monastery
 
Torneranno i prati
Torneranno i pratiTorneranno i prati
Torneranno i prati
 
Aircrafts enter into war
Aircrafts enter into warAircrafts enter into war
Aircrafts enter into war
 
Rome development
Rome developmentRome development
Rome development
 
Separated fathers in italy rev
Separated fathers in italy revSeparated fathers in italy rev
Separated fathers in italy rev
 
Women and politics rev 1
Women and politics rev 1Women and politics rev 1
Women and politics rev 1
 
Migration in rome
Migration in romeMigration in rome
Migration in rome
 
Amusement rev 1
Amusement rev 1Amusement rev 1
Amusement rev 1
 

Modernism In Literature