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MODERNIST PERIOD IN ENGLISH
LITERATURE.
MODERNIST PERIOD
Literary modernism, or modernist literature, has its origins
in the 19th and early 20th centuries, mainly in Europe and
North America. Modernism is characterized by a self-
conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse.
Modernists experimented with literary form and expression.
This style of writing represents a radical shift in cultural
sensibilities of the corresponding time.
ORIGINS OF MOERNIST
LITERATURE
This movement was originated
when the writers felt that they
required a new form of writing to
express their ideologies and outlook
towards life.
the modernist began, 1910 as
roughly marking the beginning and
quote novelist Virginia Woolf, who
declared that human nature
underwent, modernism was
already finidshing at least by 1902.
MODERNISM IN LITERATURE
Modernistic works are often written in first person
and are quite different from traditional styles. In
modernism, the content of the writing is represented
as a long stream of consciousness.
Modernist writers use irony and satire as tools that
aid them in making fun of something and point out
faults, usually, problems within their society.
MODERNIST CHARACTERISTIC
Modernism is marked by a strong and
intentional break from the traditional
way of rendering a theme or a thought.
The concept of modernism denies the
existence of truth. According to this
school of thought, everything is relative.
Modernists believe that the world is
what we perceive or, in other words, the
world is what we say it is.
Modernism maintains absolutely
no connection with history or
historical institutions.
According to this concept, life is
unordered.
Modernism emphasizes on the
importance of companionship
between individuals and celebration
of inner strength.
CHARACTERISTICS…
AUTHORS
Virginia Woolf
Ezra Pound
Richard Aldington.
Katherine Anne Porter..
Wallace Stevens.
A GIRL
The tree has entered my hands,The sap has ascended my arms,The tree has grown in my breast -Downward,The branches grow out of me, like arms.
Tree you are,Moss you are,You are violets with wind above them.A child - so high - you are,And all this is folly to the world.
Ezra Pound