“Modernism is a deliberate philosophical and practical estrangement or divergence from the past in the arts and literature occurring especially in the course of the 20th century and taking form in any of various innovative movements and styles‚” (Modernism). The 1920’s was a great example of this because of the radical changes in what was considered normal in previous times. The rapid progress of technology caused many people to flee to the cities. It was there that moral standards were also challenged
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Modernism vs Neo-Traditionalism: A debate on the merits and failures of two major competing paradigms in architecture and urban planning. Beyond the term modernism underlies one of the greatest ideas in architectural development. Modernism was meant to provide more green areas‚ cheaper housing and more efficient use of space. This was to be accomplished by creating vertically dense spaces with the use of the new inventions of the nineteenth century‚ such as steel‚ glass‚ electricity
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How does TS Eliot express his modernist concerns in his poems? TS Elliot represents the views of many artists of the modernist movement who encapsulate the psychological and emotional distress of WW1 and the early events of the 20th Century in his poems. Modernists believe that every individual in an industrialised city is part of a superficial society that reduces the depth and value of human relationships. The alienation and loneliness as a consequence of this superficial society are strong themes
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Modernism Characteristic and Theme Both Of Mice and Man and The Great Gatsby‚ are novels that represent authors’ lives. John Steinbeck’s George and Fitzgerald’s Gatsby‚ two outwardly different characters are disillusioned‚ and lost faith with their American Dream‚ but for totally opposite reasons. George and Gatsby are both lonely‚ although the lives they lived were completely different from each other–one is rich the other is poor. In the novels‚ modern characteristic-sense of disillusionment
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Hemingway Notes Modernism: (and Postmodernism) is an artistic movement in response to the discontinuities‚ illogicalities‚ and fragmentation of culture and society in the present day. It refers to the tendency to experiment in radical new techniques‚ themes‚ moods‚ and structures. Atonalism in music‚ surrealism in painting*‚ vers libre in poetry‚ functionalism in architecture (Frank Lloyd Write) etc. It marks a change in they way we experience the world and how we perceive it. It is an attempt
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Hammock English 11 April 25‚ 2013 Essay “ The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter” ‚ “Nothing Gold can Stay”‚ and “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” are modernist works. “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner and Night are contemporary works. Modernism is modern thought‚ character‚ or practice. It is the modernist movement in the arts‚ the sets cultural tendencies and associated cultural movements. Contemporary works are set and written in the time it was written. It makes use of literary styles
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Review of Virginia Woolf’s shakespeare’s sister By Gabriel Gyamfi University of Cape Coast Department of English INTRODUCTION Virginia Woolf’s ‘Shakespeare’ Sister’ is the third chapter from her literary essay A Room of One’s Own. In this chapter‚ which is the essay on Shakespeare’s Sister‚ she considers the question of why no women writers are represented in the canon of Elizabethan drama. To explore the issue‚ Woolf invents a fictional and mythical sister‚ Judith‚ for William Shakespeare and compares
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Was it difficult building the lighthouse in 1868? The construction of the cape Hatteras lighthouse began in 1868.The lighthouse took three years to complete.The major difficultie was that the lighthouse was in such an isolated spot there where no roads for materials to get to the lighthouse there wasn’t even any cars so to get the materials to the construction site everything was brought in by a boat. Small steam boats or sailing vessels were used to bring the materials to the construction site
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Gio Ponti and Italian modernism "Love architecture‚ be it ancient or modern. Love it for its fantastic‚ adventurous and solemn creations; for its inventions; for the abstract‚ allusive and figurative forms that enchant our spirit and enrapture our thoughts. Love architecture‚ the stage and support of our lives." These are the words of one of the most famous and renown architects and designers of Italian Modernism‚ Gio Ponti. He was born in Milan‚ where
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Distinctive features of Realism and Modernism I. Ideological and philosophical differences ( How Realists and Modernists viewed man) R: 1. Man is a social animal (Aristhotel called it a political animal) 2. Alienation is conditioned by society 3. Reality is solid and objective. The world is palpable and identical 4. Interaction between man and environment (it determines his development) 5. There is always a sense of progress M: 1. Man is seem as ahistorical being
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