Christopher Nguyen Dr. Pedersen‚ 11:30-12:30 Araby and A&P Araby‚ written by James Joyce 1914 was about a young boy on a quest to woo over the girl of his adolescent dreams. A&P‚ written by John Updike in a completely different time period‚ was a story about a young store clerk trying to impress three teenagers by defending them from his manager. Both story lines are different‚ as well as the time periods and morals‚ but somehow and in some way‚ they share many similarities. Between
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One of the best parts of working on exhibitions drawn from the ZMA’s extensive permanent collection is the opportunity it provides for a look at some of the hidden gems at the museum. During the preparation of Sketching American Modernism‚ I discovered a painting that captured my interest. The work was the Portrait of Mrs. Helen McCoy Storer‚ c. 1910 by Charles Alden Gray (1857-1933). While arguably not by one of the most well-known artists in our collection‚ it was‚ at that moment‚ the most intriguing
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Heart of Darkness: Modernism and Its Historians Author(s): Robert Wohl Reviewed work(s): Source: The Journal of Modern History‚ Vol. 74‚ No. 3 (September 2002)‚ pp. 573-621 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/345112 . Accessed: 30/09/2012 11:34 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service
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Modernist writing is also very self-reflexive and deals with inner thoughts and feelings. A broken narrative can be present which is when the narrative stops completely or utilizes flashbacks and often picks up on different threads of thought. Modernism also holds a huge concern for tradition. I believe that modernist writer‚ Wallace Stevens‚ utilizes all the above aspects in his poem‚ “Sunday Morning.” The fragmentary thoughts are very apparent throughout Steven Wallace’s poem because the work
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Araby: How the Setting Reinforces the Theme and Characters Joel Lee The setting in "Araby" reinforces the theme and the characters by using imagery of light and darkness. The experiences of the boy in James Joyce’s "Araby" illustrate how people often expect more than ordinary reality can provide and then feel disillusioned and disappointed. The author uses dark and obscure references to make the boy’s reality of living in the gloomy town of Araby more vivid. He uses dark and gloomy references
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THE 1920’s: MODERNISM Main writers from this period Oscar Wilde Joseph Conrad W.B. Yeats Henry James Arnold Bennett John Galsworthy H.G. Wells Modernism first came to England at the end of 19th century in the work of Oscar Wilde‚ the early W.B. Yeats and Joseph Conrad and later‚ Henry James. But in the first decade and a half of the century there is a reaction against the avant-garde movement and there is a return to a more realistic and traditional kind of writing (Arnold Bennett
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Modernism in Earnest Hemingway’s Literature “The Old Man and the Sea” Introduction: 1. The definition of Modernism 2. The definition of Realism 3. The definition of terms 4. The significance of the study Chapter one: 1. The theory of Modernism 2.1. Stream of consciousness 2.2. Internal monologue 2. Realism as a literary technique 3.3. Internal realism Chapter two: 1. the implication of American modernism through the main characters
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“The importance of Modernism was in its ability to unite the masses by illuminating common feelings of disillusionment and rebellion through artistic forms.” Argue with reference to two poems of T.S Eliot and one additional text of you choosing. Rebellion and Disillusionment were fundamental feelings expressed by Western society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They came about as a result of a myriad of factors including; industrialisation‚ urbanisation‚ technological advances‚ militaristic
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Modernism • The period was marked by sudden and unexpected breaks with traditional ways of viewing and interacting with the world. Experimentation and individualism became virtues‚ where in the past they were often heartily discouraged. Modernism was set in motion‚ in one sense‚ through a series of cultural shocks. The 1st of these great shocks was WWI • Preoccupation of Modernism is with the inner self and consciousness. • Modernist cares rather little for Nature‚ Being‚ or the overarching structures
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What is Modernism? This term was usually referred to as the literature era of the 1920’s. During the “Roaring Twenties”‚ as most would say‚ was the time of flappers‚ gangsters‚ and the beginning of some of the most renowned literature known to the United States. One of the famous books written in this time was The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. Included in the Modernism Era were the focus on trends and the extreme effect materialism makes on the society of the 1920’s. With
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