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    affected by the new perception held of the world and our place in it‚ and they tried to communicate fears and opinions through unique writing styles. Katherine Anne Porter’s early story "The Jilting of Grandma Weatherall" is a perfect illustration of modernism In this story‚ the literary technique of stream-of-consciousness is used. This narrative is in no way structured into a coherent‚ logical presentation of events. It frequently jumps back into time to the main characters’ past experiences‚ re-creating

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    (1968) Jacques Tati. Paris‚ Seghers. quoted in Maddock‚ B. (1977) The Films of Jacques Tati. London‚ The Scarecrow Press. Chaplin‚ C. (1964) My Autobiography. London‚ quoted in Wilk‚ C. (2006) Modernism. Designing a new world. London‚ V&A Publishing. Le Corbusier (1923)‚ quoted in Wilk‚ C. (2006) Modernism. Designing a new world. London‚ V&A Publishing. Gilliatt‚ P. (August 28‚ 1971) The New Yorker. quoted in Maddock‚ B. (1977) The Films of Jacques Tati. London‚ The Scarecrow Press. Maddock

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    MODERNISM (1901-1945) Modernism‚ in its broadest definition‚ is modern thought‚ character‚ or practice. More specifically‚ the term describes a set of cultural tendencies and movements‚ originally arising from wide-scale and far-reaching changes to Western society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century’s. The term encompasses the activities and output of those who felt the "traditional" forms of art‚ architecture‚ literature‚ religious faith‚ social organization and daily life

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    Literary modernism‚ or modernist literature‚ has its origins in the late 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‚ adhering to Ezra Pound’s maxim to "Make it new." The modernist literary movement was driven by a conscious desire to overturn traditional modes of representation and express the new sensibilities of their

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    Task 1‚ Topic 2: Two Examples of Post modernism ROUGH COPY In any situation foreign to the character‚ anything and everything will be done to try to make sense of ones surroundings. The importance of identifying the type of the movies shown in “Worker Drone” by Raju‚ S. (2010) and “Play” by Kaplan and Zimmerman (2010) are vital to the understanding of not only the plot‚ but also the common themes presented. For example‚ common themes in both movies were was the sense of paranoia‚ a showcase of intertextuality

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    and publications‚ Australia first came into contact with Modernism in the mid-1910s. The modernist movement in Australia was at it’s most influential for over five decades‚ including global wars‚ economic depression‚ technological advances and massive social change. (http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/modernism) This article‚ however‚ will be focusing on Australia’s development of Modernity‚ Modernisation and Modernism between the inter-war period of 1919 to 1939. With an ever

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    umbrella term "modernism." First‚ what is modernism and why did it apply to the 1920s (as opposed to earlier decades)? What ideologies or beliefs had changed by the 1920s that qualified this decade as "modern" for America? Second‚ to expand on those changes‚ what new issues/events/movements did Americans face in the 1920s? Discuss at least three examples and explain how each reflected modernism. Last‚ in what ways did Americans respond to modernism? Why did some embrace modernism and others reject

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    How does the author of this extract understand modernism? Support your response with a direct quote from the text. Modernism has been‚ for centuries‚ identified as ones urge to significantly depart from the traditional‚ historic classical arts‚ into the future‚ of which holds new ideas. Reading through certain perspectives we gain an understanding as it being their idea of moving on‚ letting go of traditions‚ hence the upheaval and contradictions for many who refuse to depart from original beliefs

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    Modernism is the time period that followed the Naturalism period. This period is also known for its series of culture shocks. For example‚ World War I was the war that occurred in Europe form 1914-1918. In fact‚ it helped boost the American economy because many European nations were now buying goods from the Americas. It was said to be the “War to End All Wars” because of the numerous conflictions between the European nations. World War I was followed by The Great Depression which had a major impact

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    ‘The rise of modernism: challenging tradition’ act as a foundation of the topic ‘Modernism: changing the ways we see the world’. I would like to focus on how Impressionism and Post-impressionism related to each other through the social‚ artistic and cultural development. Both Impressionism and Post-impressionism includes the most famous works of modern art such as Claude Monet’s Notre Dame Cathedral series and Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night. Impressionism and Post-impressionism are included

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