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    Modernism is a time that is marked by a strong and intentional break with tradition. During this break it includes a strong reaction against established religious‚ political and social views. Modernist were more concerned about themselves with the subconscious and believed the world was created in the act of perceiving. Also meaning the world is what we say it is (Modernism PPT). The story I will be using is Barn Burning by William Faulkner. In this story I found two examples of modernism one was

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    choice to dissolve the Bretton Woods System. The second has the purpose of showing the implications of this‚ by defining and demonstrating how neo-liberalism and post-modernism overlaps on several central points about the individual. The conclusion is focused on relating the term ’savage money ’ with neo-liberalism and post-modernism to pin-point what Gregory means with this term. Keynesian and monetaristic approaches to economy The English economist‚ John Maynard Keyne (1883-1946)‚ developed

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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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    Three characteristics of the Modern World that are found in William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning‚” were chaotic‚ collapse of morality/values‚ and confused sense of identity and place in the world. From the very beginning of the story‚ the first thing that came to mind to me was total chaos. In the court‚ there was nothing proved by Mr. Harris‚ the internal battle Sartoris Snopes appeared to be having knowing that his own father expected him to lie‚ and finally with the Justice not finding against

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    Slave Culture and the Harlem Renaissance: Finding a Home in Modernism For years scholars have noted the importance in history of the African- Americans from the time of the Atlantic slave trade‚ even up to current culture and entertainment. As prominent as the slave trade is taught within the schools and the education systems‚ there has been little noted in the history classes about the art and literature of that time period for African-Americans. However‚ in spite of the little we know of the

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    about Western society‚ including its philosophy‚ politics‚ and arts. This period of modernism‚ which began in the late nineteenth century‚ entailed great innovation while challenging the ideas and norms that preceded it. Thus‚ the first half of the twentieth century was both tumultuous and paradoxical‚ with the violence of the two world wars in one plane and modernism in the other. But while the violence and modernism of the century existed in parallel

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