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    modern poet because the poetry that he wrote was well endowed with the many problems that men who lived in the modern world faced with Science and Technology. He was a contemporary and great friend to such modernist greats as Ezra Pound and Wallace Stevens. Although he resembled these modernist poets‚ Frost was quite different from the rest of the modern poets of his time. The modern elements of his poetry are those of capitalism‚ the self-centeredness of the mordent man‚ the bored existence‚ isolation

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    to transcend from his present state. In my essay I aim to examine Beckett and Joyce’s differential treatment of the body as they underline the physical struggles of two protagonists. According to Shearwood ‘one of the principles of modernist literature is the desires to capture and represent the subjective nature of reality’ . As far as Shearwood is concerned many 20th century writers moved away from the traditions of romantic and Victorian literature in favour of the everyday life of

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    for material items and desire to gain wealth was another aspect of the story that made it very modernist. At a young age‚ he thought he was too young to work as a caddy and strived to obtain greater wealth. This was one of the main qualities of characters in the Modernism time. Dexter was also a main character that desperately wanted love. His unrelenting quest for love can also be seen as modernist. Judy Jones‚ the object of his affections‚ was the woman whom he met at the club that he caddies

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    Midterm Paper The 1920s was a period of transition between the nineteenth century traditional ways and the twentieth century modern ways. The ongoing struggle lied between traditionalist and modernist who had separate opinions of where the country should be going and what was acceptable. Traditional values manifested in the idea of isolationism of America‚ individualism of it’s people‚ Jeffersonianism‚ providence‚ and a homosocial realm of leisure. The modern values manifested in the idea of internationalism

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    Clement Greenberg‚ “Modernist Painting” In his text entitled “Modernist Painting”‚ Greenberg focuses on the development of painting between the 14th and 19th century and emphasizes on what distinguishes Modernist painting from previous forms of painting‚ particularly those of the Old Masters. Greenberg begins by relating Modernist art to Kantian philosophy claiming that‚ the same way Kant used reason in order to examine the limits of reason‚ Modernist art is when art became self critical because

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    including individualism‚ modernism is illustrated throughout the novel with the Compson’s loss of family unity. The Compson’s are southern aristocrats who have African American servants‚ the Gibson family‚ that take care of Benjy. Going along with the modernist style of rejecting social norms‚ Dilsey Gibson is the only person depicted in the novel as sane‚ genuine‚ and free of judgment; This is ironic because African American’s living in the south during the 1920’s lived in very poor conditions and had

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    in thinking. They are uniform in their belief that a figure of Royalty who resides in the car‚ emphasizing the conformity of thought of the time. However‚ this idea is then contrasted with the symbol of the airplane which represents Modernism and modernist ideals. The plane is not bound to the set roads on the ground (like the rigid traditional rules of society) but is free in the sky as it “soared straight up‚ curved in a loop‚ raced‚ sank‚ rose” with nothing tying it down or trying to control it

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    to David Lodge realistic literature is based on “ their obsession with form to neglect the content and the third person omniscient mode is more often used to assert or imply the existence of society or history‚ than of heaven and hell. Therefore‚ modernist fiction eschews the straight chronological ordering of realistic material and the use of reliable omniscient intrusive narrator”. In her novel‚ Jeanette Winterson uses a “method of multiple points of view” and her novel “tends towards a fluid and

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    caused a drastic change of mind to all involved. This historical event gave momentum to the modernist movement by putting realities in front of people that were vastly different from the serene and beautiful ideals described in romantic or Victorian literature. It was difficult to associate these works of art with the way the world had become; therefore‚ it was necessary to create a new way of expression. Modernist authors did not want to be confined by the traditional boundaries of literature‚ so they

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    In modern conceptions of power‚ control and conflicts‚ the modernists build the hierarchy of authority and focus on the knowledge‚ experiences‚ skills and abilities of the individual to handle the organizational conflicts and problems. The managers have the full authority and responsibility to do planning‚ scheduling and organizing work to develop the process and system of the company. “The decision-making is rational only under highly restricted conditions.” (Simon’s theory‚ (1957‚1959)‚ March and

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