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    Tradition vs Modernism

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    A tradition implies belief or custom‚ passed on to us by our ancestors. Much of what we do today has its roots in the past. Modernism is in total contras with the ideas or methods of the traditional ones. Old‚ it is said‚ is gold and should be preserved carefully. But it is also an unavoidable fact that old is to be given up for good to enter the New Era. There is a lot in our ancient customs‚ still practiced today‚ that is not only meaningless‚ but even evidently harmful the modern society. Take

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    Modernism as a movement was a response to the horrors of World War-I and to the rising industrial societies and growth of cities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It challenged the harmony and the rationality of the Enlightenment and sought to reinvent art and literature of the age. To do so‚ it broke away from the works of the past and conventions that were earlier held at a pedestal. The conception that reality could be easily be comprehended was replaced by modernism with a more

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    Modernism Short Note

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    Question: Write a short note on Modernism with special reference to Literature Almost every generation of society has a habit of reacting against the past by declaring itself “modern.” This quarrel between the Ancients and the Moderns is a cyclical phenomenon. Modernism was a similar trend that spanned all of the arts and even spilled into politics and philosophy during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Anyone who looks at the evolution of western culture must note a distinct change

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    A Comparative Study: Considering El Paso Modernism The Palace Theater in El Paso/Administration building Rice University Nuvia J. Marquez ARCH 3313 History of World Architecture lll Robert Alexander Gonzalez‚ Ph. D.‚ AIA Texas Tech University October 20‚ 2015 The two buildings I decided research‚ compare and learn more about are The Palace Theater‚ built in 1914 by Henry C Trost. This building is located at 125 Pioneer Plz El Paso TX‚ 79901. My other choice

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    Digital Parking Lot

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    the Technology Interface Journal/Fall 2009 Li and Ranga Volume 10 No. 1 ISSN# 1523-9926 http://technologyinterface.nmsu.edu/Fall09/ Design and Implementation of a Digital Parking Lot Management System by Xiaolong Li Uma Kanth Ranga Elec.‚ Comp. & Mech. Engineering Technology ECMET student Indiana State University Indiana State University xli3@isugw.indstate.edu uranga@mymail.indstate.edu Abstract - This project aims at implementing a digital vehicle management system using radio frequency

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    Definition of Modernism in Fiction Modernism‚ in literature‚ can be seen as a shift in focus to the unassociated introspective reflection of characters in such texts as Go Tell It On The Mountain‚ by James Baldwin‚ Miss Lonelyhearts‚ by Nathanael West and The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D. Salinger. This is a revision from the previous focal point of exterior events and places in correlation with the character’s reflections. Emphasis is placed on review upon feelings and thoughts‚ and even conversations

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    Fundamentalism v. Modernism Fundamentalism beliefs‚ strictly following the Bible‚ creationism‚ nativism‚ and old values‚ clashed against Modernist ideas‚ primarily evolution and application of science‚ in the early 1900s due to differences of opinions. Four issues that reflect this ideological clash are the rise of the KKK‚ who harbored Fundamentalist and nativist beliefs; the Scopes trial‚ which pitted the curriculum of John T. Scopes and evolution against Fundamentalism creationism; the Sacco

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    Marco Polo Modernism

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    Modernism in Chinese Culture Marco Polo the great explorer of the 13th and 14th century set out on a journey through the Mongol Empire during which he wrote The Book of Ser Marco Polo. During his journey he documented the marvels of his travels such as the city of Kinsay(Hangchow)‚ a large city inherited by the Yuan Dynasty after great conquests. Polo expressed the city as a “City of Heaven” because of its modernism and elegance while traveling through the city. The significance of The Book of Ser

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    Modernism Question Paper

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    3 points   Question 5 * 
  Postmodernism is now being replaced by modernism. 
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True * False 3 points   Question 6 * 
  According to the Apostle Paul‚ Christians should be peaceable toward people regardless of their views or opinions. 
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  The search of significance‚ as expressed by postmodernism is a reaction to the emptiness of modernism. 
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True * False 3 points   Question 8 * 
  Which of

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    Modernism was a colorful trend‚ it manifested in a different way in many national cinemas. For example the French new wave become famous for its playfulness‚ Italian post-neorealist for the alienation of its neurotic characters‚ the Czechoslovak new wave for its grotesque kitchen sink realism‚ Polish cinema for its historism and the Hungarian new wave for its parabolic stories. But even though its diverse national versions‚ Modernism was an international phenomenon

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