The Modern Age 1890 - 1930. Victorians’ doubts and fears In the early 20th Century Victorians doubts and fears about society Optimistic hopes were disappointed.

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The Modern Age

Victorians’ doubts and fears In the early 20th Century Victorians doubts and fears about society Optimistic hopes were disappointed

British situation in 1890 In 1890 many countries, like the USA, France, Germany and Japan became competitive It generated an economic and social crises in the UK  loss of economic and political supremacy Workers started to demand welfare and reforms  Welfare State and social politics Trade Unions became stronger  creation of the Labour Party (1900)

At the beginning of the 20th century, UK was the stronger state in the World; In fact, British Empire lost its economical supremacy on the World after the WWI, when dollar became more economically stronger than British Pound.

Socialism A substantial part of European workers believed in Marxist optimistic view of the society  The Communist Manifesto (1848) 1917: Lenin and the Bolsheviks toke the control of the former Russian Republic  creation of the USSRBolsheviks Creation of more important communist movements in Europe (particularly in Germany, Italy and Hungary) GermanyItaly Hungary

The Victorian religious fear Sense of isolation  T. Hardy and J. Conrad Indifferent mechanical universe; Life without God; Spiritual vulnerability;  The only sure point of reference was himself

The New dramatic novel It is a new type of novel, developed in later 19 th century, where: – The narrator is invisible – Characters tells and represents the story – Absence of comments, judgments  novel became ambiguous – Absence of moral convintions – Aesthetic values have taken the place of moral values  H. James, J. Conrad

Philosophy Sigmund Freud  people’s behavior depends from unconscious part of their minds Carl Jung  basic elements of man’s unconscious mind was formed by his racial memory (the primitive memory preserved by each individual)

Symbolism Symbolism was a literal current that rejected the realism  mystical significance of the World Symbolism The movement influenced works of Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot It broke completely with the Victorian tradition

J. Fraser and anthropology The golden bough New interest on mythology and pre-history  Symbolist movement and Darwin’s theories Art is an unconscious thing