1. Literature in 20th Century

2. Every period is a period of transition , flux and ever changing .
Type of poetry written in different ages differed both in form and content .
Form and content depends on the various characteristics of that age .

3. More expansive , far reaching changes than before .
20th Century
More expansive , far reaching changes than before .

4. New values in field of –
Social
Political
Economic
Literary life

5. Charles Darwin ‘Origin of Species’ / Bible
Doubt , Disbelief , Alienation , Breakdown of Communication .

6. Sigmund Freud – Psychoanalysis
Shook the very roots of thought and emotion .
Importance of unconscious in the life of man .
Suppressed sexual urges also influenced personality of individual .

7. Karl Marx
Relationship between economic compulsion and social changes .

8. The Two World Wars

9. Liberty | Equality | Fraternity
Reiteration of old formula
Power v\s Beauty – Struggle
Challenge existing values in Art / Life .

10. New Scientific Discoveries
Materialism Religion/Spiritualism Mysticism

11. Age of Machinery
Pessimism
Frustration
Humanitarianism
Dirt , Seediness , Squalor in cities

12. Progress in the field of education , increasing facilities , books .

13. Innovations – in style , forms .

14. Complexity , Psychological strains

15. Realism

16. Literature employed for social purposes
Propaganda
Problems

17. literature of the times .
All changes seen in social , political , economic scenario were reflected in the
literature of the times .
(All material put together from various books and material from the net)
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