1. MODERNISM by Gianluca Serpi

2. modernism Time: 1880 - 1940 Modernism describes a series of reforming cultural movements in art and architecture, music, literature and the applied arts which emerged roughly in the period of 1884-1914 More generally: a term used to describe a culture made by science and technology

3. Characteristics of modernism Social structure: Researches order and equilibrium Social roles: Dichotomized roles in society Subjectivity: Centered subject Discourse: neutral (signifier plus signified equals understanding) Knowledge: Truth centered on logos Causality: based on certainty and determinacy Space & Time: Newtonian mechanics and Cartesian system

4. Modern poetry Use of allusions Myths the Bible Foreign languages Street Life Personal to author Meaning must be searched for by reader Geared towards an intellectual / academic audience

5. Narrative technique stream of consciousness writing omniscient third person narrators poetry seems more documentary, prose seems more poetic rejection of elaborate formal aesthetics rejection of the distinction between “high” and “low” or popular culture

6. Understanding of Human Nature Anthropology - study of the origin, culture and development of man Psychology - physical, mental, emotional process of man Philosophy - a critical analysis of beliefs Political Theory - the general beliefs of the nation Psychoanalysis - psychological therapy designed by Sigmund Freud (id, ego, superego)

7. T.S. ELIOT 1888 - 1965 WORKS: The Waste Land (1922) Four Quarters (1943) Murder in the Cathedral (1935) The Objective correlative The Mythical method

8. EZRA POUND 1895 - 1972 WORKS: Lume Spento (1908) Cathay (1915) Cantos (1925-1969) Flux of thoughts

9. JAMES JOYCE 1882 - 1941 WORKS: Dubliners (1914) Ulysses (1922) Finnegan Wake (1939) Epiphany

10. VIRGINIA WOOLF 1882 - 1941 WORKS: Mrs Dalloway (1925) Orlando (1928) To the Lighthouse (1927)