1 Jan 1900 Jahr - Modernism

Beschreibung:

Modernism
The modernism begins in the 20th century (1900s) and is still continues throuout the century with classical novels such as to "kill a mockingboard", "lord of the flies", "the catcher in th rye "
The modernism describe the Dystopia life in the war
It is also a time where new narrative styles came to live , stories write in I perspective for exampel
The great gatsby
The old man and the sea
Of mice and men

Historical backdrop to a new literary movement modernism
Early modernism still exists
Victorian era shows us that Gb was great
Fall of the British empire after 1901 led to decolonization
World war I
After the world war I in between the two wars people were depression (the great depression in the 30s, before the world war II)
Post war disillusionment
Modernism is a mix of literary styles new narrative techniques also new themes. Some modern classic is written: The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald), Of Mice and men (John Steinbeck). The old Man and the sea (Ernest Hemingway).