Modernism and Post Modernism (22 ч 57 мин, 18 окт 1873 г. – 16 ч 28 мин, 13 май 1980 г.)
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The British was the greatest empire and fell after 1901.
All colonies became independent in the decolonization.
World War 1 1914-1918
Post-war there was a depression.
The Great Depression before World War 2. World War 2 was 1939-1945
Dystopian writings increased during this period.
Modernism
Brought a mix of writing styles, new narrative techniques, and new themes.
Different narrative styles.
The Great Gatsby takes places in the 1920s and written in I perspective.
The Old man and the Sea were written in I perspective.
Of Mice and Men.
Contemporary authors of the period modernism
Margaret Atwood 1939
From Canada
Toni Morrison 1931
Nadine Gordimer 1923
South Africa
First South African to win the Nobel Prize
Anita Desai 1937
From India the first female voice in India
Patrick White 1912-1990
Nobel Prize winner from Australia.
Postmodernism is now
From WW2 and later
1980s-1990s start
Types of writings during Postmodernism:
fantasy novels, detective novels, poetry in form of hip-hop.
Most sold books: Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter
The writer of The Lord of the Rings J.R.R Tolkien invented new languages and words.
The writer of Harry Potter invented new words like muggles(non-magicians)
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