ppt课件--modernistliterature-mercyhurstuniversity.pptVIP

20th-Century British and Irish Modernist Literature A Quick Overview of General Characteristics, Themes, and Agendas Historical Background 1901- The End of the Reign of Queen Victoria 1903- Ford Motor Company Founded 1905- Einstein Unveils the Theory of Special Relativity 1914-18- WWI 1916- Easter Rising in Dublin 1920- League of Nations Formed 1929- Stock Market Crash 1933- Hitler Rises to Power 1939-45- WWII 1945- Atomic Bomb Dropped on Japan 1969- Apollo Lands on the Moon Who is a “British” Writer in the 20th Century 20th-century writers who we call British Conrad (Polish) T.S.Eliot