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Modernism Imagism;Teaching Objectives;Modernism (1);WWI;On the other hand, there was a tremendous disillusionment because nothing had changed. There was a popular contempt for the law—the prohibition of alcohol, bootleggers, etc. The dream had failed and the country was building up economic troubles toward disaster. A loss of faith began with Darwin’s theories of evolution. Without faith man could no longer keep his feeling and thought whole; hence a sense of life being fragmented and chaotic. Without faith, man no longer felt secure and happy; hence the feeling of gloom and despair.;What is an image?;Imagism (1908-1917);1912—1914Ezra Pound took over the movement. In 1912, they published a collection of poems, entitled Des Imagistes, in which a manifesto came into being. a. Direct treatment of the “thing”, whether subjective or objective; b. To use absolutely no word that does not contribute to the presentation; c. As regarding rhythm, to compose in the sequence of the musical phase, not in the sequence of a metronome(节拍器). 1914—1917Amy Lowell took over the movement and developed it into “Amygism”. In 1915, 1916, 1917, three volumes of Some Imagist Poets came out. After 1917, Imagism ceased to be a movement. ;Literary Sources of Imagism The Imagist Movement drew from a variety of poetic traditions—Greek, Japanese and Chinese poetry. The ideographic (表意的)and pictographic（表形的) nature of Chinese language, which characterize ancient Chinese poetry fascinated the Imagists. Evaluation However, a dominant image is incapable of sustaining a longer poetic effort. Thus no great poetry came out. Nevertheless, it was a rebellion against the tradition and offered a new way of writing. ;A Typical Chinese Imagist Poem;Representatives of Imagism;Ezra Pound (1885-1972);Ezra Pound;Pound’s Major Works; In a Station of the Metro The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough. ;How did this poem come about?;The apparition of these f