英国文学现代主义和后现代主义.ppt

Modernism Postmodernismliterature 王潇潇 20 王梦雅 23 徐艳艳 24 Outline 1.Definition 2.Background 3.Characteristics 4.Main writers 5.Influence Modernism Modernism?is a philosophical movement in the arts, that along with cultural trends and changes, arose from wide-scale and far-reaching transformations in?Western society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Among the factors that shaped Modernism was the development of modern industrial societies and the rapid growth of cities, followed then by the horror of?World War I. Modernism also rejected the certainty of? Enlightenment?thinking, and many modernists rejected religious belief. Definition Modernism is a very vague and confusing term. In literature, it includes various modern schools such as imagism, cubism（立体主义）, surrealism（超现实主义), symbolism, expressionism, dadaism（达达主义）, stream of consciousness （意识流）and existentialism（存在主义）. Definition Background The influences of the two World Wars on Britain The catastrophic First World War tremendously weakened the British Empire and brought about great sufferings to its people as well. The postwar economic dislocation and spiritual disillusion produced a profound impact upon the British people, who came to see the prevalent wretchedness in capitalism. The Second World War marked the last stage of the disintegration of the British Empire. Britain suffered heavy losses in the war: thousands of people were killed; the economy was ruined; and almost all its former colonies were lost. The once sun-never-set Empire finally collapsed. Characteristics 1.uses?images?(word?pictures)?and?symbols?as? typical?and?frequent?literary?techniques??? 2.uses?colloquial?language?rather?than?formal?language age 3.uses?language?as?a?special?medium?that?influences?what?that?piece?of?literature?can?do?or?can?be?saw?the?piece?of? literature?as?an?object?crafted?by?an?artist?using?particular?techniques,?crafts,?skills?(recall?how?the?Romantics?thought?the?piece?of?literature?was?