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Modernismandmodernist literature Definition  The concept of modernism emerged in the eighteenth century when the classicists古典学者,古典主义者 mocked?愚弄; 嘲弄 those who opposed them and called them modernists. Now it is a comprehensive term applied to international tendencies and movements in all creative arts in the 20th century. In a broad sense, it is applied to writing marked by a strong and conscious break with traditional forms and techniques of expression. Modernist movements 1) the stream of consciousness 2) imagism,意象派 3) aestheticism,唯美主义 [ i:sθetisiz?m ] 4) expressionism,表现主义 5) symbolism, 象征主义 6) surrealism,超现实主义 [ s?ri:?liz?m, -ri?l- ] 7) existentialism,存在主义 [ ,eɡzisten??liz?m ] 8) theatre of the absurd荒谬剧场；荒诞派戏剧 Major ideas of modernism 1) It employs a distinctive kind of imagination, which insists on having its general frame of reference within itself. Thus it practices solipsism( 唯我论). It believes that we create the world in the act of perceiving it. that is, the world is what we say it is. 2) It implies a historical discontinuity, a sense of alienation, loss and despair. It rejects traditional values and assumptions. And it looks for fresh ways of looking at man’s position and function in the universe. Many modernists are philosophical existentialists.  3) It elevates the individual and his inner being over social man and prefers the unconscious to the self-conscious. (The psychologies of Freud and Jung are seminal in modernist literature.) Its most interesting artistic strategy is its attempt to deal with the unconscious. It celebrates passion and will over reason and systematic morality. 4) It rejects the traditional rhetoric by which tradition values and assumptions were communicated. It is bent on stylistic innovations and experiments with language, form, symbol and myth.  The author just states the plot of the story objectively without any author’s feeling in it. epiphany [ i‘pif?ni ]顿悟 satire [ s?tai? ] 讽刺 * * *