英国文学现代主义与后现代主义.pptVIP

Modernism Postmodernism literature 王潇潇 王梦雅23 徐艳艳24  Modernism Outline 1. Definition 2.Background 3. Characteristics 4. Main writers 5.Influence  Definiti Modernism is a philosophical movement in the arts, that along with cultural trends and ch trose from wide-scale and far- reaching transformations in Western society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Amon 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 ejected 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)  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 well. The postwar economic dislocation and spiritual di 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 thousands of pcople were killed; the economy was ruined; and almost all its former colonies were lost. The once sun-never-set Empire finally collapsed