Modernismo: un movimento letterario e artistico del XX secolo, Schemi e mappe concettuali di Inglese

Scarica Modernismo: un movimento letterario e artistico del XX secolo e più Schemi e mappe concettuali in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! MODERNISM (BEGINNING 20TH CEN) LITERARY BACKGROUND 3 FACTORS 1. FIRST WORLD WAR (DISILLUSION) 2. FREUD NEW STUDIES IN PSYCOLOGY (UNCONSCIOUS) 3. EINSTEIN’S THEORY OF RELATIVITY (NEW CONCEPT OF TIME AND PLACE) The result was CRISIS OF VICTORIAN VALUES – NO FAITH IN PROGRESS – NO OPTIMISM INFLUENCE ON THE LITERARY PRODUCTION SO, …….MODERNISM = LITERARY + ARTISTIC MOUVEMENT BORN AS VIOLENT REACTION AGAINST THE VICTORIAN VALUES + STRONG TECHNICAL AND ARTISTIC EXPERIMENTALISM MODERNISM WAS INFLUENCED BY DIFFERENT ARTISTIC MOUVEMENT: 1. FUTURISM (REBELLION AGAINST THE PAST + CREATION OF DYNAMIC PAINTINGS 2. CUBISM (FRAGMENTATION OF SUBJECT IN GEOMETRICAL FORMS) 3. EXPRESSIONISM (DISTORTED FORM TO CONVEY ANXIETY) 4. SURREALISM (IMPORTANCE TO UNCONSCIOUS) COMMUN FEATURES of ALL THESE MOVEMENTS: 1. Fragmentation of the NARRATION – NO TRADITIONAL PLOT BUT COMPLEX NARRATION 2. Redefinition of the concepts of time and space 3. Use of new narrative techniques which were used to EXPLORE the INNER PART OF THE HUMAN MIND THOUGHTS 4. Break with traditional grammar rules in prose and poetry (free verse) 5. Complex vocabulary and ideas reflecting the complexity of new conception of human mind UK 1922-25: T.S. ELIOT, VIRGINIA WOOLF, JAMES JOYCE, EZRA POUND Group of intellectuals who experimented new forms of literature able to convey / to reflect the complex world of human mind using new artistic techniques like the stream of consciousness