Concetti Chiave
- Modernism is identified as a revolutionary movement in early 20th-century English literature, marked by a departure from traditional narrative forms.
- The term "Modernism" encompasses various artistic movements of the era, including Futurism and Imagism, but is specifically applied to novelists experimenting with new literary techniques.
- The "stream of consciousness" technique became a hallmark of Modernist literature, focusing on the exploration of mental processes within the human mind.
- Modernism signifies a broader cultural shift opposing traditionalism, characterized by skepticism and questioning of established ideas and certainties.
- This movement influenced not only literature but also transformed language, arts, and the perception of reality, reflecting a deeper quest for hidden truths.
The 1910s seem to mark a dividing line in the history of the novel. Indeed, the years following this date were characterized by an actual revolution in English literature, which some critics have later characterized under the general definition of "Modernism". the term may be misleading, since it can be applied to all the artistic movements of the early years of the century(Futurism,Imagism,ecc). As far as English ficiton is concerned, however, "Modernism"usually refers to those novelists who actually experimented with new forms and who,while focusing on the mentalprocesses that develop in the human mind,tried to explore them through what is called the "stream of consciousness" technique.
"Modernism" is a wide term used in various field(for instance in Religion, the so-called "Chatolic Modernism"); but it had the same meaning, that of a movement opposed to traditionalism.
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