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- Modernism emerged in the early 20th century, reflecting the absence of values after Queen Victoria's death and World War I.
- This movement spanned various art forms, including literature, music, visual arts, and cinema, marking a departure from Victorian ideals.
- Modernist artists were deeply influenced by World War I, leading to a sense of emptiness and alienation from industrial society.
- Modernist novels featured revolutionary styles, focusing on characters' psychology and relative truths, influenced by Freud and Bergson.
- Narratives often used stream of consciousness, with fragmentary plots and subjective viewpoints replacing the omniscient narrator.
The death of Queen Victoria and the Word War I closed the Victorian Age and determined the beginning of new conceptions.
The term “Modernism” defines a set of cultural tendencies and movements which developed at beginning of the 20th century and expressed the absence of values of that period. It involved all forms of art, from literature and music to the visual art and cinema.
Modernist artists were profoundly impacted by the First Word War that determined a break between the old and the new world, shattering the traditional beliefs and values of the Victorian Age.
Modernist novels were characterized by revolutionary styles and themes, particularly influenced by Freud’s theories and Bergson’s philosophy.
Narrative explores characters’ psychology: the use of a subjective and limited point of view expressed that all truths are relative.
Plots are often fragmentary and they didn’t follow a chronological series of events because interior time is considered as a set of simultaneous instants.
Moreover, the omniscient narrator as a moral guide was replaced by characters’ inner life that is depicted through the stream of consciousness and interior monologue. Thoughts are expressed by free associations without censures, logical or rational controls.
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