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Definition of Modernismand Critical Approach

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Modernism noun

[] a deliberate philosophical and practical

estrangement or divergence from the past in thearts and literature occurring especially in thecourse of the 20th century and taing form in anyof various innovative movements and styles!

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Modern ad"ective

[!!!] of or pertaining to present and recent time#not ancient or remote$ modern city life!

[!!!] of% pertaining to% or characteristic ofcontemporary styles of art% literature% music% etc!%that re"ect traditionally accepted or sanctionedforms and emphasi&e individual e'perimentationand sensibility!

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(hus one of the very best characteristic ofmodernism is the self)consciousness of these manymovements% leading to high e'perimentalism *ithforms and the creative process! Modernism *ouldbe the recognition that the *orld got much more

comple' then!

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Conte'tuali&ed definition

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Modernityusually refers to a post)traditional%post)medieval historical period# the period in*hich many cultures around the *orld movedfrom the feudalism system to*ard capitalism%highly industriali&ed% a rationali&ed age and in

many cases secularist!

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+n philosophy it *as ,iet&sche% for instance% that*ith aphorisms -strong% short and precise *ay ofargumentation. found a ne* *ay of *riting% of

self)e'pression# a characteristic that *ould relate

to the modernist aesthetic practice! ,iet&sche andthe modernists shared a dar loo at society% for

him it *as no* sic and *ea due to theconstraints of traditional values that got

un/uestioned for too long!

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As a general rule% modernism *as less concerned*ith reality than *ith ho* the artist or *ritercould transform reality! +n this *ay% the artistmade reality his o*n! hereas the middle class

industrial society of the nineteenth century valuedreason% industry% thrift% organi&ation% faith% normsand values% the modernists *ere fascinated by thebi&arre% the mysterious% the surreal% the primitive

and the formless!

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Modernism as a literary movement reached its

height in 1urope bet*een 300 and the middle320s! +t dre* a many good attention to artiststhat the *orld itself *as becoming also moredangerous% the 4irst orld ar sho*ed themho* life could seem ridiculous in the face of thesenseless slaughter of people! +t *as somethingthat they *ould face again in the 5econd orld

ar and *ould ultimately influence ma"or artisticmovements from that time on!

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1'emplified characteristics

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6ound$the removal of all unnecessary verbiage% clear language!

7ardy$sins% class system% course of marriage and adult life!ilde$pursuit of an aestheticism ideal!oolf$stream of consciousness!Doolittle$free verse and the conciseness of the haiu% for e'ample!4it&gerald$youth% promises% despair and aging% morality!7eming*ay$tightly *ritten prose and death)related themes!Mansfield$loneliness% *omen8s rights% shifts in the narrative!9oyce$ultimate e'perimentalism *ith language!Cummings$the self and meaning through typography% precise *riting!5ha*$social problems% *itty and energetic style!1liot$metaphorical and figurative language% philosophical reflections!

:a*rence$personal relationships and social sub"ects!5tein$humorous style% ob"ective voice!

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Critical approach

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Modernist movements can be seen as a sort of

revelation of *orld in crisis! 7o*ever% modernismcan also be taen as a form of crisis production% atype of artistic philosophy *hich aims purely toproduce a fiction of crisis% having no more thandisruptive and destructive motives to e'ist! +t isliely *e are no* only seeing a never ending loopof radicalism and ne* ideas merely meant as!!!

ne* ideas for the sae of it! Are not *e "ust beingduplicates of the artists from the past;

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1ven so% the concept of *hat is modern%modernism in arts% is a very peculiar one as it isbasically a concept developed in the estern partof the *orld% in estern societies *ith estern

definitions! (his development of arts in 1urope

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+n Arabic terms% *hat defines a literary *or as

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+n the pre)modernist 9apan% the Chinese languageand the Chinese tradition *as for them *hat

:atin *as for 1uropeans! +n this chain of culturalinfluence is also important to notice the

importance the 9apanese literature had upon the

>orean! +n >orea% modern literature only startedto gro* on its o*n *ith the development of

7agul% the phonetic alphabet artificially created toeducate as much possible the then illiterate

society% *hich helped to spread literature from thedominant classes to the common people!

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(he current 9apanese modern literature has itsroots in the 4rench modernism% so *hen *e

analy&e 9apanese poetry and fiction in a post)*ar9apan *e are mainly analy&ing *ors *ritten inthe 1uropean tradition of modernism in the 3th

and 20th centuries! As a matter of fact the

9apanese *ord for poetry is from the Chinese andin earlier periods many scholar *ors *ere *ritten

and published in Chinese% *hich maes the9apanese literary tradition before modernism

some*hat attached to the Chinese one% *hich hasnothing to do *ith the modernist ideals *e see in

1uropean literature!

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