Modernism : A New Way Of Thinking

Literary modernism was a reaction against realism which was developed to depict real rural life (Campbell, 2017). As people begun to relocate to city areas many writers and artist took to redefining the meaning of a realistic life. It was believed that one way of life no longer fit for everyone and modernism introduced literature and art that began to question and show various perspectives of life. Peter Childs explains that “modernist writing “plunges” the reader into confusing and difficult mental landscape which cannot be immediately understood…” (Childs 15). Uncommon poetry and prose stemmed from this modernist development. A popular one being Nella Larsen’s Passing, which encompasses two African American women who are particularly

The Modernism literary period represented a paradigm shift for breaking established traditions of the previous centuries. Modernism has no definitive starting point but can be argued to have begun in the early 1900s to the mid-1900s. However, rather than optimism, the focus of many writers revolved around pessimistic ideas that saw the faults in humanity. In order to break conventions, many different writing styles emerged in search of uniqueness. The literary period of Modernism characterizes around its starting circumstances, beliefs, and famous works.

Over time, American literature endlessly altering, captured various forms of ideologies and perspectives of society. In the 19th and early twentieth century, American Literature took on different stages and outcomes of the time from realism, naturalism, imagism, and modernism.

Going from long skirts and traditions the youth are beginning to radically change our culture creating controversy. This era is where many of our traditions that have never been questioned before are being put to the limits by our growing youth. We used to be a culture of women covering up, planned dates, horses and buggies and everyone attending church. The war is over and everything is changing, so the real question we must ask is, is it actually bad? First of all planned dating and seeming improper to mingle between the sexes is old and does not allow the youth to choose the right person that they want to spend the rest of their life with. Women throughout creation have always been forced to cover up and seem ‘ladylike’ but now the youth are showing that women have the freedom to act as they please. Finally, religion has always been something everyone believes but now with the new theory of evolution we should allow people to choose for themselves what they want. Therefore the youth are not merely destroying our

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.’’ Everyone has their own personal fears but despite the differences in what we fear, we all collectively share one thing. The fear. The dread. And the uncertainty. Even long after the great war was long ended, there was always a sense of uncertainty amongst the people. Doubt and distrust of what is to come feeling betrayed by the governments that overpowered them. This lead to the Modernism Movement, a movement entirely powered by the fear of a next war, driven by the innermost feeling of uncertainty and doubt. The Modernist movement, occurring between the 1920’s and 1960’s, attempted to change existing perceptions of reality as well as undermine and disregard grand narratives such as religion

Thomas Pynchon was born on May 8, 1937. He studied engineering physics and English at Cornell University before taking a job as an engineering aide with the aircraft manufacturer Boeing in 1960. The Crying of Lot 49, his second novel, was published in 1966 amid America’s counterculture movement. The novel’s protagonist, Oedipa, attempts to reinstall some sense of order to her life and to the increasingly disordered American mainstream by doggedly pursuing a conspiracy. Her efforts ultimately prove futile, as America, and by extension the universe, continues to careen towards its fate—a state of complete chaos.

“Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context - a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan”by Eliel Shaarinen(as cited in Enquist, 2002). Design context is everything, context is about knowing that there have to be circumstances in order for the design or outcome to be fully thought out. Everything occurs within a context and is vitally important because it controls, influences and affects everything in relation to the outcome. This essay compares and contrasts Ludwig Mies van der Rohes “Farnsworth House” from 1951 with George Franklin Barber’s “Clyde Royal Joy House” which was completed in 1897. These houses were built over fifty years apart and in that time there had

By analyzing various articles that provides various viewpoint on the phenomenon of Modernism and its relationship to modernist architectures during the 1920s and 1930s, linkages, similarities and differences between how each author define modern architecture can be observed. These varying viewpoints encourages not only the identification of ‘Traditional’ and ‘Art Deco’ movements but also the critical understanding of modern architecture’s evolution and its relation to the societal beliefs, authority, resource and function during the Interwar Period.

The Industrial revolution had opened many doors for the development of science and industry, however; there were social consequences due to that expeditious progression as it did not necessarily influence the quality of life in a positive manner. The rapid development of cities and the growth of factories and mills gave rise to large slum populations, hence, resulting in serious concerns for the health of the society as it was towards a damaging decline. The architecture of these cities was transforming and adapting itself in order to meet the needs of urbanization and development. Buildings such as Joseph Paxton’s Crystal Palace arose from the heart of the Industrial Revolution in order to celebrate the new era of modern capitalism. Though revolutionary and iconic, many disapproved of the minimalistic designs pf such buildings as they were merely “made manifest as a total system”, as Kenneth Frampton notes it in The Crisis of 1851.

The many aspects of the modern period, political, social, and others, were all very different and yet connected in one trait: change. Some major things were happening in America, and no part was left untouched. World War 1 had come and gone, and had left its mark on the culture and economy of the country. Wars cost money, and America had spent a lot, not just in money but in lives. That war was the deadliest in history at that point, and a lot of men were killed, and those who survived had to have endured brutal conditions and horrifying experiences. Desperate to leave those dark days behind, those that returned soon pushed social life to a whole new level.

“An inclination to subjective distortion to point up the evanescence of the social world of the nineteenth century bourgeoisie.”

    Architecture has undergone a rapid and revolutionary transformation in the  modern era.  Through the work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, this essay  attempts to chart the transition in architecture from nineteenth century  Romanticism and Neoclassicism to High Modernism. Mies van der Rohe  redefined architectural boundaries and emphasised the beauty of simple forms,  the importance of functionality and the versatility of new materials such as  glass, steel and marble. An analysis of the work of Philip Johnson reveals the  development from High Modernism to Postmodernism, where playful and  ironic decoration and humanist theories were reintroduced into what had

Art Deco is still very prevalent in our society, and considered a gem in recent architectural history. It has its roots in the movement called ‘Art Nouveau’ (French for “new art”), which reigned from the mid early 1800’s to the century’s end near the start of World War I. The term originally stemmed from Siegfried’s art gallery; ‘La Maison

The Modernist Period was first a reaction against the previous Victorian culture. Intellectuals and artists of the 20th century believed that the previous era’s way of doing things was a cultural dead end and they wanted to break away from traditions.

There are multiple reasons for withdrawal and isolation in society in a time of war, depression, or societal unrest. People in the time of war are often conflicted with alienation of oneself from other people. After the war, the economy changed and people changed with it. Social standards shifted from what it once was, due to this change people could not cope with the freedom they had to spend their money on mass made products and money they didn't have to buy other things, eventually leading to the stock market crash. This modernism movement changed the live of many people and with that change happened even though many resisted along the way. The older generation couldn't accept the fact that tradition had little meaning to the people who were less patriotic and felt as if they weren't safe, and these people were called the “Lost Generation”. The two of these informational pieces directly link to Modernism due to the concepts hidden in them such as dissatisfaction and alienation.