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    characteristics of the Modernist movement, which is one of the many reasons it should be added into the syllabus. F. Scott Fitzgerald explores a common Modernist theme, isolation and uncertainty, within “Winter Dreams” by using a descriptive style. This descriptive style is a contrast to the literary works of Sherwood Anderson, known for his simple prose, and Ernest Hemingway, known for his journalist style. Fitzgerald uses beautiful imagery within his works to create Modernist themes. Within “Winter

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    One literary period that I observed throughout chapter 9 of Grendel is Modernism. Modernism happened between the Victoria Era and Postmodernism where the authors look at chaos to find meaning, but denies intelligent rationalization and spiritual principles. In Grendel, it shifted a transition where people have no certainty about the chaos. Instead, they try to search for meaning in order to find the reality. One example of Gardner’s use of modernism is when Hrothulf claimed: “In the old days, they

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    the early twentieth century as well as the disillusionment caused by World War I, Modernism arose in an attempt to better explain the new, ever-changing world. Modernist literature revolves around several principles, including stylistic minimalism, fragmentation, perspectivism, and symbolism. Ernest Hemingway, a significant American Modernist, employs all of these principles in his collection of short stories In Our Time. Throughout many of these short stories, a recurring character Nick Adams matures

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    form, and style; however, between 1914 and 1965, the Modernist movement began to break traditional literary values. As World War I commenced, major transformations within Western society occurred due to shifting cultural values and trends. Many Americans began to feel as if traditional literature and culture were becoming obsolete in an increasingly modernized world. Therefore, many sectors of American life began to transition to encompass Modernist attributes, including art and literature. From these

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    change was a revolution that brought on two fundamentally different beings; modernists and fundamentalists. While fundamentalists valued the bible, and lived by it in its entirety, modernists were more self-conscious and favored creativity and common sense rather than the bible. The divide had to come head when the controversial Scopes “Monkey” Trial began and new theories were explored which were then applied in modernist art, literature, and the way of thinking. The revolution in manners in morals

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    The reader can see a reflection of Jewel in the horse in a sense of wild freedom. Jewel is the horses’ only master, and the horse is a wild, free, beauty that symbolizes what every modernist wants. Jewel snuck out of his house as a teenager, during the middle of the night, and worked for the better part of a year this way so he could earn his own horse. He treats his new horse in a unique way. He will beat his horse, and then feed it;

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    Flaws within the Perception of the American Dream The Modernist era provided an inordinate fortuity for authors as well as other composers of art to express pieces conveying ambiguous ideologies and meanings. A representation of such ambiguous work is conveyed through Edward Albee and his contemporary American theatre piece, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. According to Dr. S. C. Mundra, one of the main characteristics of absurdism is “Reality is unbearable unless relieved by dreams and illusions

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    attempted to escape earlier nineteenth century literary standards. Whether in subject or prose construction, the intent shared by Modernist writers was finding expression for their work by other means. However, the exact time period connecting Modernist writers is debated on whether it is only for those of the nineteenth century. One such writer whose qualifications as a Modernist writer have been questioned is Kate Chopin whose life straddled the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth

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    During the early 19th century there was a new wave of writers. This modernist movement was mainly concentrated in north america and europe. The writers of this time were driven to make writing new and their own. The event taking place during the early 1900’s begin to change how writers felt about their writing. Writers began to feel like they were to confined by traditional writing styles. The writers of this time were trying to push the limits of their time to develop their own writing style. Many

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    Modernism is defined as a term used to describe the successful styles and movements in art and architecture that peaked in the 1960’s. When one pictures modern and contemporary art, they often envision the abstract paintings of Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, and Salvador Dali. However, the artist the public should be envisioning is Joan Mitchell. She was an artist of infinite importance that helped lead the way in expressionism. Mitchell’s impact on the art world emerged as a result

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