General characteristics of the 20th century:

☆ Introduction:

   The  Twentieth century  was  like no time period before it.  Einstein  Darwin, Freud, and Mark were  just some of the thinkers  who profoundly  changed  Western  culture. These changes  took distinct shape in the literature.   Of the 20th century. Modernism  a movement  that was a rradical break from  19th century  Victorianism, led to  postmodernism  , which emphasized  see  if consciousness  and Pop art. While  20th century  literature  is a diverse  field  covering  a variety of  genres  there are common  characteristics  that change  literature  forever. 

     After  1918,  'Modern'   define the  effect of literature  that  are  to expand  its range, to fragment  its  solidarity, to enlarge  and  profoundly  change  its audience, its  forms and its subject  matter.

 

☆ Characteristics of the 20th  century:

 {1}  Development  of poetry, novels and Drama:

 The  greatest  poets in this era are such as  Thomas Hardy and  W.B. Yeats  to T.S.Eliot  and  W.H. Auden Hardy (1940- 1928)  .   Mostly   writes  about country  people  life  in Wessex- a  rural country  in southeast  England. 

● Georgian and Imagist poetry  development  in 20th century  :

Rupert Brooke, D.H. Lawrence, Siegfried  sassoon  and Issac  Rose Georgian     because   they  poets  in  found  in a series  entitled Georgian  poetry.  The name of Georgian  poetry  is derived from the  king (George  V)   Who reign in 1910 to 1936    as earter explains.  Imagist poets , such as Des Imagistes (1914)   have  some  characteristics  that are tendes to be  short and sharp  glimpses.  It is  a movement designed to replace  the   soft discursive  narrative  a harder. More  condensed, Imagistic language.  " nearest the bone."  Irish drama development in  20th century. 

{2}  Fragmented  structure :

Modernist and postmodern writers, however, believed that this did a disservice to the reliability of stories in general. The 20th century saw the birth of the ironic narrator, who could not be trusted with the facts of narrative. Nick Carraway, narrator of Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," for example, tells the story with a bias toward the novel's titular character. In an extreme case of fragmented perspective, Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying" switches narrators between each chapter.

{3}  Experimentation :

Writers mixed images from the past with modern languages and themes, creating a collage of styles. The inner workings of consciousness were a common subject for modernists. This preoccupation led to a form of narration called stream of consciousness, where the point of view of the novel meanders in a pattern resembling human thought. Authors James Joyce and Virginia Woolf, along with poets T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, are well known for their experimental Modernist works.

{4} writing  from the margins:

 The Harlem Renaissance, for example, brought together African-Americans living in New York to form a powerful literary movement. Writers such as Langston Hughes, Nella Larsen and Zora Neale Hurston wrote fiction and poetry that celebrated black identity. Similarly, female writers gained recognition through novels that chronicled their own experience. Finally, the post-colonial literary movement was born.

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