Unit 15 Early Twentieth Century -American Modernism:a Brief introduction The centers of modernism 1. Stylistic innovations- disruption of traditional syntax and form 2. Artist's self-consciousness about questions of form and structure 3. Obsession with primitive material and attitudes a 4. International perspective on cultural matters
Unit 15 Early Twentieth Century - American Modernism: A Brief Introduction ◼ The Centers of Modernism ◼ 1. Stylistic innovations - disruption of traditional syntax and form. ◼ 2. Artist's self-consciousness about questions of form and structure. ◼ 3. Obsession with primitive material and attitudes. ◼ 4. International perspective on cultural matters
Modern Attitudes a 1. The artist is generally less appreciated but more sensitive even more heroic, than the average person a 2. The artist challenges tradition and reinvigorates it. 3 a breaking away from patterned responses and predictable forms
◼ Modern Attitudes ◼ 1. The artist is generally less appreciated but more sensitive, even more heroic, than the average person. ◼ 2. The artist challenges tradition and reinvigorates it. ◼ 3. A breaking away from patterned responses and predictable forms
a Contradictory Elements 1 Democratic and elitist 2. Traditional and anti-tradition a 3 National jingoism and provincia lity versus the celebration of international culture 4. Puritanical and repressive elements versus freer expression in sexual and political matters
◼ Contradictory Elements ◼ 1. Democratic and elitist. ◼ 2. Traditional and anti-tradition. ◼ 3. National jingoism and provinciality versus the celebration of international culture. ◼ 4. Puritanical and repressive elements versus freer expression in sexual and political matters
Literary Achievements a 1. Dramatization of the plight of women 2 Creation of a literature of the urban experience a 3. Continuation of the pastoral or rural spirit a 4. Continuation of regionalism and local color
◼ Literary Achievements ◼ 1. Dramatization of the plight of women. ◼ 2. Creation of a literature of the urban experience. ◼ 3. Continuation of the pastoral or rural spirit. ◼ 4. Continuation of regionalism and local color
Modern themes 1. Collectivism versus the authority of the individual 2. The impact of the 1918 Bolshevik Revolution in russia ■3. The Jazz Age 4. The passage of 19th Amendment in 1920 giving women the right to vote 5. Prohibition of the production, sale, and consumption of alcoholic beverages, 1920-33 6. The stock-market crash of 1929 and the Depression of the 1930s and their impact
◼ Modern Themes ◼ 1. Collectivism versus the authority of the individual. ◼ 2. The impact of the 1918 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. ◼ 3. The Jazz Age. ◼ 4. The passage of 19th Amendment in 1920 giving women the right to vote. ◼ 5. Prohibition of the production, sale, and consumption of alcoholic beverages, 1920-33. ◼ 6. The stock-market crash of 1929 and the Depression of the 1930s and their impact