Essays on Modernism

Many modernist writers and poets created stories and poems when there was war, financial crisis, and social change. Modernists writings were written to question and re-examine traditional ways of thinking. According to class notes, most modernist writings were created after wars, such as the Russian...

Derek Walcott’s A Far Cry from Africa, published in 1962 is such an agonizing and didactic personal poem that explores the history of a specific uprising in Kenya, occupied by the British, in the 1950s. Davis, M. A. (2009), effectively puts in “In order to...

Transition into the twentieth century incorporated more than just the change of numbers. The Victorian era brought about scientific discoveries, a variety of literary movements, and the industrial revolution with all its benefits and challenges. However, this era came to an abrupt halt with political...

The word modern may be thought of something that is the most current form of something for example a new make or model of a phone, which is correct, but when talking about modernism the word, “modern” or “modernism” means something completely different. Modernism is...

It is no doubt that all discussions of postmodernism begin with definitions of modernism, the period and cultural phase which relied on a notion of human perfectibility and progress that were formed due to the applications of technological advances in World War II. Modernists rejected...

As a beginner some may had have it easy, tough, or maybe no clue that they’ll one day become a successful writer. In Faulkner’s life, writing and reading through the family, his mom and dad read lots of books. As in for Faulkner he was...

High modernism is an international movement that emerged in the 19th/20th century. The movement was most prevalent during the Cold War. The high modernist movement is where society is governed by the states, especially through urban planning, monopolies and architecture. In high modernism there is...