ENGL 305 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - William Shakespeare, Virginia Woolf, Virginia
ENGL 305
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
English 305 W1D2 Lecture
Introduction to Modernism !
-modernists would not call themselves modernist !
•used more direct names !
-surrealism!
-symbolism!
-cubism!
-impressionism, etc.!
-modernism is a term to capture the revolutionary tone of the era !
-used in the class!
•used to dignify an aesthetic !
-it evokes an art !
-not used for raw history!
-exclusively an art work!
•a multidimensional artistic response to the experiences to modernity !
•describers the art of the early 20th century and the response to those conditions !
-the conditions is referred to as modernity !
-working to intervene with modernity !
•modernism in a relationship with modernity !
-Dating Modernity !
•extremely argued over!
-expansive 1880-1956!
-traditional 1914-1945!
•WW1-WW2!
-modernism is profoundly shaped by war!
#1
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•these dates imply that art follows history !
-Geography!
•London!
•Paris !
•Harlem!
•Carmel!
-Pound’s Modernism advice !
•Make it new!
-Things often said about Modernism !
•a reaction against modernity and war !
-WW1!
•how can we believe we are rational people?!
-we used our technologies against each other !
-a fundamental break with all of the paradigms they believed in the
Enlightenment period !
•a reaction against romanticism, Victorianism, or realism !
-the new world has no place for old forms !
-outdated and outmoded !
•modernism is difficult !
-difficulty is part of the design !
•a strain in modernism that says “anything is popular is suspicious” !
-“feed the masses”!
•unstable narration and point of view !
-used to get away from realism !
#2
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Document Summary
Modernists would not call themselves modernist: used more direct names. Modernism is a term to capture the revolutionary tone of the era. Used in the class: used to dignify an aesthetic. Exclusively an art work: a multidimensional artistic response to the experiences to modernity, describers the art of the early 20th century and the response to those conditions. The conditions is referred to as modernity. Working to intervene with modernity: modernism in a relationship with modernity. #1: these dates imply that art follows history. Pound"s modernism advice: make it new. Things often said about modernism: a reaction against modernity and war. We used our technologies against each other. A fundamental break with all of the paradigms they believed in the. Enlightenment period: a reaction against romanticism, victorianism, or realism. The new world has no place for old forms. Outdated and outmoded: modernism is di cult.
