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Modernism Because Modernism expands all over the world, its range of dates can be skewed. To keep the movement as small as possible, the main focus will be on Western Modernism approximately between 1915 to the late 1940s. Modernism has a few key, defining points that separate it from other movements. According to Paul P. Reuben on his “Perspectives in American Literature” website, Modernists tend to center around “stylistic innovations – disruption of traditional syntax and form; artist‟s self-consciousness about questions of form and structure; obsession with primitive material and attitudes; [and] international perspectives on cultural matters” (“American Modernism”). Artists, poets, and generally all workers of the time dealt with matters such as WWI, and it changed their way of thinking. As acknowledged by Professor Glanville from State College of Florida, after WWI, “life began to be viewed as mechanized and dehumanizing, and war and economic constraints led people to be alienated from each other, society, and God” (“Literary Movement Lecture - Modernism”). It was a rough time to live in, so poets found a way to take their frustration and disappointment and artistry and blend it all together to produce poems unlike anything else. A few literary achievements were sparked during this time as well. Reuben explains that “dramatization of the plight of women; creation of a literature of the urban experience; continuation of the pastoral or rural spirit; [and] continuation of regionalism and local color” were some of the life-changing events in literature as well as the people (“American Modernism”). A few examples of themes that relate to these achievements include: The Jazz Age, Harlem Renaissance, women‟s rights - specifically to vote, and the economic downfalls from prohibition and the stock-market crash of 1929.
Modernism Though it is usually clear what the related theme is for most modern poems, there are a few things that stagger the flow of the reading, one being the stream of consciousness. CNDLS from Georgetown University defines “stream of consciousness” as “a method of narrative representation of „random‟ thoughts which follow in a free-flowing style” (“Stream of consciousness”). The writing style for this goes back to the disruption of syntax previously stated. It often lacks “correct punctuation” and favors a “more incomplete style” (“Stream of consciousness”). William Butler Yeats is one poet that defies the traditional aspect of modern poetry. As stated by Wikipedia, “unlike other modernists who experimented with free verse, Yeats was a master of the traditional forms” (“W.B. Yeats”). Modern poetry is accustomed to the free verse style because that was a way for poets to go against the norm, but Yeats was the opposite and occasionally wrote with a typical modernist approach, but other than that he preferred to have a traditional style with modernist themes.
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