Modernist literature

Though I touched on this topic in the first half of the semester in my response to Ida B. Wells (Addition Post 2), I’ve expanded on this issue in my responses to Mary Loeffelholz’s overview of American Literature (Mar. 13), Gloria Anzaldúa’s “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” (Apr. 8), and Adrienne Rich’s “Diving into the Wreck” (Apr. 15). Specifically, Loeffelholz’s retelling of history, alongside Rich and Wells’ rejection of accepted history, resulted in a considerable…

appreciated poet of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to whom today’s commonly seen techniques are attributed. Many authors’ goal is to provide a contribution to society and influence the literature field in which they primarily work. To some, leaving a recognized impression is one of the highest rewards in literature. For authors similar to Robert Frost, a poet in the 19th and 20th centuries, they accomplished this goal with, what seems like, little effort or struggle. Throughout the…

In the modernism era of literature (1914-1945) William Faulkner wrote several books, short stories, and articles about children, families, sex, race, with fixations and life in the south. I did not feel that “A Rose for Emily” should have been selected to appear in literature books or curriculums for college or high school for that time period. This short story was not a “yardstick” For literature in this era. William Faulkner refuses to discuss his works in interviews. He does not like to…

Chat Sumlin ENGL-2210-016 Fall 2016 Paper 2 Alienation In European literature romantic and modernist movements alienation was commonly used as a means to develop their characters in a more personal manner. Romanticism was less of a political movement, compared to other movements, rather it was more of a movement towards increasing intellectualism. During the age of romanticism authors were focused on deep thinking and the value of expression of thought, these themes go hand in hand with the…

an era of conflicting ideals. Consequently, literature changed its perspective; most commonly, however, was the transition from modernist ideals to postmodernist ideals. Much like modernism, post-modernism offered to reject the ideals presented by popular trends during their time; yet for postmodernism, the rejection, in this case, mostly dealt with homogeneity (a universal standard defined by advancements in American quality of life) and how literature acts as a deconstructive tool (Byam…

Capote. Lish’s novel proves a development in the representation of literary self-celebration in American literature. The author shows that contemporary efforts to celebrate oneself have inverted the optimistic potential assigned to self-celebration by Whitman. “The failure of democratic renown was, of course, lamented by Whitman himself less than two decades…

for its strength, nobility, and power” is part of the poem La Araucana, written by Alonso de Ercilla Zúñiga, and considered as the first work piece of literature in Chile. A Spanish soldier, he wrote his epic poem while he spent two years in Chile in the 16th century. As with other dimensions of Chilean social, economic, and cultural life, literature has also been influenced by the European heritage, primarly Spanish, and by the political, cultural, and economic relevance of the Catholic Church…

Hope Murray Mrs. Karkut American Literature Period 5 7 May 2017 DON’T FORGET TO ADD SCHOOLBOOK CITATIONS!!!! “If you have other things in your life – family, friends, good productive day work – these can interact with your writing and the sum will be all the richer,” as stated by David Brin. Authors write about things they know. Their life has considerable influence on their writing and allows them to create a unique voice that is entirely their own. William Faulkner lived in a time where…

At the turn of the 20th century, the American people experienced a turbulent change in the way they viewed the world. During the preceding Romantic Period, originating in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, literature and thought focused on hopeful longing, romantic optimism and an abundant use of flowery, complex language, both in the spoken and written word. Romantic poets such as John Keats and William Wordsworth used intricate metaphors and descriptive imagery to give vast, inspiring…

Tolstoy is considered to be one of the best writers in the world, and War and Peace is considered to be one of his best pieces of writing. But it is debatable whether or not War and Peace is a novel. Both Morson and Norton, and Tolstoy himself” have said that War and Peace “…is not a novel” (Morson, pg. 1090; Norton, pg. 75-76; War and Peace, pg. 1090). They believe to some extent that Tolstoy writes in absolute language because he was a visionary and thought through the novel while writing, and…