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Originated in the late 19th century early 20th century and is a style or movement in the arts that aims to break with classical and traditional forms.

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The main characteristics of Modernist Literature are -
Individualism: The Individual is more interesting than the writing
Experimentation: breaking free from old techniques and norms of literature - writing in free verse
Absurdity: inspired by world wars and goes off the belief that the world is irrational and meaningless
Symbolism: meant much more than one thing meaning or symbolizing something else. It wasn't a new concept, but was used to allow more room for audiences to use their imagination.
Formalism: authors saw literature as a craft, this helped with the idea of modernist writers to be more creative and original (Patrick).

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The Modernist period was an interval in literary history that started around the early 1900s and continued up until the early 1940s. Modernist writers often went against traditional clearcut storytelling and formulaic poetry that was prevalent from the 19th century.

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During the 1920s, America experienced a great deal of wealth and prosperity. After world war I, the united states became a consumer society and was blinded by their wealth. People lived extravagant lives and used the money to cover unhappiness. As a result, many people were searching for new ideas and values. A new generation of authors, known as the Lost Generation, arose; authors such as Ezra Pound were among this generation that introduced many changes both socially and politically. Ezra Pound is well known for his lengthy sentences. One of Ezra's most famous works includes "The Return," which describes the return of the Gods who have weakened to an almost unrecognizable form through the ages.

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Langston Hughes was a writer during the modernist period, and was considered to be an influential figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Hughes wrote in many literary genres including poetry, novels, plays, and short stories. He publish his first poem in 1921, and his first book in 1930, titled "Not without laughter". Hughes didn't differentiate between his personal experience and the common experience of black America in his works because he wanted to reflect the culture of his people in his writing. His poems were often said to have the feeling of jazz music or improvisation, which lead to the creation of jazz poetry.

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Disappointed with the ideologies that were produced due to the result of WW1, many people were searching for new ideas and ethics. This is where Modernism arose and the presence of T.S Eliot was known. T.S Eliot was one of the many writers and artists who called themselves Modernists. He was an American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic. He was a leading figure in the Modernist movement in Poetry in many of his various works. Those various works being The Waste Land (1922) and Four Quartets (1943). Many people thought his poetry was confusing and complex. But because of this, Eliot had said that the poetry had to be struchted like this in order to express Modernism. Eliot’s influential poets knew poetry as an art rather than a statement.

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James Joyce was considered to be an inventive writer and even wrote an entire novel in his own language (Finnegan's Wake). His most notable work Ulysses was originally published in December of 1920, and is noticed so much because of the way Joyce wrote it. According to Britannica, Ulysses was so popular because of "its use of a variant of the interior monologue known as the stream-of-consicousness technique" (Britannica). Because Joyce published his work between the years 1914-1939, he falls into the Modernist category. His writings also play around with experimentation and dialogue, and as mentioned earlier in the timeline, experimentation was a main characteristic of Modernist Literature.

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Patrick, Josh. “The Main Characteristics of Modernist Literature.” Pen and the Pad, 10 Jan. 2019, penandthepad.com/main-characteristics-modernist-literature-8451197.html.

“Ulysses.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., www.britannica.com/topic/Ulysses-novel-by-Joyce.

Davies, Hugh Alistair , Gardner, Helen and Tate, Allen. "T.S. Eliot". Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Mar. 2021, https://www.britannica.com/biography/T-S-Eliot. Accessed 28 June 2021.

“Canaday Center.” The University of Toledo, www.utoledo.edu/library/canaday/guidepages/Modernism2.html.

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