Modernism

1. Causes

1.1. rapid growth of societies

1.2. gender, class & race struggles

1.3. loss of faith

1.4. World wars

1.4.1. T.S Elliot - Wasteland

1.4.1.1. portrayed the fraction and dislocation of the world

2. Relevant writers

2.1. Authors

2.1.1. James Joyce

2.1.2. Virginia Woolf

2.1.3. Joseph Conrad

2.1.4. William Faulkner

2.2. Poets

2.2.1. T. S Elliot

2.2.2. Ezra Pound

2.2.3. W. H Auden

2.2.4. Robert Frost

2.3. They presented a pesimist picture of society

3. Characteristics

3.1. Radical disruption of linear narrative

3.2. Exploration of individual consciousness

3.3. Language is central to artistic exploration

3.4. Use of fragments of everyday language & rhyme

3.5. Use of symbolism and setting

4. Period

4.1. 1890 - 1950

5. Devices

5.1. Stream of consciousness

5.2. Interior monologue