文档介绍：1918-1945 1918-1945 ?? Modernism is an omnibus term( Modernism is an omnibus term( 综合性术语综合性术语) ) for a number of tendencies in the arts for a number of tendencies in the arts which were prominent in which were prominent in the first half of the first half of the 20th c.; the 20th c.; In English literature it is In English literature it is particularly associated with the writings of particularly associated with the writings of T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, James Joyce, Virginia Virginia Woolf Woolf , W. B. Yeats, F. M. , W. B. Yeats, F. M. Ford and Joseph Conrad. Ford and Joseph Conrad. ??美国的第二次文艺复兴美国的第二次文艺复兴基调低沉悲观基调低沉悲观??人们对自由民主的信念开始动摇,普遍感到迷惘, 人们对自由民主的信念开始动摇,普遍感到迷惘, 甚至绝望。甚至绝望。??他们不再寄希望于未来,而是强调他们不再寄希望于未来,而是强调 seize the day seize the day ??大胆创新的时代大胆创新的时代各种技巧、流派、文艺理各种技巧、流派、文艺理论相继出现论相继出现??作家们开始注意探索人物的内心世界作家们开始注意探索人物的内心世界??采用意识流、时序颠倒等手法,对读者提采用意识流、时序颠倒等手法,对读者提出了很高的要求出了很高的要求?? Political background : the 1st war Political background : the 1st war ?? Economic background : the great depression Economic background : the great depression ?? Social background : paradoxes ---- the new Social background : paradoxes ---- the new rich Vs the old rich : the new civilization Vs the rich Vs the old rich : the new civilization Vs the traditional values traditional values ?? Cultural background: psychology of Freud Cultural background: psychology of Freud &stream-of-consciousness &stream-of-consciousness ?? Stream of Consciousness was a Stream of Consciousness was a literary technique in which a literary technique in which a character's thoughts are presented in character's thoughts are presented in the confusing, jumbled, and the confusing, jumbled, and inconsequential manner of real life inconsequential manner of real life without any clarification by the without any clarification by the author. It's best known writers are author. It's best known writers are Marcel Marcel Proust Prous