Modernism

1910-1965

Characteristics:

Strong and intentional break with tradition, change with religious, political and social views

World is created in the act of perceiving it

No such thing as absolute truth, all things are relative

Life is unordered

The horrors of World War One resulted in modernist authors feeling betrayed by the war, that led the civilized world into a bloody conflict.

Books:

The good soldier by Ford Madox Ford

To the lighthouse by…