Essays on Modernist

The literature written during the 1920s brought to life America's fixation of rising to the top within social ranks. The themes and ideals presented in novels and poetry during the 1920s were a depiction of the fantasy that was the American dream. The fantasy, often associated with leaving rural life and joining the ranks of the modern city, was one that most people can still relate to today. Literature in the 1920s highlighted this and offered it as an antidote to rural life. In the twentieth century some American modernist’s decided to blend the concept of pastoral tradition with ...

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Introduction Organizational theory is theories that are developed by various philosophers to understand and explain the role of organizational structure and management in an organization. It helps to study the organization and management that provides help to the managers to understand the organizational and management behavior of the organization. Organizational theory mainly depends on three perspectives. These three perspectives are modernist perspective, symbolic interpretive perspective and post-modern theory. These perspectives have their different approaches to explaining the organizational structure to the managers of an organization (Hall and Quinn, 1983). The modernist theories depend on the objectives of focusing ...

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Modernity and Post modernity are the two social, political, economic and cultural phases in respectively 20th and 21st centuries. The initial phase of cinema was much influenced by phase of modernity and the later was influenced by the aspects of post modernity. The paper tries to analyse these modernity and post-modernity in cinematic context. For this comparative analysis the researcher has taken two cinematic works. The initial focus of the paper is the study of the term modernity with its elements. These elements have been analyzed in the context of Charlie Chaplin’s cinematic work. The paper then discusses ...

Modernism became a genre of photography in the early 1900s, when photographers desired to distinguish themselves from their pictorial counterparts in both medium and intended audience effect. This paper will examine a photograph of a well-known modernist photographer, Alfred Stieglitz, and discuss the elements of the composition that make it part of the modernism era.

Photographers adhering to the modernist ideals of the early twentieth century believed that photography should distinguish itself from the medium of painting because paintings were not as true to real life as photographs could be. Therefore, modernist photographers did not produce works of art that resembled ...

Time does not only shape the world; it shapes the ideas that are created by the human mind. There are different ideas that can be expressed in writing, poetry offers one of the best genres in literature whereby people are able to express their ideas and make them known to the world. When writing there are different issues that influence a writer to write about a certain topic or issue. Many writers are influenced by issues that take place within the society, they develop their ideas from this issues .Another key factor that influence a writer or a poet the period in which ...

Why "Tangled" (Film) is Post-modern

Studies of Modern Media are required to be comprehensive in their analysis of the varying main approaches used within the field. Through inclusion, these studies require individualized active engagement, with regard to research and analysis. They are crucial in enabling students improve their understanding on the prevailing contexts under which modern media exists and functions. Consequently, as provided in the text – Media Studies: Texts, Production, and Contexts (2nd Ed.) – by Long & Wall (2012), current contexts require individuals to actively analyze with the prevailing forms of existing media. This should be at both the intellectual and practical levels, with extra ...

As caution note, it suggests that present day Islamic views may not be strictly divided as this book’s placements might propose that not well-informed reader. For example, the writing of Abul A, In Mandudu and Ali Shariati who is labeled as fundamentalist by Talatoff and Moadded presently has sufficient who can be known as modernist. There are many famous fundamentalist whose thoughts of the twentieth century have been declared as the thought of the traditionalist and narrow minded for being too hard and on the other hand considered too open mind or liberal and modern. However, labeling ...

Robert Frost was one of the most preeminent modernists and existentialists of his time, and his poem “Home Burial” demonstrates the various aspects that made up his modernism quite well. Telling the tale of a domestic dispute that occurs between a frantic woman and her taciturn husband at the death and burial of their young child, Frost showcases the nihilism and despair that occurs when characters and poets alike look at the fragility of human life and relationships. Through his sparse, dialogue-heavy prose, Frost creates a stark, grounded feel to his poem, which is very much in line with modernist/existentialist poetry. “ ...

The modernist period saw a departure from traditional modes and ways of thinking and creating art. Occurring shortly after the Victorian period, the modernist period deliberately moved away from its corseted ancestry, aiming to tell the same stories but in different modes. Among these poets was Robert Frost, whose life spanned from the end of the Victorian period into the mid-1960s. Frost was a notable poet, although not necessarily a modernist: he celebrated individuality, man’s connection with nature, and a simplicity in basic truths—he also never completely broke away from traditional forms of poetry. In his poems “The Pasture,” “Mowing,” and “ ...

The Age of Modernism

Modernism, in the history of literature is a movement which can be defined as modern thought or thinking. This is where all ideas of the past are rejected. Realism as well as Enlightenment are not accepted and the idea of a one true God is thought as a thing of the past. All works from the past are taken into account but rewritten, revised or redone in a way that most suited the period and the practices of artists during the time. Modernism was not only a movement within the arts, it was also a social and political kind of movement (Curry, 2004). Since this ...

A modernist society is defined to be a transition from traditional system of society to present world of twenty first century society. Modernist society is characterized by people living in a developed manner, with more civilized advancements. Avatar is a film by James Cameroon that has been modified to depict the characters of two different worlds, the real human being in the planet and aliens in this case Na’vis. Humans in the planet discovered another plant called Pandora where the aliens reside. RDA corporation decided to relocate the aliens because they wanted to mine unobtanium, but the aliens could not accept ...

According to Habermas (1983), the notion of “project of modernity” came into focus during the period of the eighteenth century. It is worth mentioning that the spirit of aesthetic modernity discussed by the philosopher was extremely striking in the works of Baudelaire, avant-garde movements, Dadaism and surrealism. At this very time, Bergson presents his philosophy of the new time, showing the elusiveness, ephemerality and discontinuity of life. That’s is why the way of modernist representation of art is rather abstract and ambiguous. The representatives of modernism were rebelling against the whole normative system claiming that they have no ...

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What is modern photography? Modern photography, also known as modernist photography, refers to the trends of photography that started in the first half of twentieth century in which photographers use camera as a tool to focus on an object or objects and emphasize on formal qualities. They try to be more abstract or unusual and not narrative. Modernism features development of modern industrial societies. In modern photography, artists moved away from simulating other forms of art such as painting and drawing. Many photographers have given many innovations to this art to establish it as an independent art form. ...

Harlem Renaissance is a conceptual manifestation of the blossoming African American culture with particular focus on creative arts. Through considerable inclination to embrace musical, literary and visual arts, Harlem Renaissance accorded artists the opportunity to re-conceptualize the racial stereotypes that had influenced the relationships of the black people within the spectrum of heritage. According to Houston (1989), the period of Harlem Renaissance informed the artistic commentary on the ability of the blacks to break away from the bondage of the Victorian moral value on the basis of the bourgeois shame that characterized racist belief. With regard to this, it ...

The Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft AEG Turbine Factory was built between 1908 and 1909 by the early modernist artist, innovator, architect, and painter Peter Behrens. Behrens was born in Hamburg in 1868, and he died in Berlin in 1940. Behrens first studied as a painter and a woodcutter, but by the turn of the century had abandoned it in favor of the applied arts. Behrens became involved in the German labor movement, and he was influenced by nationalist ideas to fortify the middle class at the time, and was influenced by the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche and the early ideals that formed ...

Introduction

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) located in Sydney, Australia. The museum is dedicated to the exhibition, collection and interpretation of contemporary art pieces from Australia and other continents. The museum was the brainchild of John Power, an Australian expatriate. John’s intention was to educate and inform the Australian public on contemporary visual forms of art (MCA 2013, 1). The Museum of Contemporary Art was officially opened in November 1991 (MCA 2013, 1). The exhibitions are housed in the former Maritime Service Board building at Circular Quay at the periphery of the Sydney Harbor. The state government ...

The years of James Joyce's life mark major transitions in world history, as well as in world culture. When he was born, in 1882, the worldwide transition from an agrarian way of life to the industrial paradigm was still in fits and starts. Wars were still fought hand-to-hand and on horseback. Literature was still primarily a mostly straightforward affair, as were the visual arts. Matters of perspective, the bailiwick of the modernist artists, were still yet to be the matter of much experimentation. However, the arrival of the Impressionist painters began to erode a unified perspective by considering how subjects might ...

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First published in 1922, Virginia Woolf’s Jacob’s Room was her first novel to use modernist and impressionistic techniques. This paper will show that Woolf’s methodology (the way she wrote the novel) is intimately connected with the thematic preoccupations of the author: the method mirrors the message. Jacob’s Room is commonly seen as an indictment of the sterility and emptiness of modern civilization at the start of the twentieth century and it is true that at its heart is an existential angst that is presented vividly by Woolf. However, this paper will argue that Woolf uses ...

Analysis of the Novel Time and Again by Jack Finney

Time and Again is a novel written by Jack Finney that manifests what preservation is when it comes to the history of places. The Main character, Simon Morley, returns to 1882 New York City. He wanders through the New York World and the old City Hall Post Office as well as Gramercy Park. This depicts historical adventure that leads to wishful thinking of ways in which one can turn out to be Si. He sees the world exactly as it was one may think that a day had not passes after the happenings he goes back to investigate. He is involved ...

The term cuisine refers to characteristic cooking style practices and traditions. It is associated with a particular culture and refers to a range of food prepared by a person, restaurant, cultural societies, and countries. Different types of cuisines are named after their geographic regions from where they originate and are influenced by the locally available ingredients in the area. The difference in availability of ingredients creates variant dishes that are unique to that location. In the book “Modern Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking” the term is coined from the cultural revolution and modernist movements in fine art, dance, music, ...

“Banksy” is the pseudonym of a contemporary avant-garde street artist who has challenged the public with his provocative and often difficult to classify art. According to some, he is simply a vandal or “guerilla artist” (Mitchell, “Britain: The Strengths”). However, the acceptance of his work at venues as distinguished as the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has placed him in the company of the artistic elite (Betbeze, “Banksy: A Postmodern Pioneer”). One piece in particular has gained quite a lot of attention recently. In his adaptation of “The Gleaners” by the French painter Jean-Franç ...

Robert Frost, an American poet of the late 19th century was dubbed as one of America’s finest poets. Literally, his poems reflect the serene appreciation of quiet living in the countryside, the simple appreciation over small things and the values of life (Fagan, 33). In this paper, I would like to argue that Robert Frost’s poems reflect individuality, despite the gentle poetic words of his poems. Normally, a reader might perceive Frost as an ‘effeminate; due to the quality of his chosen words. Most poets at the time of war use a much stronger voice in order to express ...

Postmodernism is a movement of art that emerged in the late 1960s and the early 1970s. Among all art movements, this one is considered to be the most controversial (Victoria and Albert Museum, 2014). This movement defies definition and is said to have fundamentally introduced an unstable mix of theoretical and theatrical. It was majorly multifaceted and was characterized by elements ranging from the luxurious to the completely ridiculous (Victoria and Albert Museum, 2014). This new brand of art is considered to have shattered some of the previously established ideas and styles as well as generally introducing radical freedom to ...

Literary Criticism of T. S. Eliot’s Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock

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The poem Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock feels as fresh to the readers now as it did to Ezra Pound when he first read it. Among other traits, Prufrock exhibits qualities of a characteristic example of modernism in literature, a literary work from the era of literary history that stood towering for its capability for never repeating the same act twice. The poem is a great example of characteristic qualities of modernist poetry namely fragmentation, montage and objective correlative. The narrator T.S. Eliot’s Love Song of J ...

(Unit: Art and Architecture) In 1927, Constantin Brancusi made a bronze sculpture to capture the essence of birds in flight. The sculpture aptly known as Bird in Space was subject to alterations that Brancusi made to go further and not merely do them differently. Although he did not label himself a modernist, his works embody the principles that have come to be associated with the modernist era. Modernism is thought to be the philosophy, a style and ideology of modern art. Artists of this period sought to create a new world, their version of the world, a new conception rather than an ...

Intentional Disintegration or Disjointedness in Modernist Poems

Modernist poems and literature often use disjointed information and views aimed at developing the reader’s curiosity. The idea of dense intellectual and intentionally difficult to comprehend scripts are based on the concept that authors of the poems have wide research and knowledge hence they design their work in a manner that they convey diverse ideas. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is one of the modernist poems with a lot of disjointed and disintegrated information. The final image of the “Sunday Morning” provides a summary that sheds light on the poet’s arguments. The paper analyzes the poem the Love ...

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During first half of 20th century, widespread industrialization matured into what was called international industrial capitalism. These developments essentially presented the society with both significant problems and great promise. This change brought alienation and euphoria, anxiety and elation. These emotions would in fact characterize the west for early decades. The Great Depression, World War I, and rise of totalitarianism exacerbated this attitude. Something worth to note is that arts mirrored this equivalent mind set in lofty De Stijl and Bauhaus utopian vision on one hand, and on the other, scathing social commentary of Dada artists. The new discoveries ...

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Wystan Hugh Auden: Wystan Hugh Auden was born in 1907, in York, England but his parents moved to Birmingham when he was young. Auden was overly intelligent and was transformed by the poetry of Robert Frost and Thomas Hardy Michael Hamburger: Michael Hamburger was a translator, a poet and a critic born in Berlin in 1924. Hamburger has translated the works of very many poets from German to English. William Carlos Williams: William Carlos William was born on the 17th of September, 1883. William was a poet renowned for his collection that include Spring and All (1923), Kora in Hell (1920), ...

Challenges for leaders in Post modern education

There are numerous frameworks that are used to assess models of administration and leadership and also outline the changes that are needed in the process. Various approaches are used which involve leadership as management, value leadership, trust cultural leadership and spiritual; leadership. The notion of postmodern leadership by educational leaders can be seen to agree and concur with the principles that are used to explain subjective models (Moos, 2008). This is a generally recent model of leadership which has no generally accepted definition. Key features that may characterize postmodernism may include situations whereby multiple realities exist, situations are understood at a ...

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

Eliot’s poem, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” was the author’s first published works. At the time, it was considered unusual as modernism was new. Though the piece seems to centre around the theme of love, the nature of its speaker, and perhaps of modernism itself, leads the reader to an end where the love is never fulfilled. Eliot uses a variety of poetic devices such as symbolism, metaphor and imagery. Furthermore, he uses a concoction of poetic forms within what is, essentially, a dramatic monologue. "The Love Song of J. ...

Edwin Arlington Robinson’s “Richard Corey”

Robinson’s poem, “Richard Corey,” fits into the genre of American Literary Modernism because it deals with disillusionment and individuals “trapped by blind laws of heredity and environment or buffeted with uncomprehended chance” (Perkins 130). The poem is written from the point of view of a poor person who goes “without the meat and cursed the bread” who is admiring and envying a rich man of the town named Richard Cory (Robinson 14). Like many Modernist pieces, it reflects back to an earlier era of literature for contrast, using Romantic language to describe Richard Cory. For example, the speaker says, “he ...

A platform erected in Stuttgart Germany and completed in the year 2006 was because of the expression of the Mercedes Benz Company, displaying its art trends in the cars that they produce. Acting as an institution of technological research, the Illinois institute of technology built in the state of Illinois in the United States displays art works that go beyond the context of each of the structures. Aspiring architecture scholars within and outside the regions of Illinois and Germany are motivated by the building strategies of the buildings and the art features associated with the building. French composers ...

Scholars of Australian art agree that Australian art has undergone several transformations. Australian art in the pre-colonial era were characterized by the practices of the natives, later on the coming of the colonialist led to introduction of art associated with their culture.

‘Australian contemporary art scene is divided into Australian and Aboriginal

art respectively. This is a divide originating from the colonization of Australia that began in the 1770’s, and hence, resulting in an Australian art descending from a so-called Western art practice consisting of works of art created in compliance with Western traditions (Persson 2011, 13).

Towards the end 1910, Australian art experienced massive changes ...

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Q- How we see post-modernistic approach in John Barth`s short story & in what way? John Barth's short story "The Night Sea Journey" is an example of a post modernistic approach. Postmodernism actually means, treating a thing or a character in such a way that is completely different from what it actually is. For example in this short story we first see a person talking, later we realise that it is a sperm who was the narrator in the entire story. Right from the beginning the spermatozoa addresses himself as a person who is in doubt, wonder & despair. The sperm narrating the story as human ...

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by Eliot

Thomas Stearns Eliot was an American-British scholar. The man was a jack of all trades with influences as an essayist, publisher, social and literary critic, playwriting and a major poet of the twentieth century. His work has been widely admired with the peak being the Nobel Prize in Literature, an honor that was granted upon him in 1948 in appreciation of his pioneer and outstanding contribution and influence on the present-day poetry. Other pieces of work written by the poet include the Waste Land, Murder in the Cathedral, The Hollow Men and Four Quartets among others. The love Song of J. ...

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Background of poet Thomas Stearns Elion was an American-British scholar. The man was a jack of all trades with influences as an essayist, publisher, social and literary critic, playwriting and a major poet of the twentieth century. His work has been widely acclaimed with the pinnacle being the Nobel Prize in Literature, an accolade that was bestowed upon him in 1948 in recognition of his pioneer and outstanding contribution and influence on the present-day poetry. Other pieces of work written by the poet include the Waste Land, Murder in the Cathedral, The Hollow Men and Four Quartets among others. The ...

Understanding modernism and postmodernism first requires one to comprehend the use of these terms. According to Houffman, these words can be viewed as time periods or as philosophical systems (2008). When discussing them as philosophies, it is likewise paramount to deliberate them as “isms” because each epoch had several diverse approaches. When examining them as time phases, the time periods are defined by the dominant philosophical system of the time. In other words, from the start of history to the 1650's, the dominant way of viewing the world was consistent with the pre-modern philosophical system. However, in late 1650's, ...

Personal Political Views: Dynamics of Being a Conservative

In the United States of America, the two main political groupings are the Democrats and the Republicans. Whilst the Democratic Party adopts modernist views on issues and ideas, the Republicans support traditional ideas and promote the fundamental concept of the founding of the United States – property owning democracy and Capitalism. The two ideas come together to define political discourse and shape the fundamental basis of public policy and organization in the country. As an individual, I support the Conservative school of political thought. This paper will critically analyze the position of Conservative structures in government and political issues in ...

- Explain the process of Gleichschaltung and give some concrete examples. What was Gleichschaltung? How "successful" was it before the end of the Nazi regime in May 1945? Gleischaltung was the achieving of total power in Germany by Hitler and the Nazi Party confirming that there was only one person who was really in command. Hitler set about achieving this through various means which included the complete denuding of state power and parliamentary process and centralizing everything in what was called the ‘FuhrerPrinzip’ which intrinsically meant that the Fuhrer was all powerful (Kershaw p 75). The process of ...

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Ia)Short XX century was a historical period , which lasted , according to precipitated British Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm , from 1914 to 1991. In the beginning of this period was the First World War, which resulted in liquidated German, Russian , Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires , and end - collapse of the USSR . It was the onset of total war , the Russian Revolution , the Great Depression, the decline of liberalism and the rise of dictatorships , combining anti-fascist forces in World War II , decolonization and the end of empires , the "golden era" of post-war recovery and the subsequent period of economic crisis , the development ...

Modernism emerged as a reaction to a certain state of affairs that was occurring around the 19th and 20th century. These were far-reaching changes that revealed itself most pronounced in the arts. This essay analyzes Allen Ginsberg’s poem “Father Death Blues” is a playful poem with a bouncy rhyme scheme, which personifies death into familiar characters, and is characteristic and reflective of the modernist movement. Allen Ginsberg’s poem “Father Death Blues” is a playful treatment of death in which death is personified under various guises. It addresses death with “Hey” and personifies it as a father, a poor man, an old daddy. To ...

‘Light in August’: Alienation, Violence and Permanence in Faulkner’s South

William Faulkner’s Light in August is a story rich in typically Southern themes told in a new literary style. Faulkner’s literary consciousness had its roots in the storytelling tradition of the Old South and yet expressed a 20th century sensibility. Light in August stands as one of Faulkner’s greatest achievements because it evokes the impact of history on the present, a common theme in his fiction, and examines the duality of human nature. Faulkner’s great genius lay in his ability to blend a Modernist style of writing with a natural feel for Southern storytelling. The result, as with Light in August, ...

Modernist cinema according to Thompson and David (78) is defined as a cinematic structure of modernism. Thompson and David (78) indicates that modernist cinema presume the world as centreless and splinted that is imprecise, morality as inharmonious and illusive. Because Film itself came to maturity at the modernist period – the period between World War I and WWII – all films have an element of modernism in them in terms of the time period. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner a 1962 film was based on a short story that shared the same title and was written by Alan Sillitoe and directed by ...

Inquiry and Absolutes: Karl Popper and the ‘Poverty’ of Pseudo-Science

Karl Popper was notable for his criticism of Marx and Freud in that he regarded neither as having developed “testable” theories, a fact which neither could be considered scientific, he argued. In Popper’s view, theories that cannot be used predictively degenerate into the realm of “pseudo-scientific dogma” (Thornton, 2009), and it is this claim that helped define Popper as a decided opponent of relativism in all branches of science. It was his contention that Marx and Freud had turned to ad hoc hypotheses that do not belong in objective science. In Popper’s view, psychoanalysis and Marxism (as a socio-economic predictor) ...

In the realm of abstract modernist painters, Georgia O'Keeffe is not often thought of as being among this specific group of artists. However, many of her works do fit into the realm of abstract modernism, with their strange obsession with objects and their vague connection to the landscape. For me, her painting Black Cross, New Mexico is a defining piece of what makes abstract modernism art, due to its ability to create general feelings of oppression and isolation through its too-close rendering of a black cross in the desert.

In this oil on canvas painting, 39x30" in size, O'Keeffe paints a large ...

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In Jane Jacobs' 1958 Fortune article, "Downtown is for People," she discusses the impending arrival of modernist architecture to urban renewal projects and redevelopment in major cities. Other concepts that she describes in her article include the advantages of bigger cities for smaller businesses, the benefits of compactness in architecture, and the need to keep the pedestrian in mind when designing roads around and leading to varying structures. Rockefeller Center is cited as a powerful example of what can happen when a dense, unique structure provides plenty of pedestrian options and quick access to facilities, as compared to the coldness and ...

In the story of Ngeti, there are several rituals practiced by the traditional Taita community in Kenya as well as rituals practiced by the catholic community from the region. In addition, there are also rituals practiced by the Protestants1. This paper seeks to identify at least one particular ritual in Ngeti’s story that is similar to or different from the rituals identified by Emile Durkheim and understanding of rites passage.

With the myriad rituals in the story of Ngeti, the one that stands out especially with regards to traditional practices in the Taita community is the ritual to ...

Modernism, as its manifestly obvious name suggests, represents an idea, thought, movement or character that is modern. This term “modern” exemplifies different cultural tendencies and related intellectual movements taking place during the late 19th and early 20th century, roughly dating from 1860s to 1970s. It surfaced as rebellious angst struggling against the overly conservative realism, sternly rejecting tradition and endeavoring to create a new form of already existing artistic and intellectual modes of human existence, with rewriting, reevaluating and recapitalizing human certainty of existence. It gave birth to self-conscious authors whose physical existence was marred by the newly emerging technology, ...

During the 1920’ African American writers began to make significant contributions to American literature, especially during the Harlem Renaissance. I will discuss three poems or short stories from this literary movement.

The Harlem Renaissance is the term given to the blossoming of the creative arts amongst African Americans, centered on Harlem in the 1920s, and embodying the cultural awakening and recognition of African American writing, painting and sculpture, in the same decade that saw jazz and blues reach a wider audience. Terms like the Harlem Renaissance can be useful to signal a historic movement, but the terms can be dangerous if ...

The notion of self-critical individuality is distinct from the dominant social structure. The article “alternative modernities and medieval Indian literature” refers to a patriarchal social structure and a caste-based value system. It also provides a feminist critique of and defends the values of work done by women. This literary-critical analysis addresses alternative modernities in an Indian context. Modernity, in this regard, is infinitely expandable. This presentation focuses distinctly “modern” values in women and gender studies.

In the overview of “new” modernist studies, Gaonkar (26) characterize modernities field in three major axes i.e. vertical, horizontal and temporal, by which they expound the ...

Criticism involves the utilization of standards in order to make a judgment for the purpose of bringing positive change. Critical theory argues that we should be inquisitive about the production of enlightenment its dissemination and its connection to influence and how this impacts on the individuals; how it limits and contributes to the enhancement of our freedoms (Art 2011). Are we bound to a dominating freedom system or does it offer us a liberating system of government? The theory originates from the Frankfurt school in Germany.

Critical theorists begin with the thought that men and women are essentially enclosed in a world that ...

Abstract – This paper talks about the study of modernism concept in contrast to the mid century style and its progress till date Modernism has not only changed the definition of a lot of things around us but also has a different meaning with time. Whether it is the dressing sense of the young generation or the look of an apartment block they all seem to reflect a drastic change in design and statement however one important thing is that its looks as if the old-is-new trend when we’re talking about Mod in today’s sense. The world has changed ...

Modernism combines a lot of literary directions and styles. It was rooted in literature with a new treatment of human being and it was focused on something atypical and personal. Besides, its main feature is to depict reality as a kind of absurdity and chaos. Personality is represented in the context of isolation from society. Society, in turn, has irrational and alogical rules, which are difficult to comply. The stream of consciousness belongs to one of the most prominent ways of modernism. The stream of consciousness in fiction is an extreme form of the inner monologue, which makes and imitates immediate ...

The commencement of the twentieth century introduced many changes in people’s lives. Numerous inventions emerged such as the telephone, airplane, and automobile, amongst others. In response to the particular changes that resulted in the acceleration of thoughts and life, a surge of experimental movements termed as modernists emerged. They explained the radical changes that took place all over the world. Individualism and experimentation became values that were discouraged earlier, but they now came to life. This article will coherently discuss how modernism was set into motion through various cultural shocks and the current traits it exhibits today. Modern ...

1. James Weldon Johnson “The Creation” Johnson’s poem “The Creation” describes the creation of the world and humanity. However, it differs slightly from the ‘classical’ description of the story. Judeo-Christian concept of God regards God as an omnipotent and infallible superhuman. Creation of the world was deliberate and the meaning of each item created is described, “And God said, ‘Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.’”; “Then God said, ‘Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their ...

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Introduction: Architecture is an important part of man’s contribution to the built environment and several styels have developed over the years. There have been several architects who have contributed important and crucial public buildings over the years but nobody has come to the forefront of such styles as Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers or perhaps, Norman Foster. After World War II, the new style of “High-tech” architecture was born. Two brilliant well-known architects of this time period are Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers. These architects incorporated elements of high tech industry and advanced structural technology into ...

- Introduction Alain Badiou is a French philosopher, born in 1937 to a war-ravaged France. Throughout the years, he has written a number of important texts; the two most important of these texts were Being and Event and Logics of Worlds. As philosophical texts, they caused a great deal of noise and discussion in the philosophical community. Badiou has addressed a number of important philosophical concepts in these texts, including the concepts of truth and being-- the latter of which became the subject of one of his most important texts, Being and Event. To discuss his views on these subjects, Badiou often ...

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The Death and Life of Great American Cities authored by Jane Jacobs was the most influential book of her time. First published in 1961, it made an attack on the objectives and principles of modernist, orthodox planning of the city and rebuilding in the post-war period in the USA. The book was written in reaction to the devastating outcome of the urban refurbishment in the post-war period. She makes a direct attack on what she terms "orthodox" city planning and reconstruction. She points out the failures of modern city planning, arguing how the various institutions of intellectual planning history have ...

There exists various theories that attempt to catalogue how the executive exercises its powers. However, the predominant two dealt in this work are constitutional theory and the modern theory on the presidency. While both model acknowledges the presidency as a constitutionally set out office, they differ in the powers of the office holder. Constitutional theorist view Article II of the constitutional as the exclusive source of presidential powers of the presidency. Modernists on the other hand, posit that the head of the executive as any powers that are not judicial or legislative. Such a difference in roles account for their differing ...

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Textual Analysis In 1967, Michael Fried published an essay "Art and Objecthood" in which he gave a comparison of modernist art and minimal art, and criticizes minimal art – or as he preferred to call it as “literalist” art. According to Fried, literalist art has largely ideological nature and does not belong to the modernist concept of painting and sculpture. Literalist art and theory works on shape as a given property of objects rather than as a kind of object in itself, i.e. objecthood is not present, and the conditions of art are in direct conflict. He described that “minimalism” or “ ...