Exploring Modernist Fiction: Influences, Characteristics, and Techniques
Delve into the world of modernist fiction, which emerged between 1910-1920 and continued to shape the literary landscape into the 1930s. Modernist fiction differs significantly from 18th and 19th-century novels, with influences ranging from the London Exhibition of Post-Impressionist Paintings to Bergson's time theory. Freud and Jung's studies on consciousness, along with themes like loneliness and quest for identity, are central to modernist works. Techniques such as stream of consciousness and intertextuality are key elements of modernist storytelling.
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Modernism Modernist fiction took its shape between 1910-1920 and extended its influence in the 1930s. The characteristics of modernist fiction are quite different from those of 18th and 19th century novels .
Main influences on the development of modernist fiction The First London Exhibition of Post- Impressionist Paintings. Henri Bergson s theory of time Clock time Duration Time cannot be divided into slices because time is a continuous flow in the consciousness of the individual -
The studies of Freud and Jung. Consciousness is multiple
Modernists questioned the nature of reality Multiplicity of reality Not what we see but what we perceive is real They dealt with inner reality, psychological reality.
Techniques Stream of consciousness technique Inner monologues Flashback Intertextuality The use of mythology and fantasy
Themes loneliness, alienation, lack of communication, quest for identity
