American Lit II. Modernism

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The 20th century gave a birth to a significant event , which have never occurred before in the cultural life of the world : an outstanding variety of schools and trends , which were united under the one wide term - modernism and later transformed into post-modernism . Modernism is generally considered to be a collection a synthesis experience , which was highly impacted by the cultural , technological and social changes it was developing in . It goes without saying that concepts of modernist ideas were born within

the wide variety and constant changes that is why so many different styles were united under the meaning of one word . The core invention of modernism and later postmodernism in literature is raising sharp social issue within the pages of the book and involve reader as a participant of the described events . It would be important to note that modernism and post-modernism literature attracted huge social attention due to the suggestion of these unique techniques Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison is the novel that was published at the times of segregation , when the black minority was oppressed severely The main character of the novel is unnamed African-American , who considered himself to be unnoticed by the society (Ellison Ralph , 1952 The allusion the author used , attracted huge social attention to the book and won popularity . It has become a typical tool of post-modernism and modernism to raise important social issue with the help of personification or allusion . With the help of...