ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which war marked the beginning of Modernism?
A
The Civil War
B
WWI
C
WWII
D
The French and Indian War
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The disillusionment that grew out of the war contributed to the emergence of modernism, a genre which broke with traditional ways of writing, discarded romantic views of nature and focused on the interior world of characters.

Detailed explanation-2: -Modernism, in the fine arts, a break with the past and the concurrent search for new forms of expression. Modernism fostered a period of experimentation in the arts from the late 19th to the mid-20th century, particularly in the years following World War I.

Detailed explanation-3: -World War I and World War II brought mass destruction and destroyed traditional values. This complete demolition sparked the period of Modernism, it influenced people to open up their minds to new ideas of art, literature, and social aspects.

Detailed explanation-4: -Modernism is a period in literary history which started around the early 1900s and continued until the early 1940s. Modernist writers in general rebelled against clear-cut storytelling and formulaic verse from the 19th century.

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