《英国文学》课程PPT教学课件（English Literature）Part IX 1 20th Century Literature

Part IX 20th century literature Modernism

Part IX 20th century literature Modernism

20th century literature a period of great artistic change dominated by <the impact of two world wars the artistic concerns of modernism (which affected both themes and methods of writing)

20th century literature ❖ a period of great artistic change ❖ dominated by the impact of two world wars the artistic concerns of modernism (which affected both themes and methods of writing)

1.Historical Background II.Modernism

❖ I. Historical Background ❖ II. Modernism

1.Historical Background The First World War was usually regarded as the watershed转折点)in English history,for it had hastened radical changes in every field of English society. But the changes started long before the war

I. Historical Background ❖ The First World War was usually regarded as the watershed(转折点) in English history, for it had hastened radical changes in every field of English society. ❖ But the changes started long before the war

1.The First World War capitalism came into its monopoly stage in Britain the sharpened contradictions between socialized production and the private ownership caused frequent economic depressions mass unemployment greatly slowed down the speed of the British economic development

1. The First World War ❖ capitalism came into its monopoly stage in Britain ❖ the sharpened contradictions between socialized production and the private ownership caused frequent ❖economic depressions ❖mass unemployment greatly slowed down the speed of the British economic development

Why arent YOU? But in the same period,Germany,Italy and the United States grew very rapidly in their industrial production. Towards the end of the 19th century, Germany and the United States had already caught up with or even surpassed Britain in the main fields of industry

❖ But in the same period, Germany, Italy and the United States grew very rapidly in their industrial production. ❖ Towards the end of the 19th century, Germany and the United States had already caught up with or even surpassed Britain in the main fields of industry

Having lost her industrial supremacy,Britain faced a severe challenge from Germany and other newly-arisen imperialist countries for the redivision of the world,which led to the outbreak of the First World War(1914-1918)

❖ Having lost her industrial supremacy, Britain faced a severe challenge from Germany and other newly-arisen imperialist countries for the redivision of the world, which led to the outbreak of the First World War (1914-1918)

2.The Boer War ×1899-1902 waged by the British imperialists to effect a political and economic control over the Boer Republics of South Africa another example to mark the rapid decline of the British Empire

2. The Boer War ❖ 1899-1902 ❖ waged by the British imperialists to effect a political and economic control over the Boer Republics of South Africa ❖ another example to mark the rapid decline of the British Empire

The fact that the forces of the most powerful country on earth had great difficulty in defeating the small and ill-equipped Boer forces gave people something of the effect similar to that of the Vietnam War in the American sixties

❖ The fact that the forces of the most powerful country on earth had great difficulty in defeating the small and ill-equipped Boer forces gave people something of the effect similar to that of the Vietnam War in the American sixties

The storm of World War I tremendously weakened the British Empire. For the first time,Britain became a debtor nation,and London lost its position as the financial center of the world

❖ The storm of World War I tremendously weakened the British Empire. ❖ For the first time, Britain became a debtor nation, and London lost its position as the financial center of the world