Transcript The Modern World:

The Modern World:
A Remarkable Diversity
1900 to the present
Darwin: Undermining Victorian Ideas
 Theory of evolution based
on natural selection –
______ or become ______
 _______ Darwinism – in
human society, only the
fittest _________ survive
and flourish
 Social Darwinism was used
to justify unrestricted
competition, rigid _______
distinctions, _______ to
social problems, and
doctrines of _______
superiority.
Marx: Undermining Victorian Ideas
 Philosopher and
economist
 Advocates doing away
with _______ property
 Argues that _______
should own the means of
production
 Theories of social and
economic justice
Freud: Undermining Victorian Ideas
 Doctor
 Finds the motives for
human behavior not in our
rational, conscious minds
but in the _______ and
sexually driven realm of the
_______, which manifests
itself mainly in our _______
 _______ drives motivates
our behavior
“A War to End All Wars”
 World War I – the _____ war
 Young men flocked to enlist
to defend their nation, but
they _____ in great numbers.
 After the war, many were
_________ because the
results of the war were
negative: a __________
economy, a tottering colonial
empire, and a devastating
_____ of life. As a result,
___________ about the state
and the individual’s relation to
society entered.
A Revolution in Literature
 Modernism – _____________
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with form and content
Focus on ___________ instead
of a concern with __________
Some rejected traditional
_____________ order in
storytelling
_______ of ____________
writing
Less discreet descriptions of
sexuality
Origins of World War II
 Worldwide economic
__________ fostered the rise
of dictators in some countries
 Hitler & the Nazi party used
the __________ woes to
convince many Germans that
their problems were caused
by ______, Communists, and
___________.
 The Holocaust – resulted in
the death of millions of
innocent men, women, & kids
 Much of the literature after
World War II was _______
and ____________
Britain after World War II
 The ___________
assumed responsibility
for providing ________
care and other basic
benefits for its citizens.
 Most of the _______
gained their
independence, ending
the _______ Empire.
British Writing Today
 Angry Young Men –
criticized the
____________ of
intellectuals and the
_______ lives of the
middle class.
 Postmodernism –
often deals with
_______’s rights,
multiculturalism, the
environment, and
_______ destruction.
 The British excel at
_______.
World/Postcolonial Literature
 Writers can have
__________ influence.
 Postcolonial literature –
writers from former British
________ explore issues of
personal identify and the
effects of _________
domination and _______.
 Spread of _______ across
the world has also affected
the literature.
African Expressions
 Negritude – encouraged
black writers to turn to
____________ African
culture, art, and history as
sources of inspiration and
_______.
 Other writers confront
racism and social
inequality.
Other Writings
 Feminist writers
dramatize women’s
lack of _______ in a
world controlled by
_______.
 Much of modern
world literature has
been a direct and
blistering response to
_______.