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1、T.S.Eliot（1888-1965）ThomasStearnsEliotApoet,dramatist,literarycritic,andmodernist.ModernismModernismisaculturalmovementthatgenerallyincludestheprogressiveartandarchitecture,design,literature,music,dance,paintingandothervisualartswhichemergedinthebeginningofthe20thcentury,particularl
2、yintheyearsfollowingWorldWarI.Itwasamovementofartistsanddesignerswhorebelledagainstlate19thcenturyacademicandhistoricaltradition,andembracedtheneweconomic,socialandpoliticalaspectsoftheemergingmodernworld.Modernismroseoutofskepticismanddisillusionofcapitalism.EspeciallytheSecondWorl
3、dWarmarkedthelaststageofthedisintegrationoftheBritishEmpire.Britainsufferedheavylossesinthewar:thousandsofpeoplewerekilled;theeconomywasruined;andalmostallitsformercolonieswerelost.Peoplewereineconomic,cultural,andbeliefcrisises.ThebackgroundtoModernism1.ThesocialbackgroundTheinflue
4、ncesofthetwoWorldWarsonEnglishliterature:Pre-war---over-suppliedenergy;over-confident;---over-greedy;over-enthusiastic;---imperialistideas;---colony-dismemberedintheworld.Post-war---Thesenseofbeinglost,adrift,weightless,aimless.It'sallsoabsurd,withoutmeaning.2.IdeologicalbackgroundI
5、deologically,theriseoftheirrationalphilosophyandnewsciencegreatlyincitedmodernwriterstomakenewexplorationsonhumannaturesandhumanrelationships.A.Einstein's(1879—1955)theoryofrelativityprovidedentirelynewideasfortheconceptsoftimeandspace.B.Freud's(1856-1939)analyticalpsychologydrastic
6、allyalteredourconceptionofhumannature.C.Nietzsche(1844-1900)Withthreesimplewords:"Godisdead,"Nietzschesenthisreadersintodespair.D.Basedonthemajorideasofhispredecessors,HenryBergson柏格森(1859-1941)establishedhisirrationalphilosophywhichputtheemphasisoncreation,intuition,irrationalityan
7、dunconsciousness.CharacteristicsofModernisminLiterature1)OnecharacteristicofEnglishModernismis"thedehumanizationofart";2)Themodernistwritersaremainlyconcernedwiththeinnerbeingofanindividual;3)Modernismis,inmanyaspects,areactionagainstrealismAmongAmericanwriters,thebest-knownModernis
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