MODERNISM: When people stopped believing in the future (LITERATURE HISTORY 11/11)

Are you going to have an oral exam in Norwegian, and need a quick revision of the history of literature? See all the films in the series here: tinyurl.com/4x9tveja
The world changed completely at the end of the 19th century. When Europe then killed its men in the First World War, it was for many yet another proof of a world in disintegration. The literature from this period is called modernism. What characterizes the literature of modernism?
00:00 What does "modern" mean?
00:40 Modernist literature arises
01:41 What is typical of modernist books?
02:09 James Joyce, Ulysses
02:25 Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse and Mrs. Dalloway
03:23 Modernism and Norway
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Recorded at Sølvberget and Stavanger center in February 2024
Cast: Grethe Mo
Music: Jim Hall, freemusicarchive.org/music/ji...
Screenplay: Bente Østevik Ivarson and Åsmund Ådnøy
Production: Åsmund Ådnøy
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