Modernism & Postmodernism: Literature

Broadly speaking ‘modernism’ might be said to have been characterized by a deliberate and often radical shift away from tradition and consequently by the use of new and innovative forms of expression Thus many styles in art and literature from the late 19th and early 20th centuries are markedly different from those that preceded them. The term ‘modernism’ generally covers the creative output of artists and thinkers who saw ‘traditional’ approaches to the arts architecture literature religion social organization (and even life itself) had become outdated in light of the new economic social and political circumstances of a by now fully industrialized society.