A list of puns related to "Literary modernism"
"Yet 1925 is arguably the more important date in modernism’s development, the year that it went mainstream, as embodied by four books whose influence continues to shape fiction today: Woolf’s “Mrs. Dalloway,” Ernest Hemingway’s debut story collection, “In Our Time,” John Dos Passos’ “Manhattan Transfer” and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.”"
I did a search in this subreddit and all the definitions of modernism seemed to involve a lot of broad and vague sociology and philosophy. What I'm wondering is what properties of a piece of literature qua literature qualify it as modern.
Secondly, is modernism at all unified, or is it more of an open concept held together by "family resemblance"? Kafka, Eliot, and Faulkner are all modernists, for example, but they're all so very different.
I’m a huge fan of literary fiction, but I’m stuck on my older authors like Hemingway and Fitzgerald. I like literary fiction that also has a mystery feel to it: unsolved murders, people disappearing things like that. Thanks!
Basically what books do you think should be or will be included in the canon at some point in the future? Books you believe will be considered classics one day, or are already well on their way, anytime from say, 1980 onwards. I’m interested in this subject because there’s a lot of talk about true literature dying away but I don’t think that’s true, there’s still plenty of brilliant works that will be held up in the same vein as Dickens or Twain one day down the line. I know this is an incredibly difficult question to answer because what makes a classic is whether it stands the test of time, so I know this will be a lot of subjective conjecture but should still be fun. Bonus points if you can tell me how you define a book as belonging in this category as well - what does a book need to achieve to reach this status and how does your choice do this?
So I'm looking for critical work that deals with the rise of global industrial capitalism in the 20th century specifically through the ways it effects the individual consciousness/affect. Any leads?
Just now I came across an article talking about recently published books that were inspired by the pandemic, with some even having the pandemic as the backdrop for the plot. As I thought “how weird would that be, to read about NOW - something so recent…” I realized that I basically never read modern literature that has a contemporary setting. The concept of having a character in a book pick up a cell phone to send a text seems crazy. I’d love to change that, but I’m not sure where to start. I think I’d prefer not to read about something specifically pandemic related, it’s a little too soon for that, but any contemporary literary fiction suggestions outside of that would be very helpful. Translated works from various countries would also be great!
Group of cosplayers dressed as the players.
Group of cosplayers dressed as the villains
Evil tech villain
Superhero cosplaying
Villain cosplaying as the Hero.
I am talking about a convention like Comic-Con or DragonCon.
I love this type of book where we see a character go through some dark and sinister times in the name of spiritual transformation, all written in satisfying prose with a sense of DANGER. I often find these books to be very thrilling while still having something important to say.
Some books in this genre however are just exploitative of the tropes and try to cram in as many overdoses, rapes and psychopaths as their editor allowed.
What books have you read and enjoyed in this genre?
Some books I have enjoyed are:
Any others you'd suggest?
Myself and my husband both work opposite shifts from home so we can look after our toddler without needing child care. As amazing as it is that we get so much time with our little one, I'm desperately missing getting totally engrossed in a good book! I'm looking for page turners, middle to high brow, that are easy to read sporadically while I'm on Mom duty or to wind down with at the end of the night.
I'm easy going as far as genre is concerned as I enjoy works by George Orwell and Margret Atwood just as much as J.R.R. Tolkien and Douglas Adams and I've recently been making my way through the Booker prize winners from the past two decades. Hopefully that will give some insight as to what you guys can recommend! I'd also love to know your number one desert island read as a bonus - mine is The Hobbit!
A few weeks back I asked the question in the title, meaning: Which modernist novel came and revolutionized your nation`s/language`s literature? You all came up with supercool books, many of which I never heard of. I tried to sum them all up in this here list. I think I overlooked some entries.
So please keep the suggestions coming. If there were more books mentioned than one per country, I summed it up to the two, that got the most votes. So here is the list. Have fun discovering, discussing, adding, critizising and most important of all... reading.
Cheers!
ARGENTINA:
Julio Cortazar - Rayuela
AUSTRALIA:
Patrick White - Voss
AUSTRIA:
Robert Musil - Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften (The Man Without Qualities)
Hermann Broch – Der Tod des Vergil (Death of Vergil)
BELARUS:
Vaclaŭ Lastoŭski - Labirynty (Labyrinths)
BRAZIL:
João Guimarães Rosa - Grande Sertão Veredas (The Devil to Pay in the Backlands).
CANADA:
Stephen Leacock - Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
CHINA:
Gao Xingjian - Soul Mountain (靈山)
Mo Yan - The Republic of Wine (酒国)
COLOMBIA:
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Cien años de soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude)
CUBA:
José Lezama Lima – Paradiso
DENMARK:
Johannes V. Jensen - Kongens Fald (The Fall of the King)
Henrik Pontopiddan - Lykke-Per (Lucky Per)
FINLAND:
Volter Kilpi - Alastalon salissa (In the Alastalo Parlor)
FRANCE:
Marcel Proust - À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time)
GERMANY:
Thomas Mann - Der Zauberberg (The Magic Mountain)
Alfred Döblin – Berlin Alexanderplatz
HONDURAS:
Ramón Amaya Amador - Prisión Verde (Green Prison)
ICELAND:
Halldór Laxness - Sjálfstætt fólk (Independent People)
Guðbergur Bergsson - Tómas Jónsson metsölubók (Tómas Jónsson Bestseller)
INDONESIA:
Pramoedya A. Toer - Bumi Manusia (This Earth Of Mankind)
INDIAN-ENGLISH:
G. V. Desani - All About H. Hatterr
IRAN:
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi - Kelidar
IRISH:
Máirtín Ó Cadhain - Cré na Cille
ISRAEL:
Shaiy Agnon - Tmok Shilshom (Yesterday)
ITALY:
Carlo Emilio Gadda – Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (That Awful Mess on The Via Merulana)
Stefano D’Arrigo – Horcynus Orca
JAPAN:
Natsume Soseki - Kokoro
LITHUANIA:
Antanas Škėma - White Shroud (Balta drobulė)
Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas - Altorių šešėly (In the Shadow of the Altars)
MEXICO:
Juan Rulfo - Pedro Páramo
NETHERLANDS:
Harry Mulisch - De Ontdekking van de Hemel (The Discovery Of Heaven)
NORWAY:
Knut Hamsun – Sult (Hunger)
PARAGUA
... keep reading on reddit ➡I have this historical question: when studying literature in school, I was told that beginning of modern literary theory happened with T. S. Eliot and New Criticism in anglophone countries and with French structuralism in continental Europe. They were the first one to systematically develop tools for analysis and understanding literature without loose impressions and fleeting notions.
Then friend of mind told me, that this is simply not true. That true beginning happened in early Soviet Union in 1917 with Viktor Shklovsky and Roman Jakobson and then later in Czechoslovakia with Prague Circle. She then also hinted the British/French ignorance of this primacy for various reasons. She's from Poland, so maybe there is greater intellectual openness towards Russian/Czech literary scholars? Could someone please explain to me this origin?
Hi! I have been using David Cowan's book to learn Fusha for the past few years and it is the only grammar resource that I use with the exception of the Madinah series that someone else presented me with but I never finished or delved completely in.
What are your opinions of Cowan's work? critiques? Do it hold up still today, grammar wise that it?
I have heard the the book is really old and it is. I believe that it was written in 1958. Has there been new additions to Modern Standard Arabic and if so which books (grammar) would you recommend?
Thanks in advance!
Something that I notice as a person who studied English and interested in Biblical analysis is how common it is in serious Bible scholarship to project meaning onto the text based on things like source and context outside of the text. For instance the idea that the story of the Golden Calf is meant to cast a negative light on Aaron and by extension the Aaronite priesthood in Jerusalem can't be ascertained from anything in Exodus, it only comes from categorizing that part of the book as having come from the E source, which was written in the Northern Kingdom which had enmity with the Southern kingdom and stood to gain from the perception that the priests who presided over there Temple in Jerusalem were corrupt, idolatrous and impious like their progenitors. Similarly, the idea that the Beast of John's Apocalypse was Nero cannot be found in or extrapolated from the text at all, to come to that T conclusion you must study the history of the Roman Empire in the 1st century and the persecution of Christians within it, as well as Hebrew practice of gematria which encodes words as numbers and in which Emperor Nero in Hebrew is rendered 666.
I find it strange that the most influential book in human history has not been subject to any sort of substantial analysis in terms of modern literary theory, especially since the way that most Christian laypeople actually read the Bible is through a rudimentary form of close reading. It's true that a close reading of the entire Bible would be a massive undertaking that could go on for a decade, but just the Pentateuch or the Gospels or Luke-Acts or Ezra-Nehemiah or the Psalms or Daniel would not be, and although It is possible to drive many different and perhaps contradictory meanings from a close reading of any of these texts, but the same can be said for The Henriad or Hamlet or Pale Fire or Ulysses...
By modern, I mean the form of 文言文 that was standard until the early 20th century, not the standard written Chinese that kids learn how to read in elementary school. That is, did it change little enough over the past ~2000 years that somebody who learned it from classical texts would be able to read a 19th century text with little difficulty, or did it evolve enough that it would be largely unintelligible?
Novel about a late middle-age engineer/building inspector with artist daughter who has a showing, a son in Australia, a contractor cutting corners on a municipal construction project. Turns out the story comes down to: he's having a heart attack and the whole thing has been his life flashing by before it dissolves completely.
Are there any comparatively young writers who are carrying on the New Wave thing—stuff that can (or is supposed to) hold up on prose alone? There's a lot of modern sf that I like a lot for concept, but only a few where the actual writing stands out (mainly China Miéville on his good days). I'm less concerned with whether or not it's successful, more just wondering if the younger generation has any good writers taking that approach.
The garden gnome, Noggin Clontith was walking around the streets.
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When suddenly, in an alleyway he finds among us having secks with anime girl 🤢🤮
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Gnome asks: "Wat are you doing amung us?"
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠉⠁⠄⠄⠄⠈⠙⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠸⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣏⠄⡠⡤⡤⡤⡤⡤⡤⡠⡤⡤⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ "What are you ⣿⣿⣿⣗⢝⢮⢯⡺⣕⢡⡑⡕⡍⣘⢮⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ doing among ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡧⣝⢮⡪⡪⡪⡎⡎⡮⡲⣱⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿. US" ⣿⣿⣿⠟⠁⢸⡳⡽⣝⢝⢌⢣⢃⡯⣗⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠟⠁⠄⠄⠄⠹⡽⣺⢽⢽⢵⣻⢮⢯⠟⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡟⢀⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠙⠽⠽⡽⣽⣺⢽⠝⠄⠄⢰⢸⢝⠽⣙⢝⢿ ⡄⢸⢹⢸⢱⢘⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠈⠄⠄⠄⣀⠄⠄⣵⣧⣫⣶⣜⣾ ⣧⣬⣺⠸⡒⠬⡨⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣽⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣷⠡⠑⠂⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⠠⢀⢀⢀⡀⡀⠠⢀⢲⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢐⢀⠂⢄⠇⠠⠈⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠄⠠⠈⢈⡄⠄⢁⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠠⠐⣼⠇⠄⡀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⠄⠄⡀⠈⠂⣀⠄⢀⠄⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣄⣀⠐⢀⣸⣷⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
AMONG US responds saying
I am having secks wit anime girl ⠀⠀ ⠀⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⡿⠋⠁⠀⠀⠈⠉⠙⠻⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⠇⠀⢀⣴⣶⡾⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⣀⣀⣸⡿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣾⡟⠛⣿⡇⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣷⣤⣤⣤⣤⣶⣶⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀ ⢀⣿⠀⢀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⢴⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣆ ⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⣀⣠⣴⣾⣮⣝⠿⠿⠿⣻⡟ ⢸⣿⠀⠘⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠉⠀ ⠸⣿⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠻⣷⣶⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⢠⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣛⣻⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣀⣀⣀⣼⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⡿⠀
"OK" said gnome as anime girl cummed
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠉⠁⠄⠄⠄⠈⠙⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠸⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣏⠄⡠⡤⡤⡤⡤⡤⡤⡠⡤⡤⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ok ⣿⣿⣿⣗⢝⢮⢯⡺⣕⢡⡑⡕⡍⣘⢮⢿
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