ENGL 1289 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Flapper, Spanish Civil War, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
23 Apr 2016
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(1914-1939): this is the range we"ll be looking at. Modernist area (modernism); debatable when it started . 1914: wwi that"s when it started changes the way cultural, political and social ideas collaborate. 1939 the cusp of wwii (starts within the continent) It differed in warfare and political interactions changed the way in which the world approached things atomic bomb. An extension of the industrial revolution (continuation) The scientific revolution looked at modern technology. Modern technology, transformed the social and physical landscapes. For the cultural, social and physical landscapes. The equivalent of this period radio, telephone, movie theaters (first without sound), airplanes, ford assembly lines (first model t) Just before the 20th century: the record player. Everyone questioned if it"s a good or bad thing . Changes the presence of the physical body. Taking away the material self (corporeal self is removed) Intellectuals said it made us alienated from each other.
