EN 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Hermeneutics, The Double Hook
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It is an artistic response to the crisis moment in the 19th century. Poem may be a parody: 19th century hermeneutics of suspicion: Freud desires, childhood, how are we in control of ourselves, who we are as individuals. Where does the authority lie: rapid technological advance, wwi breaking point of society. Reflects the modernists impulses to make it new and to be an experience, rather than simply represent an experience. Poetry should be something snot only mean something. Engage the world where the language itself becomes a part of the world itself. Often dismissed as a transitional phase (moss) and lagging behind poetry. Wwii modernist fiction is now recognised in various texts. Prairie regionalism is sometimes explored for its modernists elements part of a. People trying to find their place in the world. Dense there"s a lot going on even in one sentence. Not a clear coherent text, hard to make sense of, intentionally frustrating.
