ENG 2102 Study Guide - Final Guide: Surrealism, The Fortnightly Review, Intertextuality
3 May 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Officially launched in 1912 when ezra pound read and marked a poem by hilda doolittle. In the station of the metro pound. Direct treatment of the thing" whether is was subjective or objective. Focused on using the right word and only the right word, with no extras. Not written in a specific meter/ structure, should flow melodically. Profoundly influenced free verse poets through the 20th century. Strong influence for the mcgill group from 20"s-50"s. The assurances of religion, politics, and society no longer work to reassure people. Art has replaced religion as the guiding force to make sense of the world. Seek back to ancient myths or far futures for inspiration. Artists must reject the past and create one"s own sense of coherence. Commonalities: resistance to forms of conventional realism. Reject the notion that literature can neutrally mirror the external world. Self-conscious about their own technique, knowledgeable about recent developments in psychology and physics, and concerned with real-life.
