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Modernism, Post-Modernism, and the Feminist Perspective

Literature is a driving, flexible, ideological force in culture. It reflects society and the times in which the piece is written, just as society is then influenced by literature. Certain trends are associated with different periods throughout time. Before the 20th century, the literature world went through periods of Enlightenment as well as rejection of this idea, thus reflecting society at that point. During the 20th century, modernism described literature created before World War II. To The Lighthouse and A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf, Ulysses by James Joyce, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, and The Awakening by Kate Chopin are examples of novels that demonstrate this modern style. This period of modernism ended in the mid-1940's, and was expanded into ideas of what is know known as post-modernism. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, 1984 by George Orwell and The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro exemplify......

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