Category: Modern Age
Russian Formalism
Russian Formalism Russian Formalism was a literary movement that emerged in Russia during the early 20th century, primarily in the 1910s and 1920s. It aimed to establish a scientific and objective approach to the...
Saint Joan
Saint Joan Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw is a cool play about Joan of Arc, a French girl who thought she was hearing voices from saints telling her to help France during the...
Symbolist Movement
Symbolist Movement In a significant work by Arthur Symons, titled “The Symbolist Movement in Literature” (1899), he characterized the movement as a reaction against realism and naturalism and as an attempt to “spiritualize literature.”...
Surrealism
Surrealism Surrealism promised to free the mind, of rational control, by exposing the subconscious mind of man…. These philosophical forerunners of the Absurd movement preached a new psychology based on combining the dreaming state...
The Necklace by Maupassant
The Necklace by Maupassant 💬 The Necklace by Maupassant is a short story that shows how a woman’s desire for fancy things leads to unexpected problems. It’s like a cautionary tale about being content...
Man and Superman: A Comedy and A Philosophy
Man and Superman: A Comedy and A Philosophy Man and Superman explores Shaw’s philosophy of the conflict between man’s creative spirit and woman’s role in biological continuity. The play explains his concept of the...