1. Eight Questions and Responses on Modernism in Literature
Question III How does Modernism (as an aesthetic tendency) contribute to challenging the paradigm of Modernity (as a hegemonic discourse)? ... Response Modernity can be understood as life after the changes brought by industrialization, urbanization and secularization; it rationalized the world and brought about a great society shift. ... This was a shift in paradigms from the optimistic, reason-centered discourse of 19th century Victorianism to a depressing, changing, strange world. ...
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