Intro Flashcards
As society transitions…
As society transitions into an impersonal, industrialised environment, the rapid rate of change ensures individuals become disoriented, causing a sense of paralysis and isolation as their interior consciousness no longer reflects the exterior world.
This process of…
This process of technological development generates international conflict, which accentuates this isolation between individuals and the evolving world, raising concerns surrounding one’s eventual demise.
A text maintains…
A text maintains enduring relevance in today’s society when it explores universal concerns such as this process of modernisation and its degradation of humanity.
T.S Eliot’s poetic anthology…
T.S. Eliot’s poetic anthology ‘Selected Poems’ explores the internal struggle of finding meaning within the isolating monotony of modern life.
Through his…
Through his free form style and flâneur perspective, Eliot encapsulates the strange logic of an individual’s consciousness during the early 20th century and interwar period, ultimately suggesting that individuals can only navigate through this industrialised world with value and purpose, by finding identity within a carefully chosen framework.
