Modernism

Question 1

Name one writer considered particularly influential during the modernist epoch as well as one novel, short story or poem of significance.

Answer 1

Franz Kafka - The Metamorphosis (förvandlingen)

Question 2

During what time period did the literary movement take place?

Answer 2

Early 20th-century (1900)

Question 3

What was modernism a reaction to?

Answer 3

Modernism was a reaction to World War 1 (1914 - 1918). Modernism was also a reaction to the 19th-century (1800) when everything was supposed to be as “realistic” as possible.

Question 4

Describe modernism in a sentence.

Answer 4

“Modernism is is the collective title for the experimental and norm-breaking ideas developed to address a new century and a brutal war”.