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1、TheTwentiethCentury(1901-2000)*KeyWords:*Modernism;*interiorduplication;*temporaljustaposition;*streamofconsciousness.Historicalbackground:*ThebeginningofanewcenturydidnotbringpeaceandprosperitytoEnglishpeople.*ThetwoWorldWarsfundamentallychangedthepoliticalstrutureofthewholeworl
2、dwiththeBritishEmpireatthecentreofthestorm.*Upto1970,Britianhadlostmostofherformerdolonies,andtheEmpirecollapsed.Butasoneofthemajorpowersintheworld,andwithitslongculturaltradition,Britainstillhasaprofoundinfluenceupontheworld.Culturalbackground*Inthesecondhalfofthe19thcenturyandt
3、heearlydecadesofthe20thcentury,bothnaturalandsocialscienceshadadvancedenormously.Modernism*Modernismmaybeseenasaliterarymovement,spanningtheperiodfromthelastquarterofthe19thcenturyinFranceandfrom1890inGreatBritainandGermanytothebeginningoftheSecondWorldWar.*Modernistsadoptmorecom
4、plicatednarrativeframes,theworksmaybereflexive,aboutthemownwriting,ortheymayplaceonestoryinsideanother,adeviceknownasinteriorduplication.*TheModernistnovelisoftennon-chronological,withexperimentsintherepresentationoftimesuchassuddenjumps,temporaljuxtapositions,or“spatialisationof
5、time”,inwhichmanydifferentmomentsoftimearepresentredwithaeffectofsimultaneity.*Modernistnovelsareoftenorientedaroundacentreorcentresofconsciousness,andcharacterisedbytheuseoftechniquesasfreeindirectstyleandstreamofconsciousness.*Poetryofmodernismtendstooverthrowtherhymeandtradito
6、nalforms,movingtowardfragmentation,juxtapositionofimagesfromwidelyscatteredtimesandcultures,complexinrertextualallusionandpatterning,andpersonaldiscourse,oftenpurposefullyobscure.WilliamButlerYeats(1865-1939)*YeatslivedduringatumultuoustimeinIreland.*Histhemes,images,symbols,meta
7、phors,andpoeticsensibilitiesencompassthebreadthofhispersonalexperienceaswellashisnation’sexperienceduringthetroubledtime.TheLakeIsleofInnisfree因纳斯弗里岛TheLakeIsleofInnisfree*Iwillariseandgonow,andgotoInnisfree,Andasmallcabinbuildthere,ofclayandwattlesmade:Ninebean-rowswillIhavether
8、e,ahiveforthehoney-bee,Andlivealoneinthe
