Lesson 6: Disillusion, Defiance, and Discontent (1914–1946): Part I
Objectives
After successfully completing this lesson, you will be able to
- describe the essential relationship between works of literature of this period and their historical context.
- discuss the use of imagery and dramatic monologue in modernist poetry.
- distinguish between direct and indirect characterization, describing the techniques for development of each.
- define what is meant by theme in literature, and discuss the ways in which theme may be developed.
- discuss the ways in which satire is achieved in modernist poetry.
- discuss the relationship between structure and meaning in modernist poetry.
- describe the differences between climax and anticlimax in short fictional literature.
- define the literary device of simile and discuss its use by modernist poets.
