Assigment # 3 post modernist literature victor

1. Which 2 readings did you choose, and why did you choose them?



I chose "The human stain" written by Phillip Roth and "The empire of the sun" written by J.G. Ballard because both are cinematographic adaptions and I managed to watch them.

2. Are these readings very good or excellent examples of post-modernist literature, basing your analysis on the ppt presentations given in class? Why/Why Not?


Yes, they are good representations of the post modernist literature because in essence they mix many elements which are constantly against each other. Such as love, hate, fairness, discrimination, support, disapproval, etc.

E.g. we can see many of those characteristics in the empire of the sun, because the main character for one reason identifies himself with the enemy which is something weird but at the same moment possible.


3. Of all the readings you did this semester, which one was your favourite? Why?

I like "the time machine" by H.G. Wells because it's cool to know how people migh have belived the future in that time. Sometimes this story got spooky because it transports the same social problems to the future. Something that we really want to eliminate from this society. but apparently we still can not get rid of it.


4. Of the 3 time periods we looked at this semester (Victorian, Modernist & Post-Modernist), which did you enjoy the most? Why.

I liked modernist because since that period began all kind of styles in writing. Therefore, in movies, music, etc.

Assignment #2: Modernist Literature by Victor Loncomilla

1. Which 2 readings did you complete from the reading list provided (or from your own selections)?

Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dallow

Mina Loy, Aphorisms on Futurism



2. Based on these readings, compare (3 examples) and contrast (3 examples) the works you read with the themes from the ppt presentations in class on Modernist Culture and Literature.

If we compare the modernism time with the works of Virginia Woolf and Mina Loy. We can find the beginning of a feminist culture movement. Here Virginia and Mina express their feelings towards the society who do not take into account the women points of view. In other words, Here men's opinion ruled which made a very unequal world in that time.

Also, These women referred to how people think in that time, who were very close-minded, and didn't accept something irrational such as lesbianism which was something who both practiced in any time in their lives. This topic appeared in both work but moslty in Mrs the Dallow book.

Something that they didn't exclude was their point of view of the world war I which was mentioned for both in a particular way. In Mrs dalloway explains how was her life in that time when most people suffered because of the war; poverty, tragedies, hunger, etc. Whereas in Aphorisms on Futurism, the author points out to those close minds unreceptive to new ideas. in ohter words these people didn't want to see in the future




3. Do you feel the works you read are very good or excellent representations of Modernist Literature? Why/Why Not?

Yes, because these works express how rough those times were in war, and how the people were in that time.

4. Would you recommend the readings to friends or family? Why/Why Not?

yes and no, yes because there are people who really want to understand this time therefore, they have to know the past. And no, because these works are too redundant which can get some people bored.

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