Liertature humanities

The late nineteenth century and early twentieth century have been noted for the “the tradition of the new,” for the conscious rejection or radical modification of old artistic forms. Discuss what you consider the most telling innovations, those that give a distinctive face to the creative arts of our time. Include specific examples from the art, literature, and music of this period. You may want to use non-Western contemporary examples to show contrast or influences. Obviously some of the selected works will need to be examined in great detail.

OR

In the twentieth century, cultural, technological, racial, religious, and gender issues have led to a profusion of styles, a multiplication of –isms. Chinua Achebe described the impulse to see life from different angles in terms of an old Igbo belief: “Wherever Something stands, Something Else will stand beside it. Nothing is absolute.” Making significant use of examples from art, literature, and music, discuss some of the artistic innovations designed to render and to interrogate modern (post-Romantic) conceptions of reality.



For literature use The cherry orchard, T Elliot Waste land, love j profrock, Kafka metamorphisis

For music use Wagner, Debussy, Schoenberg, Stravisnky

For art use Kathe Kollowitz, Diego rivera, Picasso, Frank Gehry or Christo and Jeanne claude