What is modernism?

In addition to the excellent answer above, here are some
more points regarding Modernism:

•Modernism places faith in
the ideas, values, beliefs, culture, and norms of the
West

•Modernism attempts to reveal profound truths of
experience and life.

•Modernism attempts to find depth and
interior meaning beneath the surface of objects and
events.

•Modernism focused on central themes and a united
vision in a particular piece of literature

•Modern authors
guide and control the reader’s response to their work.

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Modernism

•
rational

• scientific

•
utopian, elitist, belief in universal values

•
democratic

• hierarchical

•
organized

• centered

•
European, Western

•
generalizing

• determinate

•
objective

• objectivist values,
masterpieces

• formal
disciplines

• purposeful,
meaningful

• construction

•
belief in progress

•
theoretical

• analytical &
synthetic

• simplicity, elegance, spartan,
streamlined

• logical,
scientific

• cause-effect

•
linear

• harmonious,
integrated

• permanence

•
abstract

• communicative, prefer to be
understood

• unified,
coherent

• objective truth

•
apolitical to occasionally political

disciplines primarily
indifferent to power struggles

• reality is not
anthropocentric