文學與電影week5

Stream of consciousness 意識流

A person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow. The term was introduced from William James in his Principles of Psychology (1890).

A literary style in which a character's thoughts, feelings, and reactions are depicted in a continuous flow uninterrupted by objective description or conventional dialogue.

Elegy 哀歌、輓歌

a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

現代主義vs.後現代主義

Modernism based on science, emphasis on rationality and logic, experimental exploration.

Some people divide the twentieth century into modern and postmodern periods, while others argue that they are two stages of the same period.

Modernism usually contains the ideology of collectivism(集體主義), emphasizing collective utilitarianism(功利主義) and community(共同體). Modernism also extends the connotation of nationalism(民族主義).