Which of the following is not an important characteristic of modernist literature? a. the influence of world war i c. pessimism about the future b. the use of an urban setting d. optimism about social values

(D) Optimism about social values is not an important characteristic of modernist literature. Modernism is a philosophical and cultural art movement that emerged widely in Western societies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

EXPLANATION

Among the factors that led to modernism was the development of modern industrialization and followed by rapid urban growth. In addition, modernism as a form of reaction to the horrors of World War I. Modernism rejects enlightenment thinking, many modernists also reject religious beliefs.

Overall, modernism encompasses human activities and creations in the form of art, literature, architecture, religion, philosophy, social movement organizations, and new science. Rebelling all the outdated in the economic, social-political fields caused by the development of the rapidly developing industrial world.

A poet named Ezra Pound in 1934 made the slogan "Make it new!". This slogan is like a stepping stone to a movement towards what is seen as an obsolete past culture. Ezra Pound has many works such as awareness flow novels, atonal music, twelve-tone inventions, divisionist paintings, and abstract art. His works pioneered 19th-century art and culture.

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KEYWORD: Ezra Pound, modernist literature, novels, atonal music, twelve-tone inventions, modernism  

Subject: English

Class: College

Subchapter: Modernism

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