585 Plots and the Modern Novelist (with Pardis Dabashi) | My Last Book with Anne Enright
The History of Literature
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Myth, Narrative Modes, and Modernist Literature
This chapter explores how modernist writers utilized myths and various narrative modes to make meaning out of the fragmented and chaotic nature of life under modern capitalism and post World War I. It delves into the significance of these narrative choices in adding weight to their novels and legitimizing the modernist movement. Additionally, the influence of classical Hollywood cinema on modernist fiction and the impact of film storytelling techniques on the works of modernist writers are discussed.
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