Western Poetry in the 20th Century

Modernist literature belongs to a part of capitalist culture in the 20th century. This kind of literature does not advocate reproducing life with works, but advocates showing people the oppression and distortion of life from people's psychological feelings. In modernist literary works, characters are often deformed, stories are often absurd, and themes are often desperate. The acknowledged founders of modernist literature are Don Quixote by Cervantes and Emotional Education by Flaubert. Austrian writer Franz Kafka, French writer Marcel Proust and Irish writer James Joyce are also called pioneers and masters of western modernist literature. The representative works are 1. Poetry: Austrian Tracker and Warve (friends of the world and each other), Heim and Bain 2 in Germany. In Drama: American O 'Neill: Emperor Jones (1920), the author combines expressionist artistic techniques with his own creation to form a unique O 'Neill School expressionist drama. Hairy Ape (192 1) is subtitled "Eight Comedies of Ancient and Modern Life". Leading role: jank Strindberg, Sweden: Go to Damascus, Phantom Sonata 3. In the novel: Kafka, Austria: the representative of expressionist novels. Castle (19 15) and metamorphosis (19 15).