modernist literature

collocation in English

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modernist
adjective
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmɒd.ən.ɪst/us
/ˈmɑː.dɚ.nɪst/
relating to or a member of the modern ...
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literature
noun[U]
uk
/ˈlɪt.rə.tʃər/us
/ˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ə.tʃɚ/
written artistic works, especially those with a high and lasting ...
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This combination of kaleidoscopic writing with an extreme formal schematic structure renders the book a major contribution to the development of 20th-centurymodernistliterature.
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As a researcher he has worked on the baroque and pre romantic epoques, as well as onmodernistliterature.
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After moving into the farmhouse in 1935, they established a unique private library, includingmodernistliterature, international art books, journals and magazines.
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His first poems and short stories appear to be influenced by themodernistliteratureof the early 20th century.
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While some of his works have a strain of romanticism, his works are viewed asmodernistliterature.
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However, several different definitions of latemodernistliteratureexist.
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This change is also a change frommodernistliteratureto postmodern literature.
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He is viewed as a precursor ofmodernistliterature; his narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced many authors up to the present.
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Her definition made in this essay, and developed in others, helped define the literary movement ofmodernistliterature.
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They opposed established literary views, and introduced themodernistliterature.
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Postmodern literature, as suggested by its name, was a reaction to the norms ofmodernistliterature, but drew much influence from the stream of conscious style.
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