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  This blog is a part of my classroom activity, Modernist Poems :Thinking Activity - Identify modernist metaphors  Task given by Dr. Dilip Barad .     what is Modernist literature   ?   "Modernism” refers to the collective literary trend in the early twentieth century. The early-twentieth century writers broke up the traditional way of writing. Characteristics of Modernist Literature:- Complexity in structure Fragmentation Use of Negative words Use of allusions and paradoxes Use of myth and classical references Experimentation with language and form Sexual perversion and spiritual   degradation Art for Life's Sake Isolation Effects of war Disillusionment Disinterested Nothingness Brokenness Here are analyzed, and identify, modern  metaphor, symbols, images, from the given poem. T. E. Hulme, ‘ The Embankment '                      Once, in finesse of fiddles found I ecstasy, In a flash of gol

This blog is a part of my classroom activity. Here is the link of my classroom activity   .   Given by Dr. Dilip barad sir  1)  What are your views on the following image after reading 'The Waste Land'? Do you think that Eliot is regressive as compared to Nietzsche's views? or Has Eliot achieved universality of thought by recalling mytho-historical answer to the contemporary malaise? Nietzsche's view point about superhuman and Eliot's theory about looking backward in past both are right on their own. Both are extremely different from each other. From my point of view there can not be any comparison take place between them because they both are different in their perspectives. Nietzsche's view about "ubermensch" or superhuman is quite new and right on some point. That is good if one see possibilities of his own self and that helps him to grow so this idea is worth thinking.  On the other side Eliot says about looking