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According to Freud, subjective reality is based on what?
According to Freud, subjective reality is based on what?
Who was a major influence on logical positivism and a forerunner of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity?
Who was a major influence on logical positivism and a forerunner of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity?
Which philosopher argued that the mind begins as a blank slate?
Which philosopher argued that the mind begins as a blank slate?
Who combined Freud's description of subjective states with the idea of the collective unconscious?
Who combined Freud's description of subjective states with the idea of the collective unconscious?
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According to Jung, human impulses toward breaking social norms are derived from what?
According to Jung, human impulses toward breaking social norms are derived from what?
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Who emphasized the difference between scientific clock time and the direct, subjective, human experience of time?
Who emphasized the difference between scientific clock time and the direct, subjective, human experience of time?
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Which philosopher placed a high value on intuition and the life force?
Which philosopher placed a high value on intuition and the life force?
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Which literary movement is characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional ways of writing in both poetry and prose fiction writing?
Which literary movement is characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional ways of writing in both poetry and prose fiction writing?
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Who famously said 'Make it new' as a maxim for modernist literature?
Who famously said 'Make it new' as a maxim for modernist literature?
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What historical event led to a reassessment of prevailing assumptions about society and influenced much modernist writing?
What historical event led to a reassessment of prevailing assumptions about society and influenced much modernist writing?
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According to Mary Ann Gillies, what do the literary themes of modernism share?
According to Mary Ann Gillies, what do the literary themes of modernism share?
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What influenced early Modernist literature according to the text?
What influenced early Modernist literature according to the text?
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Who argued that the mind had a fundamental structure and that subjective experience was based on the interplay of parts of the mind?
Who argued that the mind had a fundamental structure and that subjective experience was based on the interplay of parts of the mind?
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In what time period did literary modernism originate?
In what time period did literary modernism originate?
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Who is considered an important literary precursor of modernism?
Who is considered an important literary precursor of modernism?
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Which poet founded the Imagist movement, giving modernism its early start in the 20th century?
Which poet founded the Imagist movement, giving modernism its early start in the 20th century?
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What event marked the end of the initial utopian spirit of some modernists?
What event marked the end of the initial utopian spirit of some modernists?
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What literary technique did modernist writers use to explore the darker aspects of human nature?
What literary technique did modernist writers use to explore the darker aspects of human nature?
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Which artistic movement is NOT considered a part of modernism?
Which artistic movement is NOT considered a part of modernism?
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What marked the beginning of the modernist literary movement, according to some interpretations?
What marked the beginning of the modernist literary movement, according to some interpretations?
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What did early modernist writers develop to expose the irrationality at the roots of a supposedly rational world?
What did early modernist writers develop to expose the irrationality at the roots of a supposedly rational world?
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Which author is known for their plain-spoken prose style and emphasis on psychological insight into characters?
Which author is known for their plain-spoken prose style and emphasis on psychological insight into characters?
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Who is described as a major modernist writer whose strategies employed in their novel Ulysses have come to epitomize modernism's approach to fiction?
Who is described as a major modernist writer whose strategies employed in their novel Ulysses have come to epitomize modernism's approach to fiction?
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Which artist is known for their atonal ending of the Second String Quartet in 1908?
Which artist is known for their atonal ending of the Second String Quartet in 1908?
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Who is known for their Expressionist paintings and the founding of the Expressionist Blue Rider group in Munich in 1911?
Who is known for their Expressionist paintings and the founding of the Expressionist Blue Rider group in Munich in 1911?
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Which art movement rose during the early 20th century and introduced cubism?
Which art movement rose during the early 20th century and introduced cubism?
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Which poet described James Joyce's technique in Ulysses as a way of controlling and ordering the immense panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history?
Which poet described James Joyce's technique in Ulysses as a way of controlling and ordering the immense panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history?
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Which poet's work, The Waste Land, mirrors 'the futility and anarchy' in its fragmented structure and absence of an obvious central, unifying narrative?
Which poet's work, The Waste Land, mirrors 'the futility and anarchy' in its fragmented structure and absence of an obvious central, unifying narrative?
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Which generation of Italian poets embodies modernism and broke with the tradition of Giosuè Carducci, Giovanni Pascoli, and Gabriele D'Annunzio?
Which generation of Italian poets embodies modernism and broke with the tradition of Giosuè Carducci, Giovanni Pascoli, and Gabriele D'Annunzio?
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Which poet incorporates Freudian concepts of psychoanalysis in their work?
Which poet incorporates Freudian concepts of psychoanalysis in their work?
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