MODERN AGE

Summary:Summary:AlessandraAlessandra GiuliaGiulia

The reign of Edward VII

The Suffragettes

World war I Imagism and

Symbolism

The Irish question and the Easter Rising

The transformations of British society beetween the wars

Committed poetry and new romantic poetry

ChiarChiaraa

LeonLeonee

A deep cultural crisis

Freud’s influence

Rhe theory of relativity

External time vs internal time

Great exspectations

The swinging 1950’s

The jazz age

The New Deal

World war II

The Welfare State

Elizabeth II Interior

monologue and the theatre of Absurd

Edward VII Edward VII (1901 – (1901 – 1910)1910)Industrial Industrial unrest, unrest, violence , violence , strikesstrikes

SuffragettSuffragetteses

Edward Edward VIIVII• 9 November 1841 the eldest son of Queen Victoria. • Victoria did not approve of Edward• Liberal government: Social legislation (it was the focus of Parliament ) 1902 Education Act provided subsidized secondary education; 1908 old age pensions were estabilishedCRISIS:CRISIS:•David Lloyd-George proposed major tax increases on wealthy landowners and was defeated in Parliament. •Prime Minister Asquith appealed to Edward to create several new peerages to swing the vote•Edward steadfastly refused and died amidst crisis

SuffragettesSuffragettes1903 Women Social

and Political Union by Mrs Emmeline Pankurst

RIGHTS FOR WOMEN

1918: granting of women ‘s rights

1928: All women could vote

World World war Iwar I

Germany, Germany, Austria – Austria – Hungary, Hungary, ItalyItaly

Triple Triple entente: entente: Britain, Britain, British British Empire, Empire, France, France, Russia and Russia and alliesallies

ImagismImagism

The apparition of these faces in the crowd;

petals on a wet, black, bough.

L'apparizione di questi volti tra la folla;

petali su un ramo nero bagnato.

Ezra Pound, In a Station of the Metro

Symbolism Symbolism and free and free

verseverse

The Irish The Irish questionquestion1916 on easter 1916 on easter Monday volunteers Monday volunteers proclamed a Irish proclamed a Irish

RepublicRepublic

•the Irish the Irish parlament in parlament in Dublin was Dublin was

bornborn•Civil war was Civil war was

preparedprepared

1949 1949 ProclamatioProclamatio

n of the n of the Republic of Republic of

IrelandIreland

The transformations of British societyThe transformations of British society between the warsbetween the wars

•Families became smaller and women were Families became smaller and women were more independentmore independent•People lived in the town centresPeople lived in the town centres•The rise of newspapers (The times, Daily news, The rise of newspapers (The times, Daily news, Daily telegraph, Daily Express, Daily Herald)Daily telegraph, Daily Express, Daily Herald)•1920 the first car appeared1920 the first car appeared

New New Romantic Romantic PoetryPoetry

THE 1920’S(JAZZ AGE)

The 1920 (Jazz The 1920 (Jazz age)age)

High national High national income income

“consumers’ “consumers’ goodsgoods”

The government The government wants to wants to

encourage the encourage the welfare of private welfare of private

businessbusiness

Some areas of Some areas of America are America are

poorpoor

Real scare (fear Real scare (fear of Socialism) of Socialism)

execution of 2 execution of 2 Italian Italian

anarchistsanarchists

1929 Wall 1929 Wall Street Street Crash Crash Great Great

DepressionDepression

Segregation of minoritios

Harlem

The New Deal with Franklin Roosevelt

“relief, recovery, reform”

The Unemployed are employed on public works

World war World war IIII

Great Great Britain Britain

vs Japanvs Japan

atomic bomb atomic bomb (nuclear era)(nuclear era)

The The 1950’s:1950’s:1952: Elizabeth II was the queen of England: Britain was dependent on the USA, and lost its empire

The Theatre of The Theatre of the Absurdthe Absurd

1951950’s0’s

• Sexual ethics and family changed drastically

•1957: homosexuals are not persecuted by law; birth of rock’n roll

•1958: commitee for Nuclear Disarmament marched from nuclear research establishment at Aldermaston

• Bertrand Russell sat down in Trafalgue Square, model for protest in the 60s

Sigmund Sigmund FreudFreud1856 – 1939His new ideas have a

big influence Studies the

development of human psyche and subconscious

Models of relationschip were readjustedFreud

’sMovement for

women’s suffrage

RelativitRelativityy• Albert Einstain:

time and space subjective dimensions

• Ludwing Wittgenstain: Quartum Mechanics

• Rebellion against perspective and phenomenal representation in art, or revolution of tone, rhytm and harmony

External time vs internal External time vs internal timetime

The Mind The Mind records records everything as everything as continuous flow continuous flow in the in the “already” in “already” in the “not yet”the “not yet”

William William James James

•Emotional Emotional relativityrelativity•Historical time is Historical time is external, linearexternal, linear•Psychological time Psychological time is internal and is internal and subjectivesubjective

and and Henry Henry BergsBergs

onon

Swinging in Swinging in 60’s60’s

• Mood of ribellionMood of ribellion• Self expression and Self expression and

liberation (drugs, liberation (drugs, discotheques, discotheques, permissiveness in permissiveness in films, plays and films, plays and magazines and in magazines and in general behaviorgeneral behavior

• Time togheter with Time togheter with no marriage, one no marriage, one parent families parent families helped by the helped by the governementgovernement

• Women could abort, Women could abort, homosexual couples homosexual couples openly set up houseopenly set up house

……60’s60’s

BeatlesBeatles

The Rolling The Rolling StonesStones

The The WhoWho

Moderator: Giulia VenturiniGiulia Venturini

Observator: Observator: Chiara Saraca Chiara Saraca VolpiniVolpini

Responsable: Responsable: Alessandra Alessandra NorginiNorgini

Language Reviser: Language Reviser: Leone Leone PalmeriPalmeri