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MODERN AGE. Summary :. Chiara. Leone. Alessandra. Giulia. The jazz age The New Deal World war II The Welfare State Elizabeth II Interior monologue and the theatre of Absurd. A deep cultural crisis Freud’s influence Rhe theory of relativity External time vs internal time - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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