War and Literature
Literature influenced by the War The product of the war, which was depression or the struggles of life in Great Britain, help explains the quality and direction of English literature in the twentieth century. ... As a part of the self-conscious movement known as Modernism, traditional literature forms were forgotten, and replaced with newer ways of expressing what they took to be new kinds of experiences or seeing them in new ways. The modernist movement in literature around the beginning of the century created a remarkable change in the way writers viewed their art. ... All three writers were influenced by the War for example rampant materialism and depression. ... The explosion (War) signified an awakening because society wasn’t ready for it, it caught everyone by surprise. ... Woolfe’s symbolic and insane character was scared psychologically from the war. ... It was also for telling that any type of teaching especially from literature was going to change. ... Septimus on the other hand symbolize the past history of literature, especially the war.