Essays On Modernism

The Great Gatsby as a Social Commentary After the First World War, American society enjoyed prosperity as the economy soared. At the same time, Prohibition created millionaires out of bootleggers. Consequently, materialism and superficiality immediately filled America. F. Scott Fitzgerald, a witness of people’s spiritually empty lives, wrote “The Great Gatsby” which gave him literary […]

The term modern art encompasses various forms of 20th-century art, such as painting and sculpture. The beginning of the modern era is not precisely defined but generally includes European, American, and Western-influenced art from the 20th century. This period is characterized by significant advancements including the development of abstraction, introduction of innovative artistic techniques and […]

In general, Islamic modernism refers to a movement or system that sought to incorporate western values and ideologies into Islam. The purpose was to align with the global changes in democracy, equality, nationalism, and other areas. Prominent Islamic scholars and leaders worked together to bring about this notion, as it required intellectual integration to rejuvenate […]

In our daily lives, we have come about the term postmodernism. This is a wide-ranging term that it’s mostly applied in the art, literature, architecture, fiction, philosophy, and cultural and literally criticism as well. This term broadly gives reaction to the assumed certainty of either scientific, objective, efforts that expound on reality. It comes from […]

I Do Not Come To You By Chance novel written by Adaobi Nwaubani reveals sad and strategic moments on the Nigerian people. The novel points out most of the difficult situations presented before it people as a kind of battle for survival. Even though the happenings are painful the nature shows a lot of human […]

Writing culture is a highly influential publication that assesses the impact of the writing culture movement on ethnographic writing and research. It presents a debate that examines the concepts of culture, reflexivity, objectivity, and ethnographic writing (Clifford & Marcus 3). This debate has played a crucial role in the field of anthropology, bringing about significant […]

Postmodernism refers to the twentieth-century movement in criticism and arts that have divergent views from modernism. It entails critical and skeptical interpretation of literature, culture, art as well as literary criticism. On the other hand, existentialism refers to the philosophical approach that emphasizes on the existence of a person as a responsible and free agent […]