World War I and The Literary Transition Into Modernism

Transition to the Modernism of World War I and literature World War I was the culmination of many things. On the surface, this is the ultimate problem of international conflict. Countries of civilized world are never boiling at such a huge level. As the scale of World War I was very large, most countries did not feel its influence. At a deeper level, humanity has never given such damage to itself under the name of war. Because of the absolute fear of violence, humans began to be shocked psychologically, fantasy shattered a lot of people.

American literature research began to change to a modern complex era after the end of the First World War. In April 1921, the last two volumes of Cambridge's American literary history appeared and provided a long-standing critical awareness of American literature research. Legality In the latter half of that year, American literary researchers were organized and gathered for the first time as American literary organizations at the Annual Meeting of the Modern Language Association. Then in 1923, the section devoted to American literature was added to the publication of modern language association bibliography (previously limited to English, German and romantic languages ​​and literature). Since that time, activities in the field of academic research in the US are rapidly increasing.

Modernism "The term that refers to literature and art evolved from the beginning of the First World War to the Second World War in the early 20th century because of the classical literary customs of the 19th century and the rejection of tradition and morals "(Bellisario, 2005, p.132) Scientific rationalization has grown rapidly in the 20th century, which inevitably attracts more people to humanitarianism and abandons God.

Modernism is a popular movement, and in the 20th century the decades of the future and the era when the idea of ​​the West was shaped were formed. Beginning in the First World War, its culture, art and philosophy reveal how ideas about modernity and the historical events at the time affected life and society. T. Elliott is part of a literary and artistic movement called Modernism and can be most clearly seen in his poem "Wasted Land". The concept of wasteland is a powerful concept for his generation. His poetry