modern period (1914 - 1945)

• early 20th century

• covers ww1 n ww2, great depression

• changes in social structures as a result of wars > distrust in institutions

• continued effects of urbanisation

• growing field of psychology n psychological research

writers:

• dh lawrence

• wilfred owen

• virginia woolf

• ts eliot

key features:

• use of symbolism

• focus on individual n subjective experiences n impact of society

• experimenting with form eg stream of consciousness, non-linear plots

• themes of alienation n disillusionment

• morally ambiguous