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"The Interpretation of Dreams"/ Sigmund Freuds Stream of Consciousness
The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud is published, introducing his concept of the unconscious and the interpretation of dreams, the text that would later influence the Oedipus complex. -
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness is a story of imperialism and colonialism, that uses a layered narrative. It is an important text from the beginning of the modernist period -
"Birth of Modernism"
"On or about December 1910, human character changed. I am not saying that one went out, as one might into a garden, and there saw that a rose had flowered, or that a hen had laid an egg. The change was not sudden and definite like that. But a change there was, nevertheless; and, since one must be arbitrary, let us date it about the year 1910. " Virginia Wolfe -
World War 1
World War 1 had a huge impact on the world and the modernist movement. The after effects changed the society people found themselves in, the world became more industrialised and people had to adapt, triggering key modernist texts such as The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot. It saw the downfall of nature and history, and atheism and alienation became more common -
"The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock"
T. S. Eliot published The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock, written in a stream of consciousness style. -
"The Waste Land"
The Waste Land, "one of the most important poems of the 20th century" is published. It is written differently to other work, abruptly changing speaker, location and time throughout the poems. It is a key piece of literature for the modernist movement. -
The Women's Suffrage
Women were granted the right to vote thanks to the 19th amendment - a groundbreaking historical moment, showing societies ability to change and think differently, modernising their views -
Ulysses
Ulysses is a story about an estranged couple and a young man in Ireland in June 1904. The narrative frequently shifts between the past and present, and between the different characters mind.But This is an example of another modernist text that uses a stream of consciousness writing style.
