MODERNISM (late 19th century and early 20th century)

his theories contributed to the challenge that modernist fiction posed to the traditional idea of linear narrative. the time could not be measured according to units because it's a flow, a duration and not a series of points

he keeps double identities at the same time. writers give their own vision of the world. subjective point of view, interior monologue and psychological narrative.

is marked by change and even upheaval, the modernist saw a sense of decay and growing alienation for individuals

Modern artists experimented with new ways of seeing and with fresh ideas about the nature of materials and functions of art. Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat

abstract art ,Kandisky cubism, Picasso

the modernist novel in Europe can be considered as a sort of secret agent of literature.

the breaking down with the limitations in space and time so the introduction of new theories about the time.

the interpretation of dreams proposed a theory of human consciousness as multilayered, involving different levels of experence and memory; his theories suggested which perception of reality was therefore fundamentally subjective.