Modernism put forward the slogan of "function first", which successfully solved the need of industrial revolution for urban construction and made the city and building achieve the perfect unity of function, beauty and economy.

Modernism is a bourgeois literary trend popular in European and American literary circles in this century, and it is also a reflection of social crisis, spiritual crisis and artistic crisis in the contemporary western world in the field of literature and art. Its language originated from French modern and has the latest, modern and avant-garde meaning.

Modernism mainly includes expressionism centered on Germany, futurism centered on Italy, surrealism centered on France and stream-of-consciousness literature centered on Britain.

It also includes existential literature, absurd drama and the new novel school that rose in the 1930 s and 1960 s It is generally believed that Joyce in Britain, Proust in France and Kafka, an Austrian Jewish writer who wrote in German, are representatives of European and American modernist literature.

Representative works of modernism:

1, Bailuyuan

By telling the feud between grandparents and grandchildren in Bailuyuan Bailu Village, it shows the historical changes from the late Qing Dynasty to the 1970s and 1980s. Successfully created literary images such as Bai Jiaxuan, Lu Zilin, Tian Xiaoe, Bai Xiaowen and Heiwa. After publication, it was well received and loved by literary critics and readers.

Since its publication, its circulation has exceeded 5 million copies, and it won the fourth Mao Dun Literature Prize. 2065438+On September 23rd, 2009, this novel was selected into the collection of 70 novels in 70 years in New China.

2. "The dust settles"

This novel describes a famous Tibetan chief in Kangba who gave birth to a silly son with his Han wife after drinking. This recognized fool is incompatible with real life, but he has a premonition and behavior beyond the times and has become a witness to the prosperity and demise of the toast system.

The novel shows unique Tibetan customs and magical colors. The book was unlucky and was rejected by more than a dozen publishers. An accidental opportunity was seen and published by an editor of People's Literature Publishing House. After publication, it won wide acclaim and soon won the fifth Mao Dun Literature Award.

Step 3 "live"

It describes the miserable life of Xu Fugui, a nobody in the great social change. Finally, all his relatives left him one after another, leaving only his old age and an old cow. Write that people live for themselves, not for anything other than living. The style of writing is concise and profound, and it is well received by readers. More than 6 million copies have been issued. In March 2004, Yu Hua won the Knight Award of French Literature and Art for this novel. From 2065438 to September 2008, it was selected as the most influential novel in the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up.