Modern Introduction  1914 - Present

Info

- "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" - Winston Churchill

- Sigmund Freud - founder of modern psychology

- T.S. Eliot - leading influence on modern literature but also one of severest critics

Terms

- pluralism - favors a multiplicity of viewpoints and assumes that no one of them may be considered universally valid

- existentialism - intellectual position most characteristic of modern period; romantic pessimism as expressed in philosophy, religion, and ethics; man can be certain only of his own existence and can be sure of that only by asserting his will in making choices

- nihilism - morose denial of all meaning and values, including those generated by the self

Citation

Horton, Ronald A. British Literature for Christian Schools. Greenville, SC: Bob Jones University Press, 1992.