MODERNISM

1. View of the world as unstable
2. Idea that the individual is not in control
3. View of the world as futile
4. Abandonment of the social world
5. Disruption of narrative flow
6. Focus on inner feelings and mental states
7. Focus on originality and innovation
8. Works asked more questions than they answered
9. Fragmentation: Idea that we experience life in fragments, and we can never see the whole big picture