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TheBriefAnalysisontheMajorThemesandStylesoftheBritishModernismNovelsThroughatermofstudy,IhaveabasicunderstandingontheBritishmodernismliterature.InthefollowingIwillbrieflyanalyzethethemajorthemesandstylesoftheBritishmodernismliterature.throughsomerepresentativewritingsbythoselike,JosephConrad,E.M.Forster,JamesJoyce,D.H.Lawrence,VirginiaWoolf,T.S.EliotandWilliamGolding.throughanalysisweknowthemordenismliteraturemainlytalkabouthumannature,civilizationandsavagery,feminism,sexuality,socialillness.Andthemainstylesaresymbolism,allusion,satire,detachedisland,streamofconsciousness.Let’scometothetheme.Firstthethegoodandevilofhumannature.IntheLordofFliesWilliamGoldingcreatesanti-utopiannovels,believethathumannatureisevil.Hewrote“ItwassimplywhatseemedsensibleformetowriteafterthewarwheneveryonewasthankingGodtheyweren’tNazis.I’dseenenoughtorealizethateverysingleoneofuscouldbeNazis.”Heattemptstotracethedefectsofsocietybacktothedefectsofhumannature.Formostofhisnarrative,heseemstobeconcernedwithmoralaimlessness:thestrandedboysintheLordoftheFliesalmostentirelyshakeofftheircivilizedbehavior.Undercertainconditionsofsurvival,theprimitiveelementpredominates;residualsavageryliesbarelybelowthesurfaceandiscontrolledonlyundertherightcircumstances.Removethesecircumstancesandtheboysareamoral,vicious,chaotic,murderous.WilliamGoldingexploreswhatman,orpre-man,isreallylikewhenhisfaçadeofcivilizedbehaviorfallsaway.Thatis,whatthetruehumanbeingarelikewhenremovedtheveilofhumanbeing,putoffthedressofhumanbeing,thedressisthecivilizationimposedonus.Intheendofthenovel,Ralphcriedloudly,Ralphweptfortheendofinnocence,thedarknessofman'sheart,andthefallthroughtheairofthetrue,wisefriendcalledPiggy.nextfeminism.AsweknowthatVirginiaWoolfisfeminist.Shewasverymuchconcernedwiththerightsandpositionofwomen,especiallyofintelligentwomenandwomenwriters.Sheactivelytookpartinthestruggleforwoman’srightsofsuffrage&rightstoworkwhichisshowninherThreeGuineas.Shewroteseveralessaysonthesubject,notablyinARoomofOne’sOwn.IntheARoomofOne’sOwnWoolfimaginesthatShakespearehadasister:asisterequaltoShakespeareintalent,equalingenius,butwhoselegacyisradicallydifferent.Thisimaginarywomanneverwritesawordanddiesbyherownhand,hergeniusunexpressed.Butifonlyshehadfoundthemeanstocreate,urgesWoolf,shewouldhavereachedthesameheightsasherimmortalsibling.----fromAmozon.com.intheendofthenovelsheproposedthatAwomanmusthaveafixedincomeandaroomofherowninordertohavethefreedomtocreate.Nextsocialillness.D.H.Lawrence’snovelsandpoetryexplorethesocialillscreatedbytheIndustrialRevolutionandtheroleofsexualityinhumanrelationships.Hethinkstheindustrializedcultureistoointellectualanddehumanized;Hiscollectedworksrepresentanextendedreflectionuponthedehumanizingeffectsofmodernityandindustrialization.JamesJoyce’searlyvolumeofshortstories,Dubliners,isapenetratinganalysisofthestagnationandparalysisofDublinsociety.“MyintentionwastowriteachapterofthemoralhistoryofmycountryandIchoseDublinforthescenebecausethatcityseemedtomethecenterofparalysis.”“IalwayswriteaboutDublin,becauseifIcangettotheheartofDublin,Icangettotheheartofallthecitiesoftheworld.Intheparticulariscontainedtheuniversal.”Nextsexuality.ThusthedialecticbetweenmanandwomanisachiefthemeinLawrence’swork.Healsobelievespassionatelyinman’snaturalinstincts;thatsexualfeelingbetweenamanandwomanwasnaturalandshouldbecelebrated.itisworthpointingoutthatwhenLawrencesaysMrs.Morelselectshersons‘aslovers’,hedoesnotmeanliterally.Heisnotwritingaboutincest,butaboutapowerfulemotionalconnection.Let’scometothestyle.First,symbolism.IntheLordoftheFlies,LordofthefliesoriginsfromHebrew,theoriginalmeaningisheadoftheevil.Inthenovel,Lordofthefliesnotonlymeansthehangingvileheadofthepig,butinthedeeperleveltheinescapabledarknessofhumannature.Ralphsymbolsego,Jackid,PiggythesuperegoandSimonthespiritualability,whoregardshumanbeingandanimalsasequal.Piggy’specsymbolsthemordencivilization,theconchthepower,theauthority.Thebeastisapartofmanthatcouldnotbehuntedorkilled.inAnOutPostofProgressbyJosephConrad,IvoryrepresentsAfricanrescouce.“Thecross”muchoutoftheperpendicular,sleptthemanwhohadseenthebeginningofthis;whohadplanedandhadwatchedtheconstructionofthisoutpostofprogress.Presentsthecivilizationisdecayedandnotaccepted.IntheviewofEvelynWaughandKingsleyAmis,itwasnotuntilthefirstvolumesofAnthonyPowell'ssequence,ADancetotheMusicofTime,werepublishedinthe1950s,thatanEnglishnovelistachievedthesamecommandofatmosphereandprecisionoflanguagewithconsistency,aviewsupportedbypresent-daycriticslikeA.N.Wilson.Thisisthemoreremarkable,giventhatEnglishwasConrad'sthirdlanguage.PowellacknowledgedhisdebttoConrad.“E.M.Forsterisformetheonlylivingnovelistwhocanbereadagainandagainandwho,aftereachreading,givesmewhatfewwriterscangiveusafterourfirstdaysofnovel-reading,thesensationofhavinglearnedsomething”Trillingsaid.inAPassagetoIndiabyE.M.Forster,criticisedbyhisfriendRogerFry,notedforuseofsymbolismasatechniqueinhisnovels,theMarabarCaveisusuallyseenasasymbol:itsNiftydrawings,pilesofholes,spotted,charred—connectionstothemostbasi