Modern literature refers to the modernist period in the late nineteenth and early twentieth

centuries. It is the period where literature was written, explained, and spoken. It was parted to give
to the essence of both prose and verse.

characteristics of modernist literature.

 Experimentation: Modernist literature employed a number of different experimental

writing techniques that broke the conventional rules of storytelling. Some of those
techniques include blended imagery and themes, absurdism, nonlinear narratives, and
stream of consciousness—which is a free flowing inner monologue.
 Individualism: Modernist literature typically focuses on the individual, rather than
society as a whole. Stories follow characters as they adapt to a changing world, often
dealing with difficult circumstances and challenges.
 Multiple perspectives: Many modernist writers wrote in the first person perspective
with multiple characters to emphasize the subjectivity of each character, and add
depth to the story by presenting a variety of viewpoints.
 Free verse: Many modernist poets rejected the traditional structure of poetry and
opted for free verse, which lacks a consistent rhyme scheme, metrical pattern, or
musical form.
 Literary devices: Many modernist writers rely on literary devices like symbolism and
imagery to help the reader understand the writing, and to create a stronger
connection between the text and the reader.

Writers of modernist literature include Franz Kafka, D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot,
Gertrude Stein, Joseph Conrad, Samuel Beckett, William Carlos Williams, and W.B. Yeats.

Some modern literary works Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness. ...T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land. ...D. H.
Lawrence, 'Tickets, Please'. ...Ezra Pound, 'In a Station of the Metro'. ...Henry James, 'The Figure in
the Carpet'. ...James Joyce, Ulysses. ...Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway.