Last Century's Writing Styles

Genre: "made up thing"

naturalism: movement that made the protagonist the victim of exaggerated forces far greater than themselves

realism: "depicted characters as psychologically complex" journalistic way of showing the world, idea that there is a complexity to people
ex. Richard Cory

modernism: a movement that aims to break with classical and traditional forms

liminal: not quite what we used to be, not yet what we are to become

modern artist - liminals

there are 2 types of people who break the rules
1. the one who doesn't know the rules
2. who are aware of the rules, but chose to break it

modern writers broke rules; creating new words, formats, etc.