Wasteland as a modern epic

Name – Shital D ItaliyaRoll no – 29Paper no – 9( The Modernist Literature)Submitted to – Smt S.B.Gardy Department of English M.K. Bhavnagar university Bhavnagar

Wasteland as a modern epic

What is an epic?

Epic is long verse narrative on serious subject, told in a formal and elevated style, and centered on heroic or quasi – divine figure on whose actions depends and fate of a tribe, a nation, or the human race.

Long narrative style

Mythological approach

No story within story in wasteland No diversion in action.

How modern age is reflected in the wasteland?

Impact of war.

Bold treatment of love and sex.

• Note of pessimism, disillusionment and melancholy in writing.

• Sense of fragmentation and loss of faith in writing.

• Use of symbols and scientific methodology.

• “Nature has everything to satisfy the need of human (M.K.Gandhi)

Reflection of modern chaos and confusion in writing.

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