MODERNISMBy John Boris, Pourya Alizadeh, and Francesca Santos

EVENTS IN THE WORLD

Other Events Events with War 1903- U.S. Wright brothers fly first engine-

powered airplane.

1913- Ford revolutionizes auto industry with assembly-line production.

1918-Allies, with U.S. help, defeat central Powers, ending WW1; Bolsheviks renamed Communist Party.

1929- U.S. Stock market crashes, initiating global depression.

1945 Would War II ends; United Nations formed.

• 1905-Russian soldiers fire on petitioning citizens in St. Petersburg staring brief first Russian Revolution.

• 1914-Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparks WW1.

• 1920-Hitler takes control of new National Socialist German workers (Nazi) Party; American women gain right to vote.

• 1928-Joseph Stalin becomes dictator of Communist Russia

• 1933-Hitler and Nazis seize dictatorial control of Germany.

• 1937-Japan Invades China. • 1939-Germany invades Poland and

Worlds War II begins.• 1942-Nazis initiate “Final Solution”

stage of murdering unwanted civilians, mostly Jews (to 1945)

Events in BritainEvents about war Events not about war

1907-Britain, France, and Russia form Triple Entente alliance

1914- Britain enters World War I after Germany invades Belgium

1918- Deaths total about 750,000 at WWI’s end

1939- Britain joins France in declaring war on Germany

1945- At end of war, British losses total 360,000

1949-Britain helps found NATO

1901- Queen Victoria dies and her son Edward VII takes over

1910- Edward VII dies and is succeeded by son George V

1912- Over 1,500 drown in the sinking of the Titanic in the Atlantic

1918- British women over 30 allowed to vote

1932- British unemployment rate is 23% during global depression

1949- Irish Free State becomes Republic of Ireland

Events in British Literature

1. 1913- Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw (5 act romance). • Eliza Doolittle is used as a science experiment, because a scientist

wants to try to turn her into a Lady. Along the way she falls in love with Freddy, and questions the purpose of the science experiment.

2. 1914- Ulysses by James Joyce (controversial novel). • Judge John M. Woolsey said it was “emetic” (causes vomit) and is a

very dirty novel. It is about vulgarity and Celtic lyricism. There was controversy over whether it should be imported to the U.S. It is a commentary on the inner lives of men and women.

3. 1926- “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence. • The story of a boy who has a gift for picking the winning race horse.

4. 1932- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. • A story that warns of a scientifically controlled future society. It also

depicts parts of a totalitarian society.

1949- Orwell publishes 1948 • It is a nightmarish vision of future totalitarian England. Totalitarian is

a government where political authority has all power.