This literary movement encouraged a break with traditions of the past, and a use of experimental techniques a)realism b) industrialization c) modernism d) mechanism modernism (in literature) focused on all of the following aspects except: a)appreciation of nature b)alienation of the individual c) corruption of old-fashioned values d) brutality of war many modernist prose writers, and poets of this time period reacted with to changes they perceived in american ideals. a) optimism b indifference c) cynicism d) tolerance

C) Modernism. It had its origins on the late 19th and early 20th century and it´s characterized by a very self-conscious break with traditional writing techniques.

A) Appreciation of nature. The modernist movement contrasted with the previous Romantic period because that one focused on nature and existence while the modernist authors were more focused on the inner self and consciousness.

C) Cynicism. The American modernist authors were known as the lost generation and they complained about the goods and bads which the new technology had accomplished.

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