THE SPIRIT OF MODERNITY IN LAURENCE STERNE’S TWO NOVELS :TRISTRAM SHANDY AND A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY

Abstract

Few are the writers that are literary limited give them great fame, Case with writer Lawrence Stern. Among the novelists of the eighteenth century They consider Lawrence Stern the most bizarre and controversial among his readers, and his two distinguished novels are the product of a mentality Creative and authentic. The study that appeared in the study models study in this study She was later considered a pioneer of the twentieth century novel. Study the first semester of three Sections. The first section reviews some of the important novelists of the eighteenth century and their works. In addition to the biography of Lawrence Stern as it explains his difference from his contemporaries. The second section deals with some of the important styles and literary movements that formed the novel twentieth century, referring to some important works such as James Joyce's novel (Ulysses), The styles of Virginia Woolf's novels, which I think are closest to Lawrence Stern's And some of than any other novelist in the twentieth century. The section focuses on the concept of time and adoption Modernists on conscience and feelings more than their reliance on the traditional aspects of The construction of the plot, in addition to their dealing with the concept of memory and past and present time. And looking This section covers some important literary movements such as Impressionism and Post-Novel style. As for The third section gives a brief explanation of the meaning of realism in the eighteenth centuries twenty. The second chapter consists of five sections: The first section analyzes Lawrence's novel First Stern (The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy), shows the modern spirit in this novel if It is not compared to the standards of modern novel writing, while it differs from the emotional novel that adopted by his contemporaries. This section refers to some of the legends such as (Cervantes and Rabelais and John Locke), who constitute an influence to which some traditional features are attributed in This novel, but the focus will be on the content of John Locke's article as more Importance. The second section reviews the creative handling of the concepts of time and memory and links them With their modern concept, it also reviews the similarities between the styles of Virginia Woolf and James Joyce with Stern Style. The third section deals with the meaning of the "hobby" mentioned Repeatedly in the novel and later developed what is known as the obsession that controls the mind, where This obsession dominates the mental activities of the personality and ultimately leads to many One of the cases of misunderstanding and the difficulty of communication, which in turn gives meaning to the modern concept of alienation The fourth section deals with the concept of interdependence of ideas inspired by John Locke and How similar it is to the modern stream of consciousness style. The fifth section reviews how Stern's use of language, regression, and deviation in the narrative is similar to a certain extent in the language of the novel Modern filmmaking technology. Chapter 3 explores Stern's second novel by analyzing some other important aspects Which relates to the personal psyche, and focuses his attention on two essential points, namely the fact that York's journey (the protagonist of the novel) is not just an ordinary journey, but rather a journey through the soul. Stern's interest in gender relations. tries this The second point is the most important The chapter linked the hero's experiences with women in France with the literary concept Hadith known by the term (Ghazal literature). The goal is to find some similarity between Review flirtatious items, especially those that are touched by touch An exceptional significance similar to that employed by another novelist of the twentieth century, D. M. Lawrence. The fourth chapter is devoted to the conclusions reached by the study.