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The basic features of 20th century Western literature

1. Literary activities and literary works show a fundamental shift in the original point of view of the relationship between the world and man. The traditional humanism was replaced by modern humanism.

2, from the keen criticism of society to the exploration of the deeper consciousness of the self, that is, emphasizing the excavation of the so-called true nature of man.

3. The expression of the unique existential situation of human beings is the basic feature of friendship in 20th century Western literature.

4. 20th century Western literature is a reversal of the modern rationalist cultural value system of the West. It shows the dissatisfaction and resistance to capitalist civilization, which condenses the deep thinking of modern people about their own value and destiny.

Western writers reflect the situation of alienation, and use irrationality to resist alienation, modern civilization, and the rationalist cultural value system, and often show concern, fear, and even denial of human irrationality. Behind this sense of crisis and pessimism, the writers' rational thinking about the human condition, fate and future is hidden, and there is still a pursuit of a higher meaning.