Question

which of the following 20th century figures influenced modernist literature through their groundbreaking work on the subconscious A) Roosevelt and Churchill B) Freud and Jung C) Lenin and Marx D) Einstein and Heisenberg

Answer 1

Answer: B) Freud and Jung.

Both Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung influenced modernist literature through their groundbreaking work on the subconscious. Modernist writers' obsession with the subconscious is evident on the way they built their characters and plots. This new inclination led to a desire to overturn previous modes of representation and focus instead on a reinvention of the human experience that reflected the new sensibilities of their time.