The fact that Claude McKay visited Russia in 1922 exemplifies the following theme of Modernism_____________?
Correct answer: C. The impact of WWI and the 1918 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.
- A. Collectivism versus the authority of the individual.
- B. The wearing away of traditional class structures.
- C. The impact of WWI and the 1918 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.
- D. The disassociated, anomic self.
Explanation
McKay’s 1922 visit to Soviet Russia connects Modernism with the historical shock of World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution. These events transformed political and artistic ideas across the modern world.
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