a)Modernism marks a strong and conscious break with the past It does not only reject history and society,but also the moral. religious and cultural values ofthe past. b)Modernism emphasizes on the need to move away from the public to the private,from the objective to the subjective.It elevated the individual and the inner being over the social being,prefers the subconscious to the self-conscious,and stresses on passion and will over reason and intellection,on dynamic visionsover thestatic images c)Modernism upholds a new view of time by emphasizing the psychic time over the chronological one.It maintains that the past,the present and the future are one and exist at the same time in the consciousness of individual as a continuous flow rather thana series of separate moments. d)Modernism is,in many respects,a reaction against realism.It rejects rationalism which is the theoretical base of realism;it excludes from its major concern the external,objective material world which is the only creative source of realism; by advocating a free experimentation on new forms and new techniques in literary creation,it casts away almost all the traditional elements in literature like story,plot,character, chronological narration,etc.Which are essential to realism. a) Modernism marks a strong and conscious break with the past. It does not only reject history and society, but also the moral, religious and cultural values of the past. b) Modernism emphasizes on the need to move away from the public to the private, from the objective to the subjective. It elevated the individual and the inner being over the social being, prefers the subconscious to the self-conscious, and stresses on passion and will over reason and intellection, on dynamic visions over the static images. c) Modernism upholds a new view of time by emphasizing the psychic time over the chronological one. It maintains that the past, the present and the future are one and exist at the same time in the consciousness of individual as a continuous flow rather than a series of separatemoments. d) Modernism is, in many respects, a reaction against realism. It rejects rationalism which is the theoretical base of realism; it excludes from its major concern the external, objective, material world which is the only creative source of realism; by advocating a free experimentation on new forms and new techniques in literary creation, it casts away almost all the traditional elements in literature like story, plot, character, chronological narration, etc. Which are essential to realism