Correct option is B
Explanation:
Symbolist: Baudelaire’s Flowers of Evil (Les Fleurs du Mal) is a cornerstone of the Symbolist movement. The collection employs vivid imagery and symbolic language to explore themes such as beauty, decadence, and existential despair, influencing later Symbolist poets like Mallarmé and Rimbaud.
Modernist: Baudelaire is also considered a precursor to Modernism. His exploration of urban life, fragmented human experience, and the complexity of modernity paved the way for modernist writers like T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound.
Information Booster:
Themes in Flowers of Evil: Explores dualities such as good and evil, beauty and decay, love and loss, reflecting the human condition's paradoxes.
Known as the “father of modern poetry,” Baudelaire’s works laid the groundwork for both Symbolism and Modernism.
Symbolist Movement: A literary and artistic movement emphasizing emotion, imagination, and the symbolic representation of ideas, often as a reaction to realism.
Baudelaire’s focus on urban landscapes, alienation, and psychological depth influenced modernist writers and poets.
Additional Knowledge:
Eliot acknowledged Baudelaire’s impact on his own work, especially in The Waste Land.
Apart from Flowers of Evil, his essay The Painter of Modern Life explores modern aesthetics and the role of the artist in urban settings.
Flowers of Evil faced censorship upon publication in 1857 for its bold themes, with several poems banned for immorality.
Neo-classical- Neo-classicism is characterized by order, logic, and adherence to classical forms, which are absent in Baudelaire’s highly experimental and emotive poetry.
Postmodernist- Postmodernism emerged in the mid-20th century, well after Baudelaire’s time, and focuses on themes like deconstruction, pastiche, and intertextuality, which do not align with Flowers of Evil.
English
10 Questions
20 Marks
12 Mins
