Proust?s Remembrance of Things Past, Stravinsky?s Le Sacre du printemps, and T.S. Eliot?s ?The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock? all embodied ideas that were viewed as unacceptable during the early 1900s. In fact, these works were so radical in their unconventionality that new forms of art sprang forth from them directly. The society at those times was not ready for such dramatic changes that were brought about so rapidly, and people could not understand these new and different ways of thinking. This denoted the changes in perception, thought, and ideals that were about to occur during the pre-war era.

Remembrance of Things Past strongly deviated from the accepted styles of writing that existed in the early 20th century. Proust wrote his book from a first-person perspective, but the narrator was far from omniscient. In fact, he failed to see all angles of his situations. Instead of going along with the ideals of the times, Proust was a timid character who wanted nothing more than shelter from the cruel world. He sought refuge in his mother, while his father wanted him to grow up and become a man. Contrary to this work, most writers during this time tended to portray the narrator

Proust in essence regaled the reader with a story about his childhood, which basically had no real plot. He wrote using stream of consciousness, switching from one scene to the next. This was very different because writers in those times wrote plot-based works that stuck to the point at all times. This new form of writing created a very different artistic style and technique. Proust basically ?drew? a picture of his childhood using words and memories. As he flowed from one aspect of his childhood to the next, he would draw the reader into his paradigm of solitude and day dreaming. He made his story seem very biographical and sensual with his fantasies and images. He even made it seem like he fantasized about his mother, which the tightly woven society of the early 1900s did not accept at all. Society viewed anything that contained dirty thoughts or innuendo as improper and pornographic. Overall, Proust wrote his story because he wanted to show that he existed, not because he needed to ?be? something that was fictitious albeit acceptable.

Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) appalled many people due to the way it opened up the gateways of conventional classical movement. Choreographers up to that point held very rigid and structured standards for creating acceptable as well as tasteful ballets that the audience could appreciate. Considering most people expected to see clean positions, nicely turned-out feet, elegant costumes/makeup, and graceful movements, choreographers rarely deviated from the standard. (This is an example of how choreographers were somewhat driven by the economics of supply and demand) Different ballets certainly all had their own unique elements and themes. Even so, everyone always followed the standard styles in order to please the public. In addition, the ending of traditional ballets such as The Nutcracker and Swan Lake all ended happily with a light-hearted feeling. Therefore upon the

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