【正确答案】正确答案：Modernism as a literary movement reached its height in Europe between 1900s and the middle 1920s, and its characteristics are given below. In Modernist literature, the individual is more important than the society. Specifically, Modernist writers are fascinated with how the individual adapts to the changing world. Modernist writers break free from old forms and techniques. Poets abandon traditional rhyme schemes and write in free verse. Novelists defy all expectations. Writers mix images from the past with modern languages and themes, creating a collage of styles. The inner workings of consciousness is a common subject for Modernists. The Modernist writers infuse objects, people, places and events with significant meanings. They imagine a reality with multiple layers, many of which are hidden or in a sort of code. Writers of the Modernist period see literature more as a craft than a flowering of creativity. They believe that poems and novels are constructed from smaller parts instead of the organic, internal process that earlier generations have described.