Questão 96917

Examine the following assertions related to the intersection of literary modernism, cultural dislocation, and identity in T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land' (1922).

I. The poem's fragmented structure, multilingual quotations, and shifting narrative voices directly mirror the sense of cultural disintegration and spiritual emptiness that pervaded post-WWI European society, reflecting a breakdown of traditional sources of meaning and authority.

II. Eliot's use of ancient myths, such as the Fisher King and the Grail legend, serves as a universalizing framework that suggests a potential for spiritual regeneration, but it simultaneously reinforces a Eurocentric cultural hierarchy by privileging classical and Christian traditions over other belief systems.

III. The depiction of characters from various social classes, from the wealthy couple in 'A Game of Chess' to the working-class women in the pub, primarily serves an aesthetic purpose of collage and does not engage in a meaningful social critique of class inequality or economic disparity.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?