19141946 War in Europe One of the bloodiest and most tragic conflicts to ever occur Initially reality did not set in but that soon passed E E Cummings Ernest Hemmingway experienced war firsthand ID: 258702
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Disillusion, Defiance, and Discontent
1914-1946Slide2
War in Europe One of the bloodiest and most tragic conflicts to ever occur
Initially, reality did not set in but that soon passed
E. E. Cummings, Ernest Hemmingway experienced war firsthand
Historical BackgroundSlide3
Prosperity and Depression1920-1933 – Prohibition
Lead to bootlegging, speakeasies, law breaking, and warfare amongst gangs
1920-1921 – economy boomed, new buildings rose everywhere
October 1929 – stock market crashed, marking the beginning of the Great Depression
By mid-1923, about 12 million people were out of work
Historical BackgroundSlide4
World War IIGerman invasion of Poland began WWII
American wanted to remain neutral
After the attacks at Pearl Harbor, we could stay neutral no longer
Historical Background Slide5
Birth of ModernismWWI took away any optimism the US had prior to the wars
Many people felt disillusioned and uncertain
People began to seek new ideas that better suited 20th
Century life
Stream of consciousness technique:Attempts to re-create the natural flow of a character’s thoughts
Literature of the PeriodSlide6
Experimented with a wide variety of new approaches and techniques, producing a diverse body of literature
Sought to capture the essence of modern life in form and content
Wanted to reflect the fragmentation of the modern world Constructed their works out of:
Fragments
Omitted; exposition, transitions, resolutions, and explanations
Themes were implied, rather than directly stated, asking readers to draw their own conclusions
ModernistsSlide7
Poetic movementLasted form 1909-1917
Rebelled against the sentimentality of 19
th Century poetryDemand:
Hard, clear expression
Concrete imagesLanguage of everyday speech
ImagismSlide8
Northern Manhattan, HarlemAfrican American writers were creating their own renaissance
Langston Hughes
Began in 1921 and continued into the 1930s Opened the doors for African American writers
The Harlem Renaissance