20 th Century World Literature

20th Century World Literature Shradda Venkat Period 1A

Unifying Principles • War • Societal Changes • Political Changes

Great Gatsby • Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald • Explores social changes • American Dream • The ban of alcohol • prosperity

War Literature All Quiet on the Western Front Night • Written by Erich Maria Remarque • Explores soldier’s life affected by the war. • Physical and mental stress • Unique Perspective • German point of view • Written by Elie Wiesel • Autobiography • Explores the atrocities that the Jews had to go through during WWII • Has won the Nobel Peace Price

Things Fall Apart • Written by Chinua Achebe • Explores societal changes when Christianity is spread to a small African village • Stark contrast between culture and tradition between the natives and the missionaries

“Thistles”-Ted Hughes Against the rubber tongues of cows and the hoeing hands of men Thistles spike the summer airAnd crackle open under a blue-black pressure.Every one a revengeful burstOf resurrection, a grasped fistfulOf splintered weapons and Icelandic frost thrust upFrom the underground stain of a decayed Viking.They are like pale hair and the gutturals of dialects.Every one manages a plume of blood.Then they grow grey like men.Mown down, it is a feud. Their sons appearStiff with weapons, fighting back over the same ground.

20 th Century World Literature

20 th Century World Literature

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