1 / 10

THE JAZZ AGE

THE JAZZ AGE. F. Scott Fitzgerald. 1896-1940—Minnesota Named for ancestor—Francis Scott Key Coined the term “Jazz Age” to describe the time period (1920s) he both critiqued and participated in “Bad student”—later went to Princeton WWI—never went overseas

garson
Download Presentation

THE JAZZ AGE

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. THE JAZZ AGE

  2. F. Scott Fitzgerald • 1896-1940—Minnesota • Named for ancestor—Francis Scott Key • Coined the term “Jazz Age” to describe the time period (1920s) he both critiqued and participated in • “Bad student”—later went to Princeton • WWI—never went overseas • Stationed in Alabama—fell in love with Zelda Sayre • 1920—first novel, This Side of Paradise published • 1920—married Zelda, moved to NYC • Heart of 1920 social scene in NYC • Lived in France, then returned to St. Paul, Minnesota • Daughter Frances born • 1925—published The Great Gatsby (financial failure) • Hollywood • 1930—Zelda suffers mental breakdown • 1940—Fitzgerald dies of heart failure, The Last Tycoon published after his death

  3. THE GREAT GATSBY: The American Dream?

  4. F. Scott Fitzgerald and Family

  5. Zelda Fitzgerald:

  6. Zelda—A search for identity • “She refused to be bored, chiefly because she wasn't boring.” • “I am really only myself when I'm somebody else whom I have endowed with these wonderful qualities from my imagination.” • High school yearbook quote: • “Why should all life be work, when we all can borrow.
Let's think only of today, and not worry about tomorrow” • Born 1900, grew into a“rebel” woman in Montgomery, Alabama • Fitzgerald called her the “first American flapper” • Hungered for new experiences/identity • Painter, writer, dancer, wife • 1930—mental breakdown, in and out of mental asylums for the rest of her life (schizophrenia) • Died 1948--fire

  7. FLAPPERS

  8. “The Flapper” “I don't want to live, I want to love first and live incidentally.” Short, bobbed hair Short skirts, no corsets, “boyish” figure, makeup Sexual liberation Drinking/smoking/dancing/jazz (Charleston)

  9. THE ROARING 1920s

More Related