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Modernism

Modernism. 1900-1950. Sixth Avenue Elevated at Third Street (1928) by John Sloan. “I had a world, and it slipped away from me. The War blew up more than bodies of men…It blew ideas away.” . -Sherwood Anderson, November 1929. Historical Context. World War I (1914-1918)

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Modernism

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  1. Modernism 1900-1950 Sixth Avenue Elevated at Third Street (1928) by John Sloan

  2. “I had a world, and it slipped away from me. The War blew up more than bodies of men…It blew ideas away.” -Sherwood Anderson, November 1929

  3. Historical Context • World War I (1914-1918) • Stock Market Crash (1929) and The Great Depression • Women’s Right to Vote (1920) • The Roaring Twenties • “Jazz Age” • Prohibition • The Harlem Renaissance

  4. Elements of Modernism • Emphasis on bold experimentation in style and form • Represents the fragmentation of society • Rejection of traditional themes and values • Conservative nature of Realism • Rejection of the ideal of a hero as infallible a hero who is flawed and disillusioned • Shows “Grace under pressure” • Interest in inner workings of human mind • Stream of Consciousness • Freud and psychoanalysis • Loss of optimism Elements of Literature, 6th ed. p. 533

  5. Modernist Art Guernica (1937) Pablo Picaso

  6. Modernist Fashions Flappers, 1920 source

  7. hey music and me only white, hair a flutter of fall leaves circling my perfect line of a nose, no lips, no behind, hey white me and i'm wearing white history but there's no future in those clothes so i take them off and wake up dancing. my dream about being white-Lucille Clifton

  8. I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, 'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," Then. Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed-- I, too, am America. I, Too, Sing America-Langston Hughes

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