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Modernism

Modernism. J. Schwartz English III Spring 2012 . Modernism- General Information. 1900-1960 (?) A literary movement that questioned assumptions about structure, thought, the human experience, and social norms. Modernist Literature .

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Modernism

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  1. Modernism J. Schwartz English III Spring 2012

  2. Modernism- General Information • 1900-1960 (?) • A literary movement that questioned assumptions about structure, thought, the human experience, and social norms.

  3. Modernist Literature • In general, modernism is an early 20th century artistic movement marked by the following characteristics: • the desire to break away from established traditions • experiments in form and style • Direct, compact writing • Means of telling a story • Concrete, sensory images • a lingering concern with metaliterature

  4. Historical Roots of Modernism • World War I • New Intellectual Movements • Freud and Psychoanalysis • Marxism and Socialism • Darwinism • Prohibition • Immigration • Urban Lifestyle • Consumerism

  5. F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) • Part of the Lost Generation, a group of American expatriates who lived in Europe • Faced financial difficulty in his adult life (the result of a lifestyle he could not support) • Credited with the development of the term, “Jazz Age”

  6. The Jazz Age (1918-1929) • Emergence of new American cultural forms like jazz music • A booming economy • Exuberance and optimism among American people • Increased wealth (new money)for entrepreneurs

  7. The Great Gatsby (1925) • Techniques • Juxtaposition • Flashbacks • The “Witness” point of view • Transgression of the point of view • Themes • Settings • Possessions • Colors • Hedonism • Ambivalence • The false promise of the American Dream

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