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published in April , 192 5

published in April , 192 5. APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain. --T.S. Eliot Opening lines of The Waste Land (192 2 ). WIKIPEDIA information on The Great Gatsby.

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published in April , 192 5

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  1. published in April, 1925 APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain. --T.S. Eliot Opening lines of The Waste Land (1922)

  2. WIKIPEDIA information on The Great Gatsby Wikipedia article on The Great Gatsby, listed by The Modern Library as one of the Best 100 Novels of the 20th century

  3. Most of the following slides contain HYPERLINKS to websites: The Effects of World War I on World Culture, especially the American Psyche The Roaring Twenties The Jazz Age (Culture) The Harlem Renaissance Modernism (in Art, Music and Literature) F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby Book Drum (website) Notes and Glossary for Gatsby BI-FOCAL VISION in The Great Gatsby A color map of the United States An Independent Project DUE: April 7th

  4. 1The Roaring Twenties http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaring_Twenties

  5. 2The Jazz Age http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/Teodora-41019-Jazz-Age-Setting-Stage-Flapper-Women-Working-Voting-1920s-Vote-TRIVIA-America-the-as-Entertainment-ppt-powerpoint/

  6. 3Jazz Age Culture, Part I:The Flapper EraThe Harlem Renaissance http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html

  7. 4Jazz Age Culture, Part II:Modernist ArtHarlem Renaissance ArtJazz Age Miscellaneous http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage2.html

  8. 5Jazz Age Culture Part III:Harlem Renaissance WritersLost Generation WritersMore Modernist Writers http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage3.html

  9. 6PowerPoint :“A look at the Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby” http://www.slideshare.net/mrsdenglish/the-great-gatsby-2822980

  10. 7An English Teacher named Mr. Walsh has a home page with various downloads on literary works and literary movements. http://sites.google.com/site/mrwalshmwhs/home/american-studies-literature/modernism-the-great-gatsby

  11. Below is a HYPERLINK to an essay on the concept of BI-FOCAL vision which F. Scott Fitzgerald uses as a narrative principle (and a psychological/philosophical principle) in The Great Gatsby. The essay places special emphasis upon a division within Nick’s Carraway’s personality or “vision”: On one hand, Nick sees things through the eyes of youthful longing which attracts him to the warm “romantic” pulse of life among other people; but, on the other hand, Nick sees through the morally conservative eyes of a middle-western man with a morally rigid posture of reserve and non-participation evident in his tendency to stay on the fringes of the party as an observer. We could say that Nick sees with one REALIST EYE and sees with one ROMANTIC EYE. And in this novel, “seeing” and “vision” are not only about knowledge, but also about values, dreams, prejudices, personal identity, goals, passions. critical essay: "The Great Gatsby: Style and Myth" by Douglas Taylor

  12. Glossary of Places, Publications, Personages, Vocabulary, etc., in The Great Gatsby

  13. The Great GatsbyINDEPENDENT PROJECT:Choose one quote from each chapter (9 chapters, in all) in which Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, or some other character articulates a general vision of life, a way of living or approaching life, a bit of advice, an epigram, a bit of life wisdom or philosophy, some principle of “seeing” or “being,” some statement about time or the past, a passage filled with concrete imagery (words that make you imagine physical objects, experiences, sensations, details)—any meaty passage which would serve a person as a personal touchstone, or a motto for life and living, a judgment of civilization, or simply a vivid piece of romantic or realistic language.In other words, choose a quote which is pregnant with meaning or suggestion, rich in abstract meaningfulness or concrete impression, memorable for psychological acuity or symbolic imagery.Most of the juicy, beefy, poetic, and/or thought-provoking quotes will come from Nick Carraway,our partially involved 1-person narratorVISUALS are limited to CELLULOID PHOTOS, DIGITAL PHOTOS imported to a word document, DRAWINGS, SKETCHES, SMALL PAINTINGS. Each of nine entries should be on a separate 8-1/2 X 11 sheet of paper. Only hardcopies will be accepted; no digital files as e-mail attachments. Thorough directions will be given in class.DUE: April 7 WEIGHT: 180 points (each quote & visual worth 20 pts.) Click Here to see: A MODEL for your QUOTATIONS, EXPLICATIONS, & VISUALS assignment

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