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The Call of the Wild, The Great War, and a Raisin in Harlem

The Call of the Wild, The Great War, and a Raisin in Harlem. I. Naturalism. 1880 - 1940. I . Naturalism. A. Beginnings of Naturalism - began as a part of Realism. I . Naturalism. A. Beginnings of Naturalism *Realism: people wanted to show the world like it really was

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The Call of the Wild, The Great War, and a Raisin in Harlem

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  1. The Call of the Wild, The Great War, and a Raisin in Harlem

  2. I. Naturalism 1880- 1940

  3. I. Naturalism A. Beginnings of Naturalism - began as a part of Realism

  4. I. Naturalism A. Beginnings of Naturalism *Realism: people wanted to show the world like it really was ex: slavery, industrial revolution, overpopulation, racism, etc.

  5. I. Naturalism A. Beginnings of Naturalism *Naturalists: focused on the sad realityof people’s lives

  6. I. Naturalism B. Main Topics and Ideas *Heavily influenced by Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution

  7. I. Naturalism B. Main Topics and Ideas *Heavily influenced by Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution - just like all other animals, people are controlled by nature

  8. I. Naturalism B. Main Topics and Ideas *unlike Romanticists/Transcendentalists, they believed that nature was indifferent or uncaring; not noble Hurricane Sandy

  9. I. Naturalism B. Main Topics and Ideas *characters are often helpless victims of nature, the environment, and their own heritage/background

  10. I. Naturalism B. Main Topics and Ideas *Important Authors: Jack London, Theodore Dreiser

  11. II. Modernism 1900-1950

  12. II. Modernism A. Major Historical Events *1900-10: new technology made people hopeful for a bright future

  13. II. Modernism A. Major Historical Events *1910-20: World War I – 6thbloodiest war ever, made possible by new technology

  14. II. Modernism A. Major Historical Events *1920-30: “Roaring Twenties” – economy boomed, radio and movies became popular, people tried to distract themselves from World War I

  15. II. Modernism A. Major Historical Events *1930-40: Great Depression – stock market crashed, ¼ of Americans unemployed; New Deal – helped people get jobs again

  16. II. Modernism A. Major Historical Events *1940-50: World War II, bloodiest war ever, nuclearbomb

  17. II. Modernism B. Key Ideas of Modernist Literature *after WWI and WWII, people felt lost and disillusioned with America and the modernworld

  18. II. Modernism B. Key Ideas of Modernist Literature *many people no longer believed in the power of the individual

  19. II. Modernism B. Key Ideas of Modernist Literature *writers began to look down on the old ways of writing and experimented with creative new ways to write (e.g. stream of consciousness)

  20. II. Modernism B. Key Ideas of Modernist Literature *literature from other cultures (e.g. women, African Americans) gained attention

  21. II. Modernism B. Key Ideas of Modernist Literature *Major Authors: Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, T.S. Eliot

  22. III. Harlem Renaissance 1920- 1935

  23. III. Harlem Renaissance Key Ideas: an explosion of African American art that took pridein being blackand studied the experiencesof black people in America

  24. III. Harlem Renaissance *Major Authors: Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston

  25. Review (Picture 1)

  26. Review (Picture 2) disillusionment

  27. Review (Picture 3)

  28. Review (Picture 4)

  29. Review (Picture 5)

  30. Review (Picture 6)

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