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Modernism (Disillusion and Defiance)

1914-1946. Modernism (Disillusion and Defiance). Historical Events. 1917-19 U.S. involvement in WWI 1919-33 Prohibition is the law of the land. 1920 13 th Amendment gives women the right to vote. Historical Events. 1927 Charles L indbergh flies non-stop and solo from New York to Paris

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Modernism (Disillusion and Defiance)

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  1. 1914-1946 Modernism (Disillusion and Defiance)

  2. Historical Events • 1917-19 U.S. involvement in WWI • 1919-33 Prohibition is the law of the land. • 1920 13th Amendment gives women the right to vote.

  3. Historical Events • 1927 Charles Lindbergh flies non-stop and solo from New York to Paris • 1929 Stock Market crash ushers in the Great Depression • 1939 Wizard of Oz is released in theaters

  4. Historical Events • 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor; • US enters WWII • 1945 US drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  5. Literature • Modernists experiment with new approaches and techniques to reflect the fragmentation of the modern world. • Themes are implied. • Imagist poets used hard, clear expression, concrete images and everyday speech.

  6. Literature • Writers used stream of consciousness to recreate the natural flow of a character’s thoughts. • African American artists gather in NY: • Harlem Renaissance

  7. Values • Before WWI there was optimism in the future. • WWI creates feelings of uncertainty about past values. People searched for new ideas to explain 20th century life. • The roaring 20’s saw wild social abandon and prosperity. • Then, also economic despair with the Great Depression

  8. Values • WWII began with isolationism that gave way to a patriotic nationalism and the responsibilities of a world superpower. • The atomic bomb ushers in a sense of fear and the Cold War.

  9. Authors • Sherwood Anderson • F. Scott Fitzgerald • John Steinbeck • Ernest Hemingway • William Faulkner

  10. Authors • Langston Hughes • T.S. Eliot • Zora Neale Hurston • William Carlos Williams • Katherine Porter

  11. #36 William Carlos Williams • Write 3 poems in the style of the imagists • Short, appeal to the senses, use everyday speech • OR questions on page 734, 1-6

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