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Modernism (1900-1950)

Modernism (1900-1950). By: Ashlyn Gunnels. Introduction. Early part of the 20 th century Practice of modern ideas, thoughts, and expressions Modernist had strong reaction against established religion, political, and social views Rebellion. Political Conditions in 1910s.

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Modernism (1900-1950)

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  1. Modernism(1900-1950) By: Ashlyn Gunnels

  2. Introduction • Early part of the 20th century • Practice of modern ideas, thoughts, and expressions • Modernist had strong reaction against established religion, political, and social views • Rebellion

  3. Political Conditions in 1910s • World War I broke out amongst the nations •  issues with escalation of immigration and poverty, labor and monopoly battles, and work safety and child labor laws

  4. Political Conditions in 1920s and 1930s • Volstead Act became effective on January 16, 1920 which made the sale of any alcoholic drink against the law • prohibition and intolerance, speakeasies, flappers, gangsters, and crime • 19th Amendment: allowed women the right to vote in national elections • October 24, 1929, Black Thursday occurred and the stock market crashed  • Great Depression through the end of 1920s and most of 1930s

  5. Political Conditions in 1940s •  dominated by World War II • War production pulled United States out of Great Depression •  GI Bill was signed giving men that served in the war the opportunity to get a college education.

  6. Religious Conditions

  7. Social Conditions • Leisure time became more critical • People began to travel more often • WWI • Movies started to come out in the 1910s • 1920s the radio was a crucial aspect to everyday life • 1920s: Flappers, Jazz Age, Charleston • Late 20s through 30s Great Depression • 1940s: WWII

  8. Artistic Conditions: Cubism • First abstract style of modern art • Ignored traditions of perspective drawing • Showed many views of a subject at one time

  9. Artistic Conditions: Surrealism • Liberate the artist’s imagination by tapping into the unconscious mind to discover a superior reality • Drew upon images of dreams

  10. Artistic Conditions: Abstract Expressionism • First American art style to globally influence art world • Mix between a spiritual approach and automatism of the surrealists • Range of dramatic painting techniques

  11. Influence of the Literature • Practice modern ideals, thoughts, and expressions • Free and experimental • Metaphors • Endless possibilities

  12. Most Important Author: John Steinbeck (1902-1968) •  born in a family with moderate means in Salinas, California • first became widely know with Tortilla Flat, which was a series of humorous stories about Monterey paisanos • novels can be classified as social novels which dealt with the economic problems of rural labor • In 1939 he published what is considered his best piece of literature, The Grapes of Wrath.

  13. Most Important Author: Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) •  born in Oak Park, Illinois • Started career at age seventeen as a writer in a newspaper office in Kansas •  After the U.S. entered World War I, joined a volunteer ambulance unit in the Italian army • experience of war and being a reporter for the Canadian and American newspapers, he was inspired to write The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms •  most outstanding is the short novel, The Old Man and the Sea

  14. Most Important Author: William Faulkner (1897-1961) • came from an old southern family and grew up in Oxford, Mississippi • joined the Canadian, and later the British, Royal Air Force during World War I • Characters in saga novels based on historical growth of the South • novels would show the rise and fall of southern families or share the relationship and the problems between the blacks and whites of the south

  15. Most Important Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1960) •  born in St. Paul, Minnesota • attended the Newman School, which was a Catholic prep school in New Jersey, for 1911 to 1913 • joined the army in 1917 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry • his novel This Side of Paradise, practically made him famous over night • The Great Gatsby marked a striking advance in his writing technique •  by 1960 he had achieved a secure place among America’s enduring writers.

  16. Most Important Works • John SteinbeckOf Mice and MenThe Grapes of Wrath • Ernest HemingwayThe Old Man and the Sea • William FaulknerThe Sound and the Fury • F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Great GatsbyTender is the Night

  17. Works Sited • Abrams, M.H. “A Glossary of Literary Terms”. Thetalon.org. 1993. Web. 13 May 2012. http://thetalon.org/MISC/american_lit_period.html • “American History and Identity: 1900-1950”. SchoolWorkHelper.net. 2012. Web. 9 May 2012. http://schoolworkhelper.net/2010/11/american-history-identity-1900-1950/ • “American Literature major movements and terms”. Staff.gps.edu. Web. 12 May 2012. http://staff.gps.edu/gaither/literary_movements.htm • Bruccoli, Matthew J. “A Brief Life of Fitzgerald”. Sc.edu. 4 Dec. 2003. Web. 11 May 2012. http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html • “Ernest Hemingway- Biography”. Nobelprize.org. Web. 11 May 2012. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1954/hemingway-bio.html • “John Steinbeck- Biography”. Nobelprize.org. Web. 11 May 2012. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1962/steinbeck-bio.html • Lorcher, Trent. “Modernism in Literature: Quick Overview”. BrightHubEducation.com. 2 March 2012. Web. 8 May, 2012. http://www.brighthubeducation.com/high-school-english-lessons/29453-modernism-in-literature/ • “Modern Art Timeline”. Artyfactory.com. 2011. Web. 13 May 2012. http://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/timelines/modern_art_timeline.htm • “The Anti-Modern and Modern Values of the 1920s”. angelfire.com. Web. 13 May 2012. http://www.angelfire.com/film/sunrise/amvsm.html • Ultimax. “Modernism’s Place in America’s Literary History”. Yahoo.com. 14 Jan. 2010. Web. 8 May 2012. http://voices.yahoo.com/modernisms-place-americas-literary-history-5264735.html?cat=37 • “William Faulkner-Biography”. Nobelprize.org. Web. 11 May 2012. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1949/faulkner-bio.html • Whitley, Peggy. “1900-1940.” American Cultural History. Lone Star College-Kingwood Library. 1999. Web. 13 May 2012. http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade00.html

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