1. Shaekerria Jackson, David VanOllefen, Joselyn Rodriguez

2. Modernism  Modernism is, “…a variety of specific artistic and philosophical movements including symbolism, futurism, surrealism, expressionism, imagism…” (http://faculty.unlv.edu/kirschen/handouts/modernism.html)

3. What makes Modernism so unique? Belief in progress, freedom, and equality Early in the 20th century Modernism showed faith in scientific and technological progress as the path to a better world (result of WWI) post–modernist cast of mind http://arthistoryresources.net/modernism/politic s.html

4. What Influenced it? WWI and WWII were the major influences of Modernism. Artists of this newer generation were a mixed bunch of all races and religions. Modernists were against the destructive wars. http://www.online-literature.com/periods/modernism.php

5. Relationships to Other Eras In contrast to the Romantic world view, the Modernist cares rather little for Nature, Being, or the overarching structures of history. Instead of progress and growth, the Modernist sees decay of the individual. http://www.online-literature.com/periods/modernism.php

6. Themes of Modernism Selfishness and inwardness The loss of traditional structures to creativity http://www.online-literature.com/periods/modernism.php

7. The Greek masks represent modernism best because it was an era full of art and literature. They represent art and literature that was expressed in theatres. Also similar to modernism, the theater expresses their opinions and reactions towards different events.

8. Ezra Pound Ezra Pound was born in Hailey, Idaho, in 1885. He died in 1972. Social Credit and Impact - 1935 http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5664

9. T.S. Eliot Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in Missouri on September 26, 1888. T. S. Eliot received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948. He died in London in 1965. T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land Confronted by biblical-sounding verse forms http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5664

10. Langston Hughes Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, February 1, 1902 On May 22, 1967, Hughes died from complications after abdominal surgery Let America Be America Again, 1938 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langston_Hughes

11. Quote 1 "... the greatest single fact about our modern American writing is our writers' absorption in every last detail of their American world together with their deep and subtle alienation from it." - Alfred Kazin, On Native Grounds, 1942 http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap7/7intro.html

12. Quote 2 "Defining modernism is a difficult task.... A historical definition would say that modernism is the artistic movement in which the artist's self-consciousness about questions of form and structure became uppermost.... In brief, modernism asks us to consider what we normally understand by the center and the margins." - Heath Anthology, Vol. 2, 4th ed., 887-888. http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap7/7intro.html

13. Quote 3 "That's not it at all, that's not what I meant at all“ — from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," by T. S. Eliot http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5664

14. Jazz Age Also known as the “Roaring Twenties”. Money was no issue The young generations developed a new fashion style. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/1920s_America.htm

15. 19 th Ammendment Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920 Guarantees women the right to vote http://www.archives.gov/historical- docs/document.html?doc=13&title.raw=19th%20Amendment%20to%20the%20U.S.%20Constitution:%20Women's%20Righ t%20to%20Vote

16. Prohibition A national ban on the sale, production, and transportation of alcohol, in place from 1919 to 1933 18 th Ammendment Repealed by the 21 st Ammendment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in _the_United_States

17. Stock Market Crash Also known as “Black Tuesday” It was the beginning of the ‘Great Depression’ Began in late October of 1929, and ended in 1939 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall _Street_Crash_of_1929