1. Anderson and Lewis

2. 1. Life (1) born in a small town in Ohio; a poor family; no normal education (2) variety of jobs and then joined the army (3) entered a college for a short period and then went to Chicago

3. Anderson and Lewis (4) great business success in his late twenties but when he was 36, he suffered mental breakdowns (5) One day when he was at work, he suddenly left his office and never returned. Since then, he said farewell to his business and became a writer.

4. Anderson and Lewis 2. Works His masterpiece: Winesburg, Ohio · a short story collection containing 25 connected stories setting: a small town in the mid-west; designed this small town according to his own hometown

5. Anderson and Lewis 3. Features (1) psychological point of view (2) epiphany (3) colloquial style

6. Anderson and Lewis II. Gertrude Stein (1874 – 1946) 1. Life (1) born in a rich family; German origin; Jews (2) She was graduated from Radcliffe College, Harvard University and there she learned a lot from the famous psychologist William James. (brother of Henry James)

7. Anderson and Lewis (3) In 1902, she moved to Paris. She and her brother used their wealth and became patrons of modern arts. She was once the patron of Picasso. (4) Her house in Paris later became a salon. Hemingway, Anderson and Fitzgerald all have been there and were influenced by Stein.

8. Anderson and Lewis 2. Works Novels: Three Lives; The Making of Americans Drama: Four Saints in Three Acts Criticism: How to write

9. Anderson and Lewis 3. Features (1) radical and experimental (2) good at psychological description (3) language of her works: overlooking the conventional linguistic rules, such as word order and coherence

10. Anderson and Lewis III. Sinclair Lewis (1885 – 1951) 1. Life (1) born in a middle class family; lost his mother when he was very young; a dissociable person (2) read widely; published works since his middle school days (3) graduated from Yale University

11. Anderson and Lewis (4) worked as a reporter and editor and in the 1920s published several nice novels (5) In 1930 he was awarded the Nobel Prize. He is the first American writer who won the Prize. However, the award was controversial at that time.

12. Anderson and Lewis 2. Novels Main Street (masterpiece) (a bitter satire on the life style of American small towns)

13. Anderson and Lewis 3. Features (1) realistic description of American society in vivid details (2) emphasized traditional virtues (3) lack in the psychological depth (4) sprawl style and wanting of order and art