MODERNISM You’ll need: Something to write with Paper for notes A lit book

“FOUR FREEDOM SERIES” NORMAN ROCKWELL

TRANSITION FROM REALISM TO MODERNISM Civil War ends 1865 World War I begins 1914 Fall out from the war – younger generation is no longer patriotic – became the “Lost Generation” Free expression and a deliberate break from tradition became popular Women gained the right to vote Stock Market crash in 1929 Rise in youth culture

CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERNISM Goal to break away from tradition and traditional forms Experimentation with gender roles (women taking on male roles) Introduction of racial issues Inclusion of pop culture Sentence fragments, run-on sentences acceptable in literature More interior dialogue and stream of consciousness Less “perfect hero” and embrace a hero with flaws Common motifs: Growth, prosperity, fear, war, death, money, materialism, psychology, disillusionment, alienation “the American dream” American is full of opportunity (the new Eden) Optimism Individual triumph

READ : “POLITICAL AND SOCIAL MILESTONES” PG & “THE MODERNS” PG Notes: Two major literary theories: Marxism (social class differences) Psychoanalysis (psychology and Sigmund Freud) Stream of consciousness develops Divisions: The Jazz Age The Harlem Renaissance New Poetics (focus on poetry) Popular authors: Ernest Hemingway John Steinbeck Willa Cather William Faulkner James Joyce

JAZZ AGETHE ROARING 20 S Prohibition 18 th amendment – selling of alcohol is illegal Women can vote Hair cuts are shorter, dresses are shorter Women are more materialistic Speakeasies Sold alcohol illegally Jazz music More rhythm Originated in New Orleans Roaring Twenties because of the wild and uncharacteristic behavior of previous eras “War is Hell. Why should home be the same?

HARLEM RENAISSANCE A black cultural movement that emerged in Harlem during the 20s Many attacked black stereotypes via writing and wrote about what it felt like to be disenfranchised (left out of the American mainstream) Influenced from the Jim Crow Laws Laws started in the south forced segregation – in turn, African-Americans moved to other parts of the country. Most populated urban area for settlement was Harlem in northern Manhattan, NY. Most successful and influential - Langston Hughes Additional writers: W.E.B. Du Bois Countee Cullen Zora Neale Houston Jean Toomer Claude McKay

MAJOR 20 TH CENTURY POETS & POETRY STYLES Major Styles: Symbolism Imagism Free verse Major Poets: Robert Frost Ezra Pound T.S. Eliot e.e. cummings Carl Sandburg

WRITING: JOURNAL #4.14/8/2014 In someone else’s journal respond to the following question: What makes life interesting and worth living? Why? Sign the journal with your number when finished.

“CHRYSANTHEMUMS” JOHN STEINBECK Summarize the story. Author’s Choices: Why does Steinbeck focus so much on the change in Elisa’s clothing? How are the first two paragraphs foreshadowing? Literary Devices: What is a symbol in the story? Is it contextual or universal? What is/are the main conflict(s) in the story? If Elisa is the protagonist of the story, who is the antagonist? Characterization: What are Henry and Elisa’s social life like? How do you know? How does the repairman contrast to Elisa? Is he sincere, or a con-man? Why does Elisa take a bath after talking to the repairman? Why is Henry so confused in his later conversations with his wife? Why does Elisa want to see a fight at the end of the story? Why does she cry at the end of the story? Relation to the movement: What common motifs from the modernist movement do you see highlighted in the story? Where do you see references to psychoanalysis?

YOU NEED YOUR JOURNAL! PLEASE!

“A ROSE FOR EMILY” WILLIAM FAULKNER “My Mother” (1921) George Wesley Bellows Writing: Journal #4.24/10/14 Pick up your journal. Respond to the following prompt: Consider the painting by Bellows, how could this image potentially fit into Faulkner’s story, “A Rose for Emily?” Sign your journal with your number!

“A ROSE FOR EMILY” WILLIAM FAULKNER Summarize the story. Characterization: What is Miss Emily’s opinion of herself? What are the townspeople’s opinions of her? Inferences: What does cancelling Miss Emily’s taxes tell you about the time period? What does the “invisible watch ticking at the end of the goal chain” symbolize? What is the purpose of the rat poison? Literary Devices: What foreshadows the ending of the story? What is the conflict in the story? Who is the protagonist? Who is the antagonist?

“A ROSE FOR EMILY” WILLIAM FAULKNER Author’s Choices: Why do you think we learn about Emily through other peoples’ perspectives? Why doe Faulkner emphasize the “iron-gray hair” as Emily ages? Why do you think Faulkner uses Tobe in the story? Why does Faulkner use flashbacks to tell Emily’s story? Psychoanalysis: Where do you see psychoanalysis in the relationship with her father? Where do you see a psychotic break in Emily? Marxism: Remembering that Marxism deals with the division of social classes, where do you see examples of Marxism in the story? Movement: Although the story appears to fit into the Gothic Literature category from Romanticism, why is it considered Modern? What themes/motifs appear throughout the story to show it belongs in the modern movement?

THE GREAT GATSBYF. SCOTT FITZGERALD Due dates: Anticipation Guide and Study Guides for Chapters 1-3 due Wednesday 4/16 6 nights to read Chapters 1-3 are 50 pages; 10 pages a night for 5 nights gets the reading done! Study Guides for Chapters 4-6 due Wednesday 4/23 7 nights to read Chapters 4-6 are 52 pages; 10 pages a night for 5 nights gets the reading done! Study Guides for Chapters 7-9 due Monday 4/28 6 nights to read Chapters 7-9 are 67 pages; 13 pages night for 5 nights get the reading done! It is all about time management!

YOU’LL NEED TO: -turn in the responses for all poems - Turn in your Great Gatsby book - get out the poetry packet

Above:  “The Great Figure Five” Right:  “Nightlife “Lillah McCarthy” “Jeunesse” by unknown  “American Gothic” by Grant Wood

WRITING: JOURNAL #4.35/8/14 In your own journal, which of the previous images most represents the Modernist movement to you? Explain why.

WRITING: JOURNAL #4.45/9/14 Pick up your journal. Consider what someone else wrote in your journal for “What makes life worth living?” Do you agree with your peer? Why or why not? Sign your journal with your number.