MODERNISM

HISTORY

• The horrors of WWII sparked the modernism movement.
• The idea of writing realistically became very important in the 1920's and 1930's.
• In the early 1900's people were rebelling against many accepted social ideas.
• Modernists authors felt betrayed by WWI.

REBELLION ERA

• This took place in the early 1900's.
• Change was the often and normal during this time, such as in technology.
• Change also took place in art, philosophy and social changes were prevalent.
• In this area things were not clear cut, it had no clear distinction, such as good and evil.

HARLEM RENASIANCE

• A famous and strong movement in 1920's.
• It was African-American based writers in New York.
• It was lead by Countee Cotton and Langston Hughes.
• Woman who contributed are Marianne Moore, William Carter and many more.
• This movement sought to give blacks a voice and to be heard, showing their culture.

TRAITS OF MODERNISM

• Known for breaking tradition
• Modernists don' t believe in undoubtably truths.
• Modernists believe life I is anarchy.
• Modernists are very worried about sub-conscious.
• In modernism it is believed that all is relative.

MORE TRAITS

• Modernists feel no connection with history or intuition.
• Modernists promote the individual.
• They feel that inner strength his important enough to be celebrated.
• They believe the world is created based on how we see it.

F SCOTTS FITZGERALD

• He is a famous modernists writer.
• His first novel is "This Side of Paradise"
• He fell in love with a woman named Zelda.
• One of his most famous works is the "Great Gatsby".
• He was born in 1896 and died in1940.