Modernism Test Flashcards
Who was the most famous expatriate?
F. Scott Fitzgerald or Ernest Hemingway
Who attended Harvard but quit after 2 years?
John Steinbeck
Who was the first American to win the Nobel Prize?
Sinclair Lewis
Who wrote “Birches”?
Robert Frost
Who married Zelda?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Who decided to be a writer at 14?
John Steinbeck
Who coined the term, the “Jazz Age”?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Who wrote “Of Mice and Men”?
John Steinbeck
Who believed poetry should be complex and difficult?
T.S. Eliot
Who was famous for writing about laborers and the Depression?
John Steinbeck
What is the most important poem of the century and its author?
“The Wasteland” by T.S. Eliot
Who was heavily influenced by the psychological field?
William Faulkner
What lit term means “the natural flow of a character’s thoughts”?
Stream of Consciousness
The Harlem Renaissance was a movement in _________ where __________ began to create their own literary renaissance in ______.
Harlem NY, African Americans, 1921
Which poetry movement is dominant in this time?
Imagism
What is Fitzgerald known for capturing?
the gaiety and the emptiness of the roaring 20s in his writings
What was Fitzgerald’s masterpiece?
The Great Gatsby
T.S. Eliot won the ____________ in ____.
Nobel Prize for Literature, 1948
The early 20th century is often referred to as the ________.
Age of Eliot
Identify a movement in art and literature that began in Europe in the 20s that wanted to replace realism.
Surrealism
What were 2 major content concepts of the Modernist Movement?
Dominant Mood and Alienation & Disconnection
Name 2 authors that were able to win awards during this movement.
T.S. Eliot and John Steinbeck
In “Winter Dreams”, Judy says, “I’m more beautiful than anybody else. Why can’t I be happy?” What is the significance of this quote?
……
What are the 4 types of conflict?
- Man vs. Society
- Man vs. Nature
- Man vs. Man
- Man vs. Himself
