Social Critics Flashcards
Ernest Hemingway
An American novelists, short story writer, and journalists. He was among the writers most affected by the war. He responded to pernicious propaganda and the overblown appeal of patriotism by devising his own word-perfect style. He crafted one of the finest novels about the war experience. He committed suicide in July 1961.
Langston Hughes
An American poet. Was first recognized as an important literary during the 1920s know as the Harlem Renaissance which was the cultural, social, and artistic explosion.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
An American novelists and short story writer. He wrote many of the most critically acclaimed novels and was an alcoholic. He became an overnight celebrity when he published a book in 1920. It became kind of a bible for the young. It was read by flappers and ardent wooers. He died before finishing his last novel.
Fundamentalism
A Protestant Christian movement emphasizing the literal truth of the Bible and opposing religious modernism, which sought to reconcile religion and science. Depends on Bibles having no error or faults. Influenced Bible schools and revival missionaries.
Scopes “Monkey” Trial
A memorable trial in which John T. Scopes a biology teacher was indicted of teaching evolution illegally. He was found guilty and fined $100.
KKK
Was a secret society determined to protect whites from African Americans who had been freed from slavery. President Wilson was a huge supporter of it. The new KKK was anti-foreign, anticommunists, anti-internationalists, anti-evolutionists, anti-adulatory, and anti-birth control. They betokened and extremists, ultraconservative uprising against many forces of diversity and modernity that were transforming American culture.
Harlem Renaissance
It was a literal, artistic, intellectual movement that took place in Harlem. It kindled a new black cultural identity. It was a cultural center, drawing black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars. It influenced future generations of black writers.
Expatriate Writers
A new generation of writers burst on the scene. Many hailed from the ethnic and regional backgrounds. The newcomers exhibited the energy of youth, ambition of excluded outsiders, and smoldering resentment of ideals betrayed. They bestowed on American literature a new vitality, imaginativeness, and artistic quality. The war jolted many young writers out of their complacency about traditional values and literal standards.
