Modernist Literary Movement

What caused World War 1?

• They fought over resources in Europe.

• The Austrian-Hungarian empire wanted more land.

• The assassination of Franz Ferdinand.

• Someone looked at Gavrillo Princip the wrong way.

When did World War 1 begin?

• 1917

• 1945

• 1902

• 1865

Define Modernism:

• A literary movement about the rebellion against tradition.

• A literary movement about the war in Europe.

• A literary movement about Romanticism.

• A literary movement about the love for war.

Who was a part of the Lost Generation?

• Mark Twain

• William Wright

• Langston Hughes

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

Define the Lost Generation.

• People looking for directions.

• A group of expatriates that moved to Paris to write.

• A generation of people that like Modernism.

• A generation of confused people.

Define Expatriates

• A person living within their home country.

• A way to get stains out of clothes.

• Someone that was once a patriot.

• People who live outside of their home country.

True or False: Modernist writers looked for ways to break conventions in writing.

• True

• False

Define "Stream of Consciousness"

• A type of first-person narration that seeks to mimic the actual flow of our thoughts.

• A third-person omniscient that knows everything that is going on within the story.

• A second-person perspective that seeks to limit what we know about the characters thoughts.

• A way to read people's minds.

What was a sub-movement of modernism?

• Romanticism

• Expressionism

• Imagism

• Post-Modernism

Define Imagism

• The writer tells you exactly what to think.

• A writer presents an image and leaves the interpretation to the reader.

• The writer uses a lot of adjectives to describe what is happening.

• A person that really likes pictures.