Modernism by Salvador Gutierrez [Student WHS] https://padlet.com/sgutierrez1052_2/8f7mb4jyjig7 Made with a creative frenzy en-us 2020-02-19 20:57:52 UTC 2025-10-29 17:15:21 UTC hello@padlet.com Modernist Writers: tpham1321_2 https://padlet.com/sgutierrez1052_2/8f7mb4jyjig7/wish/447729467 F.Scott Fitzgerald 
- famous for his illustrations of Jazz Age 
- wrote the Great Gatsby which is about the promise and failure of the American Dream 

Ernest Hemingway 
- learned how to convey the readers with crisp words with precision, poetry and drama
-produce writings that is understandable and moving to people 

John Steinbeck 
- wrote The Grapes of Wrath which talks about the bitterness of the Great Depression 
- he also increased sympathy towards farmworkers. 


]]> 2020-02-19 21:04:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sgutierrez1052_2/8f7mb4jyjig7/wish/447729467 General Overview: tpham1321_2 https://padlet.com/sgutierrez1052_2/8f7mb4jyjig7/wish/447729892 Modernism was during the late 19th to the mid-20th century 

During this time, people focused on art, architecture, literature, religious faith, philosophy, science and activities of daily life. 

Characteristics:
- social change and Individualism; how individuals adapted to the changing world.
-industrialization where concrete, glass and steal featured in building]]> 2020-02-19 21:05:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sgutierrez1052_2/8f7mb4jyjig7/wish/447729892 Literary Contribution: sgutierrez1052_2 https://padlet.com/sgutierrez1052_2/8f7mb4jyjig7/wish/447731155 Stream-of-Consciousness  - Stream of consciousness writing is associated with the early 20th-century Modernist movement. The term “stream of consciousness” originated in psychology before literary critics began using it to describe a narrative style that depicts how people think

]]> 2020-02-19 21:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sgutierrez1052_2/8f7mb4jyjig7/wish/447731155 Historical events sgutierrez1052_2 https://padlet.com/sgutierrez1052_2/8f7mb4jyjig7/wish/447731817
  • WWI -  The disillusionment that grew out of the war contributed to the emergence of modernism, a genre which broke with traditional ways of writing, discarded romantic views of nature and focused on the interior world of characters

    • The Roaring 1920s -Modernists were people who embraced new ideas, styles, and social trends. For them, traditional values were chains that restricted both individual freedom and the pursuit of happiness. As these groups clashed in the 1920s, American society became deeply divided.

    • The Great Depression - A new and persuasive interpretation of American modernism in the 1930s, grounding the modernist movement not in high culture but in everyday life. Bindas fon the New Deal, religion, world's fairs, interior decoration, and popular music. A book every student of the Great Depression should read

    ]]>     2020-02-19 21:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/sgutierrez1052_2/8f7mb4jyjig7/wish/447731817     Citation tpham1321_2 https://padlet.com/sgutierrez1052_2/8f7mb4jyjig7/wish/447865390 The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “John Steinbeck.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 16 Dec. 2019, www.britannica.com/biography/John-Steinbeck.

    “Modernism.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., www.britannica.com/video/186408/Modernism-art-design.

    Young, Philip. “Ernest Hemingway.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 21 Nov. 2019, www.britannica.com/biography/Ernest-Hemingway.
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