By:Sheneva Blythewood and Martha Thompson

The Lost Generation

• People who rejected post World War 1 valueso materialism

•  Artists/writers and themes of their works• Those who stayed in America• Criticisms of America• Impact of Lost Generation• Social/moral aspects

Introduction

• Writers who questioned materialistic American culture

• Lived in Europe because it was cheaper• Focused on:

o IntellectualoSpiritualoArtistic concerns

Who were they?

Writers and Artists of Lost Generation

• WRITERS:• Gertrude Stein• Ernest Hemingway• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• ARTISTS:• Waldo Peirce• Kay Boyle• William Faulkner

Themes of books

• Fitzgerald: money isn’t fulfilling (The Great Gatsby)• Hemingway: ruined innocence of postwar generation

(The Sun Also Rises)• Stein:people with moral loss of postwar values (plays,

operas, books)

 John Dos Passos—Criticism: US is two nations —Theme of Books: —Segregated country   

 Sinclair Lewis—Criticism: materialism —Theme of Books:—Rich business people with secret issues 

 H.L Mencken •Criticism: waste of fine arts•Theme of Books:        - Sahara of the Bozard

  

Stayed in America

Deeper look into the Lost Generation—Felt like outcast

—Were not ready for change—Care for more intellectual ideal than physical—Wanted people to think outside of items • Wrote to criticize the “New World

—Believed money wasn’t important

—Clothing didn’t matter—Learning was important—Gain as much knowledge as possible  

Strong Socially and Morally

The effect of this picture

Gertrude Stein

Works Cited• http://www.essortment.com/lost-generation-25379.html• http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/315• http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/ent/A0856588.html