By: Sheneva Blythewood and Martha Thompson The Lost Generation.
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Transcript of By: Sheneva Blythewood and Martha Thompson The Lost Generation.
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