Unit VII. Between the Wars

B. The Lost Generation

B. The Lost Generation1. Literature and Arta. WWI created problems in social and political areas; it had shaken many people’s long-held beliefs*Scientific discoveries, such as those by Einstein, the Curies, and Freud, had

brought new understanding, but cast doubt as wellb. The war itself had left scars, both physical and mental, on those

who had survived it*Writers, artists, and musicians throughout the 20’s and 30’s expressed a loss

of hope, rejecting former rules and moral values*Literature: •Ernest Hemingway-expressed a loss of faith in western civilization•F. Scott Fitzgerald-exposed society as gilded and damaged•T.S. Eliot-portrayed the modern world as barren and spiritually empty•Erich Maria Remarque-recounted the horrors of war*Art:•Max Ernst-surrealist•Salvador Dalí-surrealist•Pablo Picasso-cubist