Modernism and the Lost Generation — Flashcards

Grade 11 · English · Flashcards

Key terms, authors, and works for Modernism and the Lost Generation in 11th grade English.

Flashcards

Modernism: Early 20th-century literary movement rejecting tradition; embracing experimentation, fragmentation, and subjectivity
Lost Generation: American writers of the 1920s (Hemingway, Fitzgerald) disillusioned by WWI's destruction of ideals
Stream of Consciousness: Technique representing the continuous, non-linear flow of a character's thoughts and perceptions
Iceberg Theory: Hemingway's principle: writing's power comes from what is deliberately omitted
Disillusionment: Loss of belief in ideals — the defining emotional and philosophical state of the Lost Generation
The Great Gatsby: Fitzgerald's 1925 novel critiquing the corruption of the American Dream in the Jazz Age
The Sun Also Rises: Hemingway's 1926 novel about expatriate life and disillusionment after WWI
Nick Carraway: The unreliable first-person narrator of 'The Great Gatsby' whose perspective filters the story
The Green Light: Symbol in 'The Great Gatsby' representing Gatsby's unattainable dream and the impossibility of recapturing the past
Jazz Age: The 1920s: prosperity, cultural change, and moral loosening depicted in Modernist literature
The Waste Land: T.S. Eliot's landmark 1922 Modernist poem depicting the spiritual emptiness of post-war civilization
Expatriate: A person living outside their home country; Lost Generation writers gathered as expatriates in Paris