Impactful Authors
This Modern Era writer served mostly as a Mentor.
Who is Gertrude Stein?
This phrase is meant to describe the generation who served during WWI.
These writers portrayed a generation marked by disillusionment and the search for meaning after WWI.
What is the Lost Generation
This was a piviol moment, signed by President Roosevelt, which helped end the Great Depression.
What was The New Deal?
This Author wrote The Great Gatsby
Who was F Scott Fitzgerald.
This Modern Era Writer focused heavily on the Jazz Age and the difference between social classes during the roaring 20's.
Who is F Scott Fitzgerald?
This era is known for its heavy emphasis on consumerism and their love for Jazz music.
What is the Roaring 20's.
This was established by Freud and showed that characters can be analyzed in a variety of ways.
What is Psychoanalysis
This was the main cause of the Great Depression.
What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
This person coined the phrase "The Lost Generation"
Who is Gertrude Stein?
This writer is known for their minimalist style and created what is known as the "Iceberg Theory" among scholars.
Who is Ernest Hemingway.
This era is known for its exploration on themes of African Identity.
What is the Harlem Renaissance.
This is the idea that many Americans returning from war felt alone and not welcomed by society
What is Alienation
This is the approximate percentage of unemployed Americans during the Great Depression.
What is 25%?
This author wrote "A Farewell to Arms"
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
This Author is known for capturing the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Langston Hughes?
This is the idea that anyone can be successful if they work hard.
What is the American Dream?
Many Americans returning from WWI realized that the American Dream is not possible for everyone and life is not perfect.
What is Disillusionment.
This was a period of severe droughts in the Midwest that destroyed farms, forcing families to leave their land in search of work.
What was the Dust Bowl.
This author wrote many poems such as: Harlem, Hope, and Theme for English B.
Who is Langston Hughes.
This modern poet wrote often about the mental and spiritual struggles of those individuals post WWI.
Who is T.S. Elliot?
This was the first war to use modern weaponry.
What is WWI?
This is the divide between old money, new money, and poverty.
What is Social Class?
This was the final straw, which started WWI.
What is the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This poet is known for The Wasteland.
Who is T.S. Elliot.