Modernism Characteristics
What type of colors were used in modernism artwork?
Bright and vivid colors.
What is Steinbeck's best-seller?
Grapes of Wrath.
What is Hemingway's most famous novel?
The Old Man and the Sea.
What was Edith Wharton most known for?
What is Fitzgerald's best seller?
The Great Gatsby
What are the two main ideologies used in modernism?
Individualism and Experimentalism.
How many times was John Steinbeck married?
3 Times.
What is something Hemingway did for fun and won a world record for?
Around 40 books
What era did most of his books feature?
The Jazz Age
What war was going on at this time and influenced authors' ideas?
World War 1
What west coast state is the setting of this novel?
California.
What was Hemingway's writing style?
Realistic and straight-forward.
What award did she win?
A Pulitzer Prize
What inspired This Side of Paradise?
Fitzgerald's failed relationships and ideas around individualism.
What literary elements were used by modernist authors?
Free verse and symbolism.
What does the pearl stand for?
Greed and violence.
What did Hemingway write his four books about?
His four wives.
Where was the setting of The Age of Innocence?
Upper Class New York City in the 19th Century
What Ivy League school did Amory attend in This Side of Paradise?
Princeton
What famous painting was made during the modernism period?
The Mona Lisa.
Besides books, what else did Steinbeck enjoy writing?
Films/scripts.
What was the main character, Frederic Henry's, job in the war in A Farewell to Arms?
An Ambulance Driver.
What was Wharton's writing style?
Simple, but very descriptive.
What are some main ideas of This Side of Paradise?
Self-identity/discovery, love, social status/class, wealth, straying away from societal norms, and relationships