Development
The years in which Modernism occurred.
What is 1900-1950?
Truth is found here.
What is an inclusive collective consciousness?
Modernism sought to ensure that this group of people's voice was heard in the collective consciousness.
What is African Americans?
The author's message about the central idea of a literary piece.
What is theme?
John Steinbeck's experience in rural California during the Great Depression heavily influenced this literary device/concept in Of Mice and Men.
What is the setting of the novel?
The three main events that effected the development of Modernism.
What is World War I, The Great Depression, and World War II?
Idealism turned into this concept within American society.
What is cynicism?
Modernism's contradicting response to the concept of "The American Dream".
What is to both echo and challenge?
A hint or indication of what could happen later in a literary work.
What is foreshadowing?
An example of an author echoing the American Dream that we read in class.
What is "The Gift Outright" by Robert Frost?
Modernism introduced this into the literary atmosphere.
What is new moral codes and standards?
Skepticism rose towards blank and blank.
What is authority figures and religion?
The poem read in class that spoke about being an outsider and committing to be heard in the American collective consciousness.
What is "Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes?
The use of symbols to represent an idea that is more than just the literal meaning of the story.
What is symbolism?
An example of foreshadowing in Of Mice and Men?
What is Lennie killing the mice/puppy OR Carlson shooting Candy's dog OR the incident in Weed?
What is South, Midwest, and West?
The nature of America's view of the past was...
What is deteriorating?
What is to seek meaning and purpose?
A literary theory in which minimalistic language is used to express complex themes that are not discussed within the story.
What is Hemingway's Iceberg Theory?
The deeper meaning, or theme, of "A Clean, Well Lighted Place".
Life is meaningless.
This literary movement preceded Modernism.
What is Realism?
How Americans expressed their cynicism with the country.
What is questioning moral values and traditions?
The sub-movement within Modernism in which the African American voice was revolutionized.
What is The Harlem Renaissance?
A “man who lives correctly, following the ideals of honor, courage and endurance in a world that is sometimes chaotic, often stressful, and always painful".
What is "The Code Hero"?
The Code Hero in "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place".
What is "The Old Man"?