Chater 11. The Writers of the ‘’Lost Generation’’ Professor : Kim Youn-man Presenter : Kwon Young-eun (20092497) Park Sung-ji (20092505)

Contents Backgrounds Writers of the Lost Generation Words Reference

How would you feel right after World War I, if you have undergone it?

Lost Generation A group of American writers who worked after World War I The Sun Also Rises by E. Hemingway Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein An American writer and thinker who spent most of her life in France Salon in Paris Lost Generation Relationship with Picasso, Hemingway

F. Scott Fitzgerald (Sep. 24, 1896 ~ Dec. 21, 1940) He was born of rich parents⇒But he began to have serious mental and physical health problems with the Great Depression He describes his works symbolically His famous works -The Great Gatsby (1925) -This Side of Paradise (1920) -Flappers and Philosophers (1920) -Tales of Jazz Age (1922)

Ernest Hemingway(July 21, 1899 ~ July 2, 1961) He drove an ambulance in World War I After war move to Paris Many countries and change in his works characters He won the Novel Prize in literature and the Pulitzer Prize for fiction He committed suicide with his favorite hunting gun

Hemingway’s Works The Sun also Rises (1926) A Farewell to Arms (1929) To Have and Have Not (1937) Across the River and into the Trees (1950) The Old Man and the Sea (1952)

John Dos Passos (Jan. 14, 1896 – Sep.28, 1970) He also drove an ambulance during World War I He thought only art could save the world He had been influenced by the techniques of the movies

Dos Passos’s work and Montagu Techniques One Man’s Initiation (1920) -the first American novel about war Three Soldiers (1921) Manhattan Transfer (1925) -the work that describes New York City itself (energy, excitement, and the modern strangeness) “U.S.A.” trilogy -The 42and Parallel ,Nineteen Nine teen , and The Big Money (1936) Montage Techniques

Montage Techniques

William Faulkner (September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) He divides The Lost Generation: strong dislike people and believe the value of art He uses the “contiuous present” He won the Novel Prize in 1949 His Works -The Sound and the Fury (1929) -Soldiers Pay (1926) -Sartoris (1929) -The Hamlet (1940)

e.e. cummings (Oct. 14, 1894 ~ Sep. 3, 1962) He is the most joyful poet of the Lost Generation in Paris In Paris he studied writing and painting He expressed his works’ titles in strange manner (e.g.) ① & ② is 5 ③ 1 × 1 He hated forces in modern life : politics, the Church, Big Business

Spree: A spell or sustained period of unrestrained activity of a particular kind Moth: A chiefly nocturnal insect related to the butterflies Wafer: Fasten or seal (a letter, document, etc.) with a wafer Hatred: Intense dislike or ill will Destroy: Completely ruin or spoil (something) Ruin (someone) emotionally or spiritually

Farewell: the same as goodbye Bribe: A sum of money or other inducement offered or given in this way (in order to persuade him or her to do something. ) Isolation: the state of feeling alone and without friends or help. Scar: A scar is a mark on the skin which is left after a wound has healed.

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