Cultural & Intellectual Trends of the Interwar Years Unit Four/Ch. 26 AP European History
Uncertainty in Modern Thought Europe thought before 1914 – “Age of Progress” After 1918 – disorientation, pessimism French poet Paul Valery ( ) – “cruelly injured mind”
Dada/Surrealism Anti-art/avant-garde movement Dada movement Surrealism
Architecture and Design Functionalism Very popular in US – Frank Lloyd Wright The Bauhaus – Walter Gropius
20 th Century Literature Unbiased narrative to single viewpoint Stream-of- consciousness Rejection of Progress Anti-Utopias; George Orwell, 1984
New Philosophy & Psychology Existentialism Acceptance/Popularit y of Freud Carl Jung
Mass Culture & Leisure Movies Radio Sports, Tourism Culture in Totalitarian States