American Modernism 1914-1945. Historical Setting  The period in between wars where many yearned for a modern, urban life  Postwar, the economy flourished.

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American Modernism

Historical Setting  The period in between wars where many yearned for a modern, urban life  Postwar, the economy flourished and the middle class prospered. During the “Roaring Twenties” people enjoyed modern entertainments: movies, radio, dancing, automobile touring.  The 1930—post Great Depression—was seen as a punishment for the sins of excessive materialism and loose living.

Modernism  Expressed a sense of modern life through art as a sharp break from the past and Western civilization's past traditions.  Modernism embraced the changes of scientific and technological advancements, as well as a faster- paced society.  Technological innovations in factories and machines inspired a new focus in the arts. Ex’s: electrical light, photography, viewpoint, form.  The guiding principle of Modernistic art and literature was to be new and different; forces readers to participate and draw their own conclusions.  The founder of modernism is considered to be poet Ezra Pound, whose mantra was “Make it new”

Movements in Modernism  Imagism—writing which offered a sharp, clear, highly visual presentation using ordinary language and free verse. Ex: modern art  Objectivism—a movement concerned with the importance of concrete, visual objects  Realism—Americans wrote more realistically than Europeans; emphasized the importance of facing reality.  New Criticism—an approach to understanding literature through close readings and attentiveness to formal patterns (imagery, metaphors, sounds, symbols, etc) as opposed to old methods of history and biography.

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