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Modern American Fiction
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Beginning of the Modern Age
(1910 –1930)
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Beginning of the Modern Age
20th Century—growth of population and power of the U.S.
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Beginning of the Modern Age
Problems with wars, depression, society
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Fragmentation of society—isolation, poverty
Beginning of the Modern Age Fragmentation of society—isolation, poverty
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Beginning of the Modern Age
The Great War and the new consciousness—new freedoms Woodrow Wilson
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The “lost generation” in Paris— searching for hope
Beginning of the Modern Age The “lost generation” in Paris— searching for hope
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Roaring Twenties and the Harlem Renaissance
Beginning of the Modern Age Roaring Twenties and the Harlem Renaissance
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Beginning of the Modern Age
*Continuing Theme: Idealism VS Realism
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Toward the Twenty-First Century and Onward
(1960 – Present) Years of Turbulence—space flight, Russia, Civil Rights, Vietnam, high tech Emphasis on diversity
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Years of Turbulence space flight
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Years of Turbulence Russia
Khrushchev Lenin Brezhnev Stalin Gorbachev Malenkov
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Years of Turbulence Civil Rights
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Years of Turbulence Vietnam
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Years of Turbulence High Tech
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Years of Turbulence Emphasis on Diversity
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Development of American Fiction legendized the short story—
early 1800s (father of Am. Short story) Washington Irving
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Development of American Fiction Moralized the short story—
mid 1800s (The Scarlet Letter) Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Development of American Fiction
Standardized the short story— mid 1800s (father of Am. Detective story) Edgar Allan Poe
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Development of American Fiction Humorized the short story—
late 1800s (Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer) Mark Twain
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Development of American Fiction
Modern writers address universal human problems—1900s and on: Relationships between parents and children Coming of age (maturity) Unrequited love (unreturned, unappreciated, unfulfilled) Problems of war; old age and death.
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Modern Fiction Writers
Kate Chopin ( ) First female writer in U.S. to frankly portray passions and discontents of women; independent women. “The Story of an Hour”
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Modern Fiction Writers
( ) F. Scott Fitzgerald Jazz Age; influence of Zelda, The Great Gatsby
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Modern Fiction Writers
( ) Ernest Hemingway life as a battlefield; Hemingway hero; simple, unadorned style; A Farewell to Arms, The Old Man and the Sea
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Modern Fiction Writers
( ) John Steinbeck man vs nature; Salinas California; The Grapes of Wrath, Great Depression, Of Mice and Men.
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Modern Fiction Writers
( ) William Faulkner Oxford, Mississippi; Yoknapatawpha County (fictional setting), Gothic tales; elaborate writing style; “A Rose for Emily”
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Modern Fiction Writers
( ) Kurt Vonnegut, Jr science fiction, uses satire to emphasize points; “Harrison Bergeron”
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Modern Fiction Writers
( ) Ray Bradbury science fiction; Fahrenheit 451, predictions coming true; “April 2005: Usher II” (sparked idea for Fahrenheit 451)
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Modern Fiction Writers
( ) Donald Barthelme Playful, postmodernist style that is very compact or "flash fiction" focusing on one moment/incident by relating a steady accumulation of seemingly-unrelated detail; “Game”
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Modern Fiction Writers
Tennessee Williams ( ) Wrote numerous plays and short stories; often featured New Orleans as the setting: Streetcar Name Desire, “The Field of Blue Children”
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Modern Fiction Writers
Walker Percy From Covington, Louisiana used Southern settings… his daughter teaches English at Lee Road junior high
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