1. Simultaneous Contrasts: Sun and Moon Robert Delaunay French Artist

2. Modernism & the Effects America’s journey toward cultural melting pot

3. Historical Backdrop WWI (1914-1918) –Trench Warfare –Lost generation of European men –US entered in 1917 after Americans killed on an English ship –Sense of disillusionment

4. Post WW I –Women’s vote (1919) –Prohibition (1920- 1933) Bootlegging Speakeasies Gang warfare –New Morality Short skirts Bobbed hair Slang –Economy boom Auto industry/assembly line Movie industry Radio and Jazz

5. Great Depression, WWII, Peace Stock Market Crash 1929 By 1932 12 million people are out of work Roosevelt—president in 1932—New Deal America entered WWII after Pearl Harbor attack in 1941 Arrival of Peace and Atomic Age—1945

6. Literature of the time Fragmented: omitted exposition, transitions, resolutions, explanations Themes are implied World begins to notice Americans –TS Eliot (1949) & William Faulkner (1949) Pulitzer Prize winners Stream of consciousness—develops psychology Simple, journalistic style (esp. Hemingway) Lost Generation—disillusioned by WWI move to Europe (Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Pound, Eliot)

7. Homework Complete reading pages 704-712 in textbook by tomorrow Answer questions 1-12 in your packet

9. Describe the situation Make sure to use language that appeals to all of your senses! –What would you see? –What would you feel? –What would you hear? –What would you taste? –What would you smell?

10. Imagists Poetry that engages your SENSES

11. What is an imagist poem? Evoke Emotion Spark Imagination Use Limited, but VIVID images Are brief, but meaningful Review Imagery: language that appeals to the senses.

12. Ezra Pound “An ‘image’ is that which presents an intellectual and emotional complex in an instant of time.”

13. http://www.universetoday.com/16338/the-sun/

14. What is the… Intellectual complex? Emotional complex?

15. In a Station of the Metro Ezra Pound Started with 30 lines; ended with 14 words Typifies the movements focus Economy of language Imagery Experimentation

16. The Red Wheelbarrow William Carlos Williams 1923; height of movement “no idea but in things” “not real, not realism, but reality” Experimental style Wrote in 5 minutes while looking out a window

17. Section 1 and 2 Read “In the Station of the Metro” and “The Red Wheelbarrow” sketch the image brought to your mind. Then, state what you think the poet was trying to say

18. Exchange papers Read what your peer said/view their drawing. Critically assess their interpretation adding your own comments

19. In a Station of the Metro http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/10/12/GA2010101203773.html = http://www.flickr.com/photos/nick_burns/396960108/ Add any new thoughts that emerged with these images

20. The Red Wheelbarrow so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens. Vs. the? Contrasting Colors Importance of rain to farmers? How does this reflect the imagist emphasis on the concrete? Add any new thoughts that emerged with these questions

21. Final thoughts sharing

22. On the back Given our discussion about modernism… How is the imagist movement distinctly modern? Explain.