1. Today’s Agenda and Objective Review of Current Events Assignment and Unit 4 Calendar Introduction to Modernism Visual Analysis of trailers and book covers for Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby Homework By the end of class today, you will be able to analyze visuals and determine the argument they make about F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

2. Review of Current Events Assignment and Unit 4 Calendar

3. Historical Context Notes: Modernism

4. Introduction to Modernism Revolutionary, or reactionary, movement Began in the 1890’s but exploded after World War I The war traumatized and devastated much of the world, both physically and psychologically Many people in the West felt disillusioned Ended after World War II

5. Ideas of Modernism Modernist authors sought to break away from traditions and conventions through experimentation with new literary forms, devices, and styles Authors incorporated the new psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung into their works Authors paid particular attention to language—both how people use it and how authors believed people could or should use it

6. Characteristics of Psychoanalytic Theory Focus on character’s mental process and personality Concerned with the nature of the unconscious mind— subconscious powers motivate men and women The mind has three parts:  Id—subconscious, passionate, irrational, unknown, pleasure- seeking to the point of insatiability  Superego—internalized social beliefs, balances pressures, makes moral judgments, sacrificial sometimes to a fault  Ego—conscious, rational, logical, and orderly; mediates the Id and Superego

7. Ideas of Modernism, cont. Modernist authors reflect:  Pervasive sense of loss  Isolation  Alienation  Disillusionment  Despair  Detachment in a fragmented world To a Modernist, art is:  a potentially integrating, restorative force  and a remedy for the uncertainty of the modern world

8. Techniques of Modernism Although Modernists depict disorder in their works, they try to create order by establishing patterns through Allusions (especially to mythology) Symbols Motifs Narrative Structure Point of view

9. Review of Modernism Ideas Loss of self Disillusionment Alienation Isoloation Fragmentation Events World War I Roaring Twenties The Great Depression World War II Authors F. Scott Fitzgerald T. S. Eliot

10. F. Scott Fitzgerald1896 - 1940 Worked as a journalist—made money selling stories to periodicals Was a soldier in World War I, but the war ended before he was deployed Troubled alcoholic but only wrote while sober Painstakingly revised all his work Enjoyed celebrity life in America and abroad with his wife Zelda (often institutionalized)

11. The Fitzgerald's in Midnight in Paris

12. Introduction to The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald helped characterize the Roaring 1920’s, which he dubbed “the Jazz Age” Published The Great Gatsby in 1925 Novel narrated by Nick Carraway During the 1920’s: Economy soared following World War I 1919 – 18 th Amendment passed Prohibition (ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol) Bootleggers became millionaires, the Mob gained power Underground culture grew—sprawling private parties managed to elude police and “speakeasies” thrived Opulence and hedonism dominated the period Ideas of femininity began to change with “flappers”

13. Introduction to The Great Gatsby

14. As we watch the following two trailers, make notes about how each trailer develops the following: View the trailer as an assertion. What argument is the trailer making about how The Great Gatsby should be viewed? Analyze the following to support your answer: Who is the audience for this trailer? What events are portrayed in the trailer? What appeals are used? Ethos? Pathos? Logos? Describe the light and color. Describe the music. What sensory imagery is used? What tone does the trailer seem to take?

15. 1974 Great Gatsby

16. 2013 Great Gatsby

17. In groups, you will receive a book cover from The Great Gatsby to analyze: Analyze the book cover by writing your group answers on a white board and be ready to share the following with the rest of the class: View the book cover as an assertion. What argument is the cover making about how The Great Gatsby should be understood? Analyze the following to support your answer: Who is the audience for this cover? What events are portrayed on the cover? What appeals are used? Ethos? Pathos? Logos? What is in the foreground/background? Describe the light and color. What tone does the cover seem to take?

18. Book Cover 1

19. Book Cover 2

20. Book Cover 3

21. Book Cover 4

22. Book Cover 5

23. Book Cover 6

24. Book Cover 7

25. Book Cover 8

26. The Great Gatsby Index Card Assignment Find the people in the room with the same envelope number as you move to sit with each other. As a group, discuss the following and write your answers on a white board: How do you define/ interpret the meaning of the topic you were assigned? Why does this topic seem important to the novel? Each group member share the quote written on the index card and why you believe it connects to the topic. Fitzgerald is making an assertion, or argument, about the topic on your envelope. Based on what you have read so far, what assertion is he making about your topic?

27. Homework: Begin reading The Great Gatsby and working on the notecard assignment. Chapter one and one notecard due next class Post Current Events by Friday.