2. I. Naturalism 1880- 1940

3. I. Naturalism A. Beginnings of Naturalism - began as a part of Realism

4. I. Naturalism A. Beginnings of Naturalism *Realism: people wanted to show the world like it really was ex: slavery, industrial revolution, overpopulation, racism, etc.

5. I. Naturalism A. Beginnings of Naturalism *Naturalists: focused on the sad reality of people’s lives

6. I. Naturalism B. Main Topics and Ideas *Heavily influenced by Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution

7. I. Naturalism B. Main Topics and Ideas *Heavily influenced by Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution - just like all other animals, people are controlled by nature

8. I. Naturalism B. Main Topics and Ideas *unlike Romanticists/Transcendentalists, they believed that nature was indifferent or uncaring; not noble Hurricane Sandy

9. I. Naturalism B. Main Topics and Ideas *characters are often helpless victims of nature, the environment, and their own heritage/background

10. I. Naturalism B. Main Topics and Ideas *Important Authors: Jack London, Theodore Dreiser

11. II. Modernism 1900-1950

12. II. Modernism A. Major Historical Events *1900-10: new technology made people hopeful for a bright future

13. II. Modernism A. Major Historical Events *1910-20: World War I – 6 th bloodiest war ever, made possible by new technology

14. II. Modernism A. Major Historical Events *1920-30: “Roaring Twenties” – economy boomed, radio and movies became popular, people tried to distract themselves from World War I

15. II. Modernism A. Major Historical Events *1930-40: Great Depression – stock market crashed, ¼ of Americans unemployed; New Deal – helped people get jobs again

16. II. Modernism A. Major Historical Events *1940-50: World War II, bloodiest war ever, nuclear bomb

17. II. Modernism B. Key Ideas of Modernist Literature *after WWI and WWII, people felt lost and disillusioned with America and the modern world

18. II. Modernism B. Key Ideas of Modernist Literature *many people no longer believed in the power of the individual

19. II. Modernism B. Key Ideas of Modernist Literature *writers began to look down on the old ways of writing and experimented with creative new ways to write (e.g. stream of consciousness)

20. II. Modernism B. Key Ideas of Modernist Literature *literature from other cultures (e.g. women, African Americans) gained attention

21. II. Modernism B. Key Ideas of Modernist Literature *Major Authors: Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, T.S. Eliot

22. III. Harlem Renaissance 1920- 1935

23. III. Harlem Renaissance Key Ideas: an explosion of African American art that took pride in being black and studied the experiences of black people in America

24. III. Harlem Renaissance *Major Authors: Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston

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