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Literature of the 20th Century
The 20th Century
World War I / The Great War (1914-1918)
World War II (1939-1945)modern technology, inventions
change people’s way of living
World War I
loss of religious faith Lost Generation
Literature of the 20th Century
world literature produced during
the 20th century
Modern Literature Postmodern Literature
American Literature
American Literature
novel
F. Scott Fitzgerald
post-war writer
The Great Gatsby
Jazz Age, The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties, Jazz Age
The Roaring Twenties, Jazz Age
The Great Gatsby
concerns a young and mysterious millionaire,
Jay Gatsby
American Dream
success
The Great Gatsby
American Literature
Ernest Hemingway
writer, journalist
short stories, novels, other literary genres
economical writing style had a strong influence on
the 20th century fiction
Ernest Hemingway
novel
A Farewell to ArmsThe Sun Also Rises
The Old Man and the Sea
Nobel Prize, 1954
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms wasbased on Hemingway’s experience while being an ambulance driver forthe Red Cross in Italyduring the World War I.
American Literature
John Steinbeck
fiction
simple writing style
the struggle of poor working-class people
John Stienbeck
The Grapes of Wrath
story of the Joad family
their journey from Okalahoma to California
in search of a better life during
the Great Depression
journey of poor farmers from Oaklahoma to California