The Great Gatesby: Context

Naming the PeriodListed below are some of the names given to the period between approximately 1918 and 1939 and the generation who became adults during it.Annotate the names with your ideas about what this period might have been like. You could start by thinking about: mood/tone, themes, impressions of the people, impressions of the period.Jazz Age Roaring 20s Bright Young Things World War 1 GenerationInter-war Golden TwentiesPre-Depression Era Lost GenerationProhibition Era Golden Age of HollywoodLa Generation du Feu (Generation of Fire)The Flapper Era

The Great Gatesby: Context Watch the discussion of the three key intellectual and cultural developments in the early twentieth century.

• What is the central point Tredell is making?• Compare the points you identified with a partner, and

decide which of the following aspects of the novel Tredell’s discussion is most helpful in illuminating:– Plot events– Setting– Characterisation– Themes– Narrative voice and point of view– Structure– Language