PPT-Modernism 1915-1940

Modernism 19151940 After World War I Disillusionment with eternal verities of glory honor and patriotism after what the soldiers had witnessed Gertrude Stein actually she overheard this You are all a lost generation. The Waste Land. 434 Lines. Published in 1922. Considered one of, if not the, most important poem of the 20. th. century.. Edited by Ezra Pound, leading poet of the Modern Period.. The Waste Land. The five parts of . Perpetrators. When: 1915 - 1922. Who: The Young Turkish Government. . (Nationalism). Ismail . Enver. Pasha. (1881-1922). Member . of the Young Turk . Triumverate. Genocide Organizer. Mehmed. realism.. . Arguably . the most paradigmatic motive of modernism is the rejection of . tradition and . its reprise, incorporation, rewriting, recapitulation, revision and parody in new . forms.. . Modernism . The . Lost. Generation. -Isms. Romanticism, Dark Romanticism, Transcendentalism. (Louisiana Purchase, figuring out the role of government, industrialization vs. nature). Realism. (Reaction to the Civil War, push to make literature relatable). Movements in Literature and Art. Modernism in Literature. Post WWI, pre WWII. Nontraditional syntax and forms. Accessible to everyone, not just academics. Pessimistic picture of a culture in chaos. Question moral and philosophical meanings. English III. Historical Context. United States grew rapidly after the Civil War. increasing rates of democracy and literacy. rapid growth in industrialism and urbanization. expanding population base due to immigration. 1914-1945. Major Influences. World War I. The Jazz Age/Roaring Twenties. Prohibition. The Harlem Renaissance. 19. th. Amendment (Women Suffrage). The . Great Depression. The New . Deal. Factories. Larger cities. Defining. Modernism. “I haven’t changed my mind about modernism from the first day I ever did it…It means integrity; it means honesty; it means the absence of sentimentality and the absence of nostalgia; it means simplicity; it means clarity. That’s what modernism means to me.”. Kathy Poisal . (Additional material added by R. Cooper). Center for Medicaid, CHIP, and Survey & Certification (CMCS). Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group. Division of Long Term Services and Supports. 2. +. 2. +. Historical Influences. WW, The Jazz Age and The Great Depression. Add a Footer. 2. Add a Footer. Experimental. symbolism (green light!). Imagery. understatement. irony. Key Characteristics. A sequel to the hit PowerPoint presentation,. Modernism: More than a mass of crudely drawn rectangles, thank you very much. . (. link here. , in case you forgot that one). * . Menand. , Louis. “Saved From Drowning.” Rev. of . 32 NATURE jULY 6 1940 VOL 146 INSULIN CONTECT OF PANCREAS OF DIFFERENT SPECIES Weight of pancreas Insulin content of pancreas Species gm/100 gm Units/gm Units/100 gm body weight pancreas body weight C Questions to consider . Define the word “modern” in your own words:. What does the word modern mean to you? . What are its associations?. Is it a positive or negative term? Why?. Definition. Modernism is a literary and cultural international movement which flourished in the first decades of the 20th century. It reflects a sense of cultural crisis which was both exciting and disquieting, in that it opened up a whole new vista of human possibilities at the same time as putting into question any previously accepted means of grounding and evaluating new ideas. Modernism is marked by experimentation, particularly manipulation of form, and by the realization that knowledge is not absolute.. from . 1860-1915. *. Linda Young-DeMarco and . Arland. Thornton. . A question about the highest grade of school completed was asked in the 1940 Federal Decennial Census. This information was collected for all individuals regardless of age.