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When did the Modernist movement happen?
between 1915 and 1946
Who wrote “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock?
T. S. Eliot
What “signature technique” of the Modernists converyed a secret sadness?
Irony
In “A Worn Path”, what does Phoenix Jackson ultimately recieve at the doctor’s office?
Money and medicine
What did Gertrude Stein famously call the young artists of the 1920s?
“a lost generation”
His epic poem The Waste Land is considered to be the single most influential poetic work of the twentith century
T. S. Eliot
Who is disappointed when he meets a mother and daughter has has been waving to from a distance for decades?
the train conductor
What technique recreates the natural flow of a character’s thoughts?
stream-of-conciousness
In “The Far and the Near”, what does the engineer’s daily routine of waving to the woman and the girl represent?
his desire for connection
What do we assume happens to Homer Baron?
Emily poisons him with arsenic
What does Phoenix Jackson plan to buy her grandson with 10 cents?
a paper windmill
Who wrote “A Worn Path”?
Eudra Wetly
Who wrote “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”?
Katherine Anne Porter
During what season does “A Worn Path” take place?
winter
What changes when the engineer finally visits the house in “The Far and the Near”?
his idealized vision is shattered
Who read an original poem at the inaugration of President Kennedy in 1961?
Robert Frost
What Shakespearean play does Frost allude to in his poem “Out, Out-”?
Macbeth
What major event ushered Modernism?
World War I
Who wrote “A Rose for Emily”?
William Faulkner
Why is Phoenix Jackson’s grandson so sick?
he swallowed lye
What is Granny talking about when she says to find George and tell him she has a husband, children, and a home but that there was “something not given back..”?
She married and had children but never had true love; her heart/love was not given back
Who is on a mission to save her grandson?
Phoenix Jackson
The smell around Emily Grierson’s home is an example of what literary technique?
Foreshadowing
How is Phoenix Jackson’s name symbolic?
like the bird, she rises from the ashes
What hair color does Faulkner focus on towards the end of “A Rose for Emily”?
iron grey
How does the town’s opinion of Emily Grierson change through the years?
they go from resenting her, to feeling sorry for her
If we read the end of “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” as Granny being jilted a second time, this time by God, what would the reason be for God spurning her?
she never forgave George and stayed bitter all her life for his betrayal
Who was a doctor, as well as a poet?
William Carlos Williams
Who is too meek and passive to actively pursue what he desires in his life?
J. Alfred Prufrock
What literary technique did Modernists focus on because of the new field of psychology?
symbolism
What poetic movement was a rebellion against the sentimentality of the 19th century?
imagism
Who endures being left at the alter as a young bride?
Granny Weatherall
Who causes Homer Baron to mysteriously disappear?
Emily Grierson
Who wrote “The Far and the Near”?
Thomas Wolfe
Who wrote “Out, Out-”?
Robert Frost
Which Southern writer lived her entire life in her family home in Jackson, Mississippi?
Eudora Welty
Who wrote “The Red Wheelbarrow”?
William Carlos Williams
Who created a county called Yoknapatawpha?
William Faulkner
Who is Hapsy in “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”?
Granny’s daughter who died in childbirth
