Review for Literature Test: Modernism Notes

This event was perhaps the most influential force on American writers of the early 20th century.

World War I

For many Americans, the war signaled an end to \_______________________________

Idealism

The 1920s, with its booming economy, became known as the \________________________

Roaring Twenties

Many young people started to rebel as a group against \____________________________ and \_____________________________________

the values of the past and the authority of their elders

True or false: people were able to spend more on goods and leisure activities with the rise in income.

True

The passage of the \______________________________ finally gave women the right to vote.

19 th Amendment

Female writers often wrote about the clash between \_______________ and \__________________ values, celebrating youth, independence and freedom from social constraints.

traditional and modern

What time period was prohibition?

1920-1933

What was prohibition?

banning of alcohol

In defense, people drank in illegal nightclubs called \____________________

Speakeasies

The \__________________________ was a place where whites would go to hang out and listen to the great black jazz performers.

Cotton Club

There were so many great black jazz performers, thus the name \________________

Jazz Age

The good times came to an end when the stock market crashed in \_______________

October 1929

During the Great Depression, many banks failed, businesses floundered, and \____________________________

Workers lost their jobs

The \______________________ was a severe drought the began in the early 1930s that added to the nation's pain.

Dust Bowl

Some people traveled to \_______________ to try and find work.

California

Franklin D. Roosevelt pledged to give the country a \________________________

New Deal

New Deal programs were intended to give relief to the \__________________ and \_________________ recovery of \______________ and \__________________

homeless and hungry, recovery of agriculture and business

The 1920s was the first decade to be significantly shaped by the \________ \_________

Mass Media

True or false: Mass media quickly became the ultimate source of the manufacturing of desire.

True

Some significant writers of the day began to criticize what they saw as Americans' \____________ and \__________________

conformity and materialism

Writers of this period were influenced by exciting new ideas that were challenging Americans' \_____________ \____________

Traditional views

In their work, poets began to explore the impact of \_____________ \________________ and uncertainty on the individual.

Rapid change

Edger Lee Masters used \____________ \________________ TO probe the discontent beneath the apparent stability of small-town life in America.

Free verse

Poets like Carl Sandburg and Robert Frost are called \_______________ \_____________ because they connect past traditions with modern thoughts.

transitional poets

\________________________ rose as a direct response to the social and intellectual forces shaping the 20th century.

Modernism

\_______________________________ was a distinguishing characteristic of these writers.

Experimentation

The lack of \______________________ made any recognizable movement hard to sustain.

Stereotypes

\_____________________ sought to recreate an image, not comment or interpret it.

Imagism

\_________________ where poets let the objects they render speak for themselves.

Objectivism

Many poets today prefer to communicate through images rather than \_________ \_______________.

Direct statements

There was a period of great prosperity and economic growth in the \________ \___________ market.

Magazine stock

These authors wrote short fragmented stories without traditional \______________ or \__________________.

Beginnings or endings

They left out \___________________________________________ leaving readers alone to figure out what might be going on or what a character might be feeling.

a narrative voice

The WPA was created to create as many jobs as possible as quickly as possibly, including work for the \________________ \__________________ and \_______________.

nation's artists and writers

Millions of black farmers and sharecroppers moved to the urban North in search of \_____________________ and \_______________________.

opportunity and freedom

This National Association published writings form the younger generation of authors.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

In this new generation, writers did not speak with only \_______________.

voice

The Harlem Renaissance was brought to a premature end by the \_______________________________________________.

economic collapse of the Great Depression