55 The Lost Generation

Vocabulary flashcards of key terms and figures of the Lost Generation based on lecture notes.

The Lost Generation

A group of American writers who came of age during World War I and rejected American traditional values due to the dark experiences of the war.

Gertrude Stein

American writer who coined the term "Lost Generation."

Communicative approach

Methodology for teaching a foreign language where students are made aware of the foreign language and how to use it.

The Roaring Twenties

A period of significant cultural and social change in the United States, spanning from 1918 to 1929, marked by rapid industrialization, urbanization, and modernization.

Jazz Age

Another name for the Roaring Twenties.

18th Amendment

Outlawed alcohol consumption, leading to the rise of organized crime and speakeasies.

Modernist Movement

A literary movement embraced by the Lost Generation that broke away from traditional forms of storytelling.

Imagist movement

Poetry movement that emerged to put an emphasis on precise, clear language and vivid imagery.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

American writer and novelist responsible for coining the term “Jazz Age”.

This Side of Paradise

F. Scott Fitzgerald's first bestseller, published in 1920.

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald's greatest work (1925), exploring the decadence and excess of the Jazz Age and the intangibility of the American Dream.

John Steinbeck

An American writer known for his realistic depictions of life in California and his portrayal of working-class people.

Tortilla Flat

John Steinbeck's first critical success, published in 1935.

Of Mice and Men

A novella by John Steinbeck (1937) that tells the story of two migrant farm workers in California during the Great Depression.

The Grapes of Wrath

A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by John Steinbeck that depicts the Joad family’s migration to California during the Dust Bowl era.

Nobel Prize in Literature 1962

Awarded to John Steinbeck.

Ernest Hemingway

An American writer known for his adventurous lifestyle and concise prose.

The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway's first novel (1926), following a group of expatriates traveling from Paris to Pamplona.

A Farewell to Arms

Novel by Ernest Hemingway set during World War I. An American ambulance driver falls in love with a British nurse.

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Novel by Ernest Hemingway, set during the Spanish Civil War.

The Old Man and the Sea

A novella by Ernest Hemingway (1952) about an aging fisherman's struggle to catch a giant marlin.

Nobel Prize in Literature 1954

Awarded to Ernest Hemingway.

William Faulkner

An American novelist and short-story writer known for his works set in fictional Yoknapatawpha County.

Yoknapatawpha County

The fictional county in Mississippi created by William Faulkner as the setting for many of his novels.

The Sound and the Fury

A novel by William Faulkner (1929) recognized as a masterpiece for its innovative use of point of view.

As I Lay Dying

A novel by William Faulkner (1930) that follows the Bundren family as they transport the body of their matriarch.

Absalom, Absalom!

A novel by William Faulkner (1936) that tells the story of Thomas Sutpen, a wealthy plantation owner.