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Page 1: Literature of the 20 th Century. The 20 th Century  World War I / The Great War (1914-1918) World War II (1939-1945) modern technology, inventions

Literature of the 20th Century

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The 20th Century

World War I / The Great War (1914-1918)

World War II (1939-1945)modern technology, inventions

change people’s way of living

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World War I

loss of religious faith Lost Generation

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Literature of the 20th Century

world literature produced during

the 20th century

Modern Literature Postmodern Literature

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American Literature

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American Literature

novel

F. Scott Fitzgerald

post-war writer

The Great Gatsby

Jazz Age, The Roaring Twenties

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The Roaring Twenties, Jazz Age

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The Roaring Twenties, Jazz Age

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The Great Gatsby

concerns a young and mysterious millionaire,

Jay Gatsby

American Dream

success

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The Great Gatsby

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American Literature

Ernest Hemingway

writer, journalist

short stories, novels, other literary genres

economical writing style had a strong influence on

the 20th century fiction

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Ernest Hemingway

novel

A Farewell to ArmsThe Sun Also Rises

The Old Man and the Sea

Nobel Prize, 1954

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A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms wasbased on Hemingway’s experience while being an ambulance driver forthe Red Cross in Italyduring the World War I.

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American Literature

John Steinbeck

fiction

simple writing style

the struggle of poor working-class people

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John Stienbeck

The Grapes of Wrath

story of the Joad family

their journey from Okalahoma to California

in search of a better life during

the Great Depression

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journey of poor farmers from Oaklahoma to California