Introduction to the Modern Period of American Literature PLUS The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Introduction to the Modern Period of American
Literature PLUSThe Great Gatsbyby F. Scott
Fitzgerald
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• PDN
• Option 1 What does the phrase Roaring 20s
  mean to you? What images, if any, come to mind?
  Jot down anything you can think of.
• Option 2 Use the following words, in any
  order, in sentences to form a paragraph.
  (Remember, it does not matter if you a re unsure
  of the meanings of the words.)
• World War I Lost Generation
• Roaring 20s Jazz Age
• Prohibition Bootlegging
• Speakeasies Flappers
• Great Depression Modernism
• Imagism Harlem Renaissance

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Introduction to the Modern Period of American
Literature

• Now lets find out what these words really
  meanor why they are significant to this novel

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• World War I
• Roaring 20speriod of good times, economic
  prosperity during the 1920s
• Jazz Agename given to 1920s by Fitzgerald
  because of the music of the time period
• Prohibitionmade alcohol sale and consumption
  illegal
• Bootleggingthe illegal sale of alcohol
• Speakeasiesthe illegal bars, basements,
  pharmacies where
• alcohol could be purchased/consumed
• Flappersdaring, confident women of the time
  period with their short skirts and bobbed hair

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• Great Depressionperiod of money troubles and
  economic uncertainty following stock market crash
  of 1929
• Modernismbreak away from the literary forms of
  the past and experiment with new topics,
  techniques, etc.
• Imagismfocus and describe a single object in
  poetry so that reader can see mental picture of
  it
• Harlem Renaissancelong overdue recognition for
  the artistic contributions (art, literature,
  music) of African Americans and other minorities

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• Ticket Out the Door
• Option 1 Was your impression of the Roaring
  20s from the PDN accurate? Explain.
• Option 2 How much of your Roaring 20s
  Wordsplash made sense/was accurate? Explain.

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• PDN Even when you know, deep down, that someone
  is not right for you, you may continue to long
  for that person. Such a struggle between reason
  and emotion serves as the heart of the upcoming
  novel The Great Gatsby. Have you ever been
  confronted with such a struggle? Explain.

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