Modernism and the Lost Generation · 1914 to 1945
Modernist Experimentation
Examining stream of consciousness and non linear narratives in the works of Faulkner and Hemingway.
Key Questions
- 1Why did Modernist writers feel the need to break traditional rules of storytelling?
- 2How does an omitted detail in a story create a more powerful effect on the reader?
- 3What is the relationship between fragmented form and a fragmented world?
Common Core State Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.5
Grade: 11th Grade
Subject: English Language Arts
Unit: Modernism and the Lost Generation
Period: 1914 to 1945
Suggested Methodologies
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