Modernism

To start this unit there are three unit introductions to read to get acquainted with Modernist Literature. Each introduction is grouped with the stories or poems you'll read within that section. You may choose to read the introductions only when you're ready for those stories that follow. Each story listed here is on the Modernism Test at the end of the unit.

Women's Voices, Women's Lives: A New Literature on p. 742 and the author study for Emily Dickenson on pages 746-749
---A Wagner Matinee (Willa Cather) p. 688
---The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman) p. 765
Hope is the thing with feathers (Emily Dickenson) p. 752
After great pain, a formal feeling comes (Emily Dickenson) p. 757
I heard a fly buzz when I died (Emily Dickenson, p. 758
The Story of an Hour (Kate Chopin) p. 783.

The American Dream: Illusion or Reality on p. 820
---Richard Cory (Edward Arlington Robinson) p. 830-831
---Winter Dreams (F.Scott Fitzgerald) p.840

Alienation of the Individual: Modernism on p. 992
---Mending Wall (Robert Frost) p.996-999,1002-1003
---"Out, Out--" (Frost) p. 1004
---The End of Something (Ernest Hemingway) p. 1018
---The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (T.S. Eliot) p.1025

You'll also want to make sure you know something about "The Iceberg Principle" (see p. 1017): You will find that many modernist authors adopted this style of writing.
---Learning the Language of Modernist Literature p. 1016

Complete the following assignments to better understand Modernism and the authors who made this literary movement famous.

"Modernism Assignments": Check out this page after reading a story to see if there's an assignment that corresponds. These will help you prepare for the test at the end of the unit.

The Characteristics of Modernism: You'll need to know at least 4 characteristics of Modernism for the exam.

Modernism: Test Review: Complete this review and you're ready for the test.

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