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Grotesque Characters
- Bizarre or twisted- often has some sort of obsession
- Character can be twisted physically (ugly/deformed), emotionally, or psychologically
- Grotesque characters often induce empathy and disgust
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Modernism
- Sense of disillusionment and loss of faith in the American dream
- Rejection of sentimentality and artificiality in favor of capturing reality
- Emphasis on bold experimentation in style and form, reflecting the fragmentation of society
- Interest in the individual and the inner workings of the human mind
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Symbolism and Imagism
- American symbolists rebel against the romantic's focus on nature as a source of solace in the face of industrialization and mechanization
- Imagism brings precision and concreteness to poetry in place of prettiness and decoration
- Free verse overrides traditional poetic forms, which have set rhyme schemes and meters
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William Faulkner
- Typically wrote about the American South
- Received the Nobel Prize in Literature
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Flannery O'Connor
- Born in Savannah, Georgia
- Suffered from lupis
- Often wrote about Grotesque characters
- "O'Connor seems to be saying that we have become so accustomed to the lack of God in our life that a writer must use violent means to make a point"
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Married Zelda Sayre- she was troubled by psychological disorder (possibly bipolar or schizophrenia)
- Spent time in Europe and was friends with Hemingway
- Worked as a screen writer
- Famous for writing "The Great Gatsby"
- Writings criticized wealth and focused on the loss of the American Dream
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Ernest Hemingway
- Tried to enlist for WWI, but couldn't because of a boxing injury
- Very successful novelist and journalist- won a Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize in literature
- In later years, his health deteriorated and he committed suicide
- Known for his distinctive writing style: simplicity and understatement
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Williams Poems
- Williams approaches imagery in a new way
- He uses precise, simple language to describe his perception of ordinary things
- Imagist poems- focuses on imagery
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Get off the main subject
Digress
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Slow to understand; stupid
Obtuse
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Overcame by greater force; conquered
Subdued
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A horrible or brutal act
Atrocity
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Irritability; impatience
Petulance
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Out of place; crooked
Awry
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Smothers; extinguishes
Stifles
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Extremely poor person
Pauper
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Skilled in saying and doing the right thing
Tactful
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Rejected as a lover
Jilted
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Boldly disrespectful
Insolent
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