迷惘的一代文学.pptVIP

The lost generation literature Outline 1. a general intro 2. key words to reveal the main artistic features 3.spokesmen and outstanding works 4.the ending The lost generation Origin of the term: The phrase is attributed to Gertrude stein , then popularized by Ernest Hemingway in the epigraph to his novel “the sun also rises” and his memoir “a moveable feast Variously, the term is used for the period from the end of World War I to the beginning of the Great Depression , though in the United States it is used for the generation of young people who came of age during and shortly after World War I, alternatively known as the World War I Generation. Broadly it is often used to refer to the younger literary modernist. Why they are “lost” Gertrude Stein was an avant-garde US poet living in Paris after WW1. she named the generation that came of age during the WW1 the “lost generation”, which was quickly adopted by the world as the most accurate description of the generation that passed through the threshold of adulthood: Working, fighting or dying in the war. Trauma: physical and mental WW1 had a HORRIFIC impact on the generation. It had greatly shattered this generation’s faith in traditional values such as love,bravery,manhood and womanhood Without these long-held notions to rely on, they suffered great moral and psychological aimlessness. The futile search for the meaning of life in the wake of WW1 shaped this generation. In their works,they rarely mentioned the war directly, but its effects haunt everything they do and say. Artistic features Tone : pessimistic escapist disillusioned cynical They went to Europe to fight in the name of “glory, freedom and democracy”, but what they witnessed and experienced was blood, death, dismembered human parts. The brutality and absurdity of war, the dirty trick played by the involved countries and the evil essence of war made them believe that they are relentlessly fooled. Their faith and value system