Modernism Introduction

The Moderns (1914-1939)

• Read introduction to Modernism (636-43).
• Take notes on important features of Modernism (see margin box on 639).
• Answer the following questions (HAND IN)

1. What is the American dream?
2. What happened to the American dream in the early twentieth century?
3. In what ways did modernism challenge tradition--especially in what people valued in art and literature?