Modernism Part 1
Introductory Notes
“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufock” (716-720) – Eliot
*Allusions/setting & time period/analysis of Prufrock/dramatic monologue/stream of
consciousness/fragmented/disillusioned
The Imagist Poets (732-736)
*objectives/senses/visual representation
“Winter Dreams” (742-760) – Fitzgerald
*Jazz Age (1920s)/characterization (direct/indirect)/connection to Fitzgerald’s life/American
Dream
“The Turtle” (766-768) – Steinbeck
*Dust Bowl/Joad Family/Symbolism of turtlefamilies leaving farms
“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (photocopy) –Thurber
*escapism & free association/henpecked husband
“The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” (848-856) – Porter
*disillusionment/stream-of-consciousness/significance of name/order of story/ambiguous
situations
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Part 2
“A Rose for Emily” (862-874) - Faulkner
“Ambush” (834-836) – O’Brien
“In Another Country” (809-809) - Hemingway
“The Life You Save May Be Your Own” (983-992) – O’Connor
Frost Poetry (Starting on page 882)
“A Worn Path” (820-828) -Welty