Otázka: Prominent Figures of the Lost Generation
Jazyk: Angličtina
Přidal(a): Ondřej Malý
Francis Scott Fitzgerald
- Was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer.
- One of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.
- He is best known for his novels from the Jazz Age.
- During his lifetime, he published four novels and four story collections.
- He struggled with mental illness.
- Creation: The Great Gatsby – unhappy love, high society, breakdown, American Dream, money.
Erich Maria Remarque
- He was a German writer from the Lost Generation.
- He was known for his anti-war novels.
- In his work, he wrote about conflicts and the psychological impact of war on individuals.
- His most famous work is All Quiet on the Western Front.
- It was a critical and commercial success and is considered one of the greatest war novels of the time.
- It is about the experiences of a group of German soldiers during World War I.
- The Nazis didn’t like him.
Thomas Stearns Eliot
- Was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic, and editor.
- He was awarded the Nobel Prize for his outstanding, pioneering contribution to present-day poetry.
- His best-known creation is The Waste Land.
- The poem combines the legend of the Holy Grail and the Fisher King.
Ernest Hemingway
- Served in an ambulance during WWI.
- He loved hunting in Africa and fishing.
- Creation: The Old Man and the Sea.
- Shows the endless struggle of man with nature. One should be persistent and not give up. The point is to highlight enormous human bravery and great mental strength.
William Faulkner
- American writer.
- Known for his unique style of writing.
- Themes of race and relationships.
- Nobel Prize winner.
- Complex themes.
- Hard to read.
