Modernism in literature

Causes

• World War I
• Industrialization
• Globalization

Modernism: What is it?

• Inner self and consciousness
• Correcting societal ills
• Experimentation

How it's written

• First person
• Stream of consciousness
• No clear beginning, middle, or end

famous examples

• F. Scott Fitzgerald
• E. E. Cummings
• Ernest Hemingway
• William Faulkner