Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner - American Modernism and World War I - Lecture 1

Explore a 43-minute lecture from Yale University's "Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner" course, delving into American modernist literature. Examine the works of these iconic authors through three interpretive scales: global geopolitics, experimental narration, and sensory detail. Discover how World War I profoundly influenced their writing styles and narrative techniques. Analyze Hemingway's global vision, Faulkner's narrative experiments, and Fitzgerald's sensory details. Investigate the linguistic taboos, narrative challenges, and ironies of storytelling that emerged in the aftermath of the Great War. Gain insights into the idealism of war as portrayed by Faulkner and the contrasting perspectives of Hemingway and Fitzgerald. Access complete course materials on the Open Yale Courses website for a comprehensive understanding of these literary giants and their contributions to American modernism.

- Chapter 1. Class Logistics
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- Chapter 2. Three Analytic Scales
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- Chapter 3. Hemingway's Global Vision of American
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- Chapter 4. Faulkner's Narrative Experiments of Modernism
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- Chapter 5. Fitzgerald's Sensory Details
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- Chapter 6. Cross-Scale Analysis of World War I
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- Chapter 8. Linguistic Taboos of War
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- Chapter 7. Narrative Problems of War
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- Chapter 9. The Ironies of Storytelling after World War I: Hemingway and Fitzgerald
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- Chapter 10. The Idealism of War: Faulkner
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