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Villareal -- American Modernism: The Great Gatsby - Spring 2025: Short Stories

Research each of the below short stories by doing the following:

1. Search their title in these places for overviews to better understand the story:

2. Find in-depth scholarly works for each story in the following places:

1. Rejection of Tradition and Embrace of Innovation

Ernest Hemingway "Hills Like White Elephants" (1927)

William Faulkner "A Rose for Emily" (1930)

F. Scott Fitzgerald "The Jelly-Bean" (1922)

2. Focus on Subjectivity and Inner Experience

Zora Neale Hurston "The Gilded Six Bits"

William Faulkner “Barn Burning” (1939)

Ernest Hemingway "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" (1936) 

3. Alienation and Loss

F. Scott Fitzgerald "Winter Dreams" (1922)

Zora Neale Hurston "Sweat" (1926)

4. Fragmentation and Nonlinear Structure

Virginia Woolf "The Mark on the Wall" (1917)

Ernest Hemingway "Soldier's Home" (1925)

William Faulkner "A Rose for Emily" (1930)

 

5. Ambiguity and Open-endedness

Earnest Hemingway "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" (1933)

Katherine Mansfield "The Garden Party" (1921)

 

6. Influence of Urbanization and Technology

Anzia Yezierksa "The Lost Beautifulness" (1920)

F. Scott Fitzgerald "Babylon Revisited" (1931)

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