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143页Lesson 10 Rod W. Horton & Herbert W .Edwards2021/6/161 Teaching objectives nTo learn about the Lost GenerationnTo understand the style of the essay nTo learn the effective use of topic sentences 2021/6/162Authorsjoint authors: Horton and Edwardstaken from Backgrounds of American Literary Thought (1967)2021/6/163The style of the essayna piece of expository(说明的说明的) writing explaining a certain period in American literary and social history 2021/6/164Background InformationThe Sad Young Men & the Lost Generation: The same group of people, the disillusioned intellectuals after World War I (1914-1918) , who rebelled against former ideals and values, but could replace them only by despair or a cynical hedonism(享乐主义享乐主义). the Sad Young Men: created by F. Scott Fitzgerald in his book All the Sad Young Men the Lost Generation迷惘的一代迷惘的一代 : created by Gertrude Stein. 2021/6/165Background InformationErnest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Carlos Williams, Thornton Wilder2021/6/166Background InformationBeat Generation 垮掉的一代垮掉的一代 after World War II, a group of American writers of the 1950s, profound dissatisfaction with contemporary American society, first used by Kerouac, 1960s, hippies: “beat” lifestyle2021/6/167Background Informationthe angry young men: a group of English writers in the 1950s, rebellious, critical attitudes towards society2021/6/168OverviewnIt explains a certain period in American literary and social history. nIt focuses on the attitudes and revolt of the young people who returned from World War I, disappointed and disillusioned, went to Europe.nYoung intellectuals, writers and artists: critical, rebellious— “Sad Young Men” (“The Lost Generation”)ncreative, productive, not lost, “gave the nation the liveliest, freshest, most stimulating writing in its literary experience.”2021/6/169Structural organizationclear and simple Para. 1: introducing the subject Paras. 2– 9: supporting and developing the thesis Paras. 10– 11: conclusion2021/6/1610 Detailed study of the text (Para. 1)nsensationally romanticized: (This so-called problem) was treated in a passionate, idealized manner to shock thrill and arouse people’s interest.nrevolt: an act of protest or rejection nnostalgic: looking for something long agonrecollection: recall 2021/6/1611Detailed study of the text (Para. 1)ndeliciously illicit thrill: an improper action but very enjoyable and exciting (A visit to a speakeasy was prohibited because these places sold alcoholic drinks illegally.) thrill: tremor of excitement nspeakeasy (Americanism): a place where alcoholic drinks are sold illegally,esp. a place in the U.S.during Prohibition(美国美国禁酒期的禁酒期的)非法酒店非法酒店 2021/6/1612Detailed study of the text (Para. 1)ndenunciation: a public statement in which you criticize someone or somethingnPuritan morality: extreme strictness in matters of morals. Strict Puritans even regarded drinking, gambling punishable offences (应受惩处的罪行应受惩处的罪行) .2021/6/1613Detailed study of the text (Para. 1) fashionable experimentations in amour: trying out new ways of lovemaking as everyone was doing at that time amour: a love affair,esp. of an illicit one parked sedan: a car parked …2021/6/1614 Detailed study of the text (Para. 1)nnaughty: a little indecentnjazzy: (a party) playing jazz music nsheik (Americanism) : a masterful man to whom women are supposed to be irresistibly attractednflask-toting: always carrying a small bottle filled with strong liquor tote: carry 2021/6/1615Detailed study of the text (Para. 1)nmoral and stylistic vagaries: odd and eccentric dress and conduct vagary: an odd, eccentric, or unexpected action nflapper (Americanism) : in the 1920s, a young woman considered to be bold and unconventionalndrugstore cowboy (Americanism): a young man who hangs around drugstores and other public places trying to impress women2021/6/1616Detailed study of the text (Para. 1)nin perspective: reasonably; correctlye.g. You must learn to see things in perspective. nsensational: arousing strong curiosity, interest, or reactionndegeneration: moral corruptionnjazzmad: blindly and foolishly fond of jazz music2021/6/1617Figures of speech (Para. 1)nThe slightest mention of the decade brings nostalgic recollections to the middle-aged and curious questionings by the young… ntransferred epithet 2021/6/1618Para. 1 Main ideaYoung people’s interest in the Revolt of the Younger Generation of the 1920s.2021/6/1619Detailed study of the text (Para. 2)nlogical outcome: necessary or expected result naftermath: a consequence, esp. of a disaster or misfortunensubconscious: occurring without conscious perception2021/6/1620Detailed study of the text (Para. 2)nstature: high level of respect nprovincial: narrow nbordering oceans 2021/6/1621Figures of speech (Para. 2)nand that we had reached an international stature that would forever prevent us from retreating behind the artificial walls of a provincial morality … nMetaphor (comparing “provincial morality” to “artificial walls”) 2021/6/1622Para. 2 Main ideaThe revolt was a logical outcome of the conditions in the age. 2021/6/1623Detailed study of the text (Para. 3)nVictorian: showing the middle-class respectability, generally of Victorian Englandngentility: the quality of being genteel, elegant nboom: develop rapidlynroar: to make a loud noise2021/6/1624Detailed study of the text (Para. 3)ncorporate: individuals acting togethernimpersonality: lack of human character or feelings naggressive: a ruthless desire to dominatencode: principles or rules of conduct2021/6/1625Detailed study of the text (Para. 3)nwell-bred: well-mannered and refinednbustling: full of energetic and noisy activity nmedium: environmentncatalytic agent: stimulus to speed upnprecipitate: throw suddenly2021/6/1626Detailed study of the text (Para. 3)ninhibit: put down by force, repressnobsolescent: getting old and becoming unacceptable; being in the process of passing out of use2021/6/1627Figures of speech (Para. 3)n…they were expected to battle for success. Metaphor (They had to fight as in a battle in order to become successful.)nThe war acted merely as a catalytic agent in this breakdown of… . Metaphor2021/6/1628Para. 3 Main ideaThe rejection of Victorian gentility was inevitable. 2021/6/1629Detailed study of the text (Para. 4)nmores: customsntempt: try to get sb. to do sth. wrongnair: an outward appearance; general impressionnsophistication: being artificial, worldly-wise精于世故的精于世故的2021/6/1630Detailed study of the text (Para. 4)npose: pretensenBohemian: a person, esp. an artist, poet, unconventional in habits, dress, and sometimes in morals, material poverty because they prefer their artnfaddishness: following fashionnnovelty: newnessnhectic: excited; confused; feverish2021/6/1631Detailed study of the text (Para. 4)ngaiety: merriment; a gay feelingnperversion: a sexual practice nProhibition: The forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic liquors for beverage purposesnmuch-publicized: reported often in newspapers and magazinesnorgy: any wild, immoderate indulgence放荡放荡2021/6/1632 Prohibitionspecially in the U.S., the period (1920-1933) of prohibition by Federal Law. 2021/6/1633Detailed study of the text (Para. 4)ndefiant: boldly resisting authority nmanifesto: a public declaration of principles, policies nGreenwich Village: section of New York City, a center for artists, writers, etc, formerly a village2021/6/1634Detailed study of the text (Para. 4) Greenwich VillageSeveral generations of writers and artists have lived and worked here.19th century: Henry James, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Stephen Craneturn of the 20th century: O. Henry, Edith Wharton, Theodore Dreiserbetween the 1920s and 1930s, John Dos Passos, Norman Rockwell, Sinclair Lewis, John Reed, Eugene O'Neill2021/6/1635Para. 4 Greenwich Villagelate 1940s and early 1950s: painters Franz Kline… ;Beat writers Jack Kerouac…the 1960s: folk musicians and poets, Bob Dylan2021/6/1636Detailed study of the text (Para. 4)nspree: overindulgence in an activity狂狂欢欢ncrash: a sudden economic failurenthe crash of the world economic structure: the Great Economic Depression (started in the U. S. in 1929)nreveler: a celebrant who shares in a noisy party; merrymaker nsober up: cause sb. to become serious,,solemn2021/6/1637Figures of speech (Para. 4), until the crash of the world economic structure at the end of the decade called the party to a halt and forced the revellers to sober up and face the problems of the new age.Metaphor (the escapists’ wild, riotous living -- a party; the escapists-- drunken revelers)2021/6/1638Para. 4 Main ideaYoung people’s escapism.2021/6/1639Detailed study of the text (Para. 5)nstalemate: a situation in which no progress can be made nthe stalemate of 1915-1916: the stalemate on the Western Front in Europe. The battle lines remained stationary for three yearsninsolence: rudeness2021/6/1640Detailed study of the text (Para. 5)insolence of Germany towards the U. S.: beginning of WWI :U.S. , a neutral nation 1915, a German submarine (U-boat) attacked a British liner, the Lusitania, killing 1,195 people(128 Americans). No sympathy for Germany; demands for war 1917 , U.S. broke off relations with Germany; soon declared war on Germany 2021/6/1641Detailed study of the text (Para. 5)nbelligerent: at war;of warnstrenuous: vigorous, zealousnjingoism: chauvinism characterized by an aggressive, threatening, warlike foreign policy 侵略主义,沙文主义侵略主义,沙文主义2021/6/1642Detailed study of the text (Para. 5)Theodore Roosevelt—西奥多西奥多·罗斯福罗斯福 (1859-1919) 26th President of the U.S. (1901-- 09) criticized for his glorification of military strength and his patriotic fervor.After the outbreak of World War I, he attacked Wilson' s neutrality policy. 2021/6/1643Detailed study of the text (Para. 5)John Dos Passos (1896--1970) American novelist Publications: Three Soldiers Manhattan Transfer U. S. A. District of Columbia 2021/6/1644Detailed study of the text (Para. 5)nturn belly up: finish, end (In fishing, a fish that floats belly up is dead.)nthe strife of 1861--65: strife: bitter conflict, the Civil War between the Northern (Federal) States and Southern (Confederate) States, which resulted in victory for the former and the abolition of slavery2021/6/1645Detailed study of the text (Para. 5)nmagnolia-scented: very sweet magnolia: a kind of flower nsoap opera: radio or television serial drama of a highly sentimental nature 2021/6/1646Detailed study of the text (Para. 5)nfracas: a noisy fight nfracas with Spain in 1898: the Spanish-American War (1898), U. S. navy sailed into the harbor of Manila and in a few hours thoroughly defeated the Spanish fleet there.ndissolve: fade; come to an end 2021/6/1647 Detailed study of the text (Para. 5)ncharge: rushnSan Juan Hill: in East Cuba, the scene of a battle in the Spanish-American warnassembly orator: public speaker notherwise: in other respects or waysncorps: army unit2021/6/1648Detailed study of the text (Para. 5)ninfantry: an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on footnmerchant marine: the vessels that helped to carry supplies and ammunitions2021/6/1649Detailed study of the text (Para. 5)nNational Guard: United States military reserves 国民自卫队国民自卫队 In peace time, used by governors to quell local disturbances In wars, absorbed into the active service of the U.S. 2021/6/1650Detailed study of the text (Para. 5)nenlist: enter the armynrecruitment: enlisting people for the army nharassed: troubled, worried nsergeant: noncommissioned officer of the fifth grade.中士中士ndraft: choosing individuals for military service 征兵2021/6/1651Detailed study of the text (Para. 5)ncraze: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal nunabated: adj. maintaining full force with no decrease2021/6/1652Para. 5 Main ideaEnlistment craze.2021/6/1653Detailed study of the text (Para. 6)nspirit of carnival: festive spirit, spirit of merrymaking2021/6/1654Detailed study of the text (Para. 6)ndissipate: disappear; break upncontingent: a temporary military unit2021/6/1655Detailed study of the text (Para. 6)nFourth-of-July: U. S. Independence Day, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, celebrated with the firing of guns and fireworks, parades, open-air meetings, and patriotic speeches.nbombast: pompous or pretentious talk or writing 浮夸的言语浮夸的言语, 高调高调 2021/6/1656Detailed study of the text (Para. 6)nFourth-of-July bombast: pompous and patriotic speeches made during the Fourth of July celebrationsnrecession: declinenoutgrow: grow too large for one’s clothesnbewildering: confusingnwhip up: rouse; excite2021/6/1657Detailed study of the text (Para. 6)nGopher Prairies: backward, undeveloped areas of the prairies prairie: a treeless grassy plain 2021/6/1658Detailed study of the text (Para. 6)ncurb: restrain, control nresume: continue noutmoded: old-fashioned nsodden: expressionless, stupid, or dull, esp. from drink2021/6/1659Detailed study of the text (Para. 6)nNapoleonic cynicism: As conqueror, Napoleon cynically rearranged the whole map of Europe. The victorious allies(协约协约国国) of World War I did the same at Versailles (the Versailles Palace in Paris: Treaty of Versailles). cynicism: a scornful attitude; a general distrust of the integrity of other people 2021/6/1660Detailed study of the text (Para. 6)nhypocritical: deceptive, just pretending to be good nsmug: self-satisfied2021/6/1661Detailed study of the text (Para. 6)nprofiteers: someone who makes much profitntension-ridden: full of tension2021/6/1662Detailed study of the text (Para. 6)nresentment: the feeling of anger or bitterness ngenteel: polite, refined 2021/6/1663Figures of speech (Para. 6)n…once the eager young men had received a good taste of twentieth- century warfare. Metaphor (real or thorough experience of --a good taste)n; they had outgrown town and families … Metaphor (their unsuitability-- growing too large for one’s clothes)2021/6/1664Para. 6 Main ideaReasons for the youths’ overthrow of the genteel standards of behavior.2021/6/1665Detailed study of the text (Para. 7)ndubious reputation: a reputation that was questionable dubious: rousing suspicionnBohemianism: the practice of an unconventional lifestyle; mainly musicians, artists, writersneccentricity: strange and unconventional behavior2021/6/1666Detailed study of the text (Para. 7)nharbor: give a home or shelter to …ninflame: arouse or excite feelings nBabbittry: narrow minded materialism低低级趣味级趣味, 市侩作风市侩作风 Babbit: George Babbitt, title character of a satirical novel by Sinclair Lewis, a smugly conventional person interested chiefly in business and social success and indifferent to cultural values2021/6/1667Detailed study of the text (Para. 7)ngentility: the quality of being polite, gentle, or gracefulnflout: be scornful; show contempt; mock at2021/6/1668Figures of speech (Para. 7)Greenwich Village set the pattern. Metonymy转喻转喻 (Greenwich Village-- the writers and artists living in Greenwich Village)hopeful young writers, their minds and pens inflamed against war, Babbittry, … Metonymy转喻转喻 (“pens”-- their writing; “Babbittry”--qualities displayed by Babbitt)2021/6/1669Para. 7 Main ideaGreenwich Village set the pattern.2021/6/1670Detailed study of the text (Para. 8)ndefy: resist; opposenconflagration: a big, destructive firenfast: living in a reckless, wild way 放纵放纵的的 nset: a group of persons sharing a common interestncountry club: a club with sporting and social facilities, set in a suburban area npulpit: preachers collectively神职人员神职人员2021/6/1671Detailed study of the text (Para. 7)nobliquely: indirectlynimplied: suggested but not directly expressed nrender: provide; give nmarble: a small ball of colored glass used as a toy 2021/6/1672Detailed study of the text (Para. 7)Belleau Wood: small forest in France; site of a battle in WWI between Germany and U.S. 2021/6/1673Detailed study of the text (Para. 8)nChateau Thierry: a town in France, a major battlefield during World War I. German occupiers were driven away.nvulgar: common; popular2021/6/1674Detailed study of the text (Para. 8)flapper: (in the 1920s) A fashionable young woman intent on enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior 2021/6/1675Detailed study of the text (Para. 8)Model T: one of the early Ford cars2021/6/1676Detailed study of the text (Para. 8)nDutch Colonial home: spacious houses following the style of Dutch Colonial architecturenFloral Heights: a residential suburb of New York 2021/6/1677Figures of speech (Para. 8 )nand to add their own little matchsticks to the conflagration… metaphor( matchsticks—misdeeds) (conflagration-- the revolt of the young) nBefore long the movement had become officially recognized by the pulpit… metonymy (pulpit -- the church)2021/6/1678Figures of speech (Para. 8 )n, it was Greenwich Village that fanned the flames. metonymy (Greenwich Village-- the young intellectuals living in Greenwich Village) metaphor (flames --revolt)nand who had suffered no real disillusionment or sense of loss, now began to imitate the manners of their elders and play with the toys of vulgar rebellion. metaphor (play with the toys--live unconventional lives) 2021/6/1679Para. 8 Main ideaUnconventionality was imitated,recognized, accepted and became common.2021/6/1680Detailed study of the text (Para. 9)navid: keenly interested nsusceptible: easily influenced; sensitive nstandardization: the imposition(强迫强迫接受接受) of standards or regulations nconventionalized: adapting to conventions 2021/6/1681Detailed study of the text (Para. 9)Rotary: 扶轮会 organization of service clubs (Rotary Clubs), founded in 1905, business and professional people, Rotary clubs throughout the world, more than 32,000 clubs, open to all persons regardless of race, color, creed, gender, or political preference, meeting in rotation at the members' places of business 2021/6/1682Detailed study of the text (Para. 9)nluncheon: a formal lunchnacute: sharpndiatribe: bitter criticism or denunciation nboobery: self-satisfied conformist市侩 ngrandiose: impressive or magnificent in appearance or style nrallying point: a point on which scattered groups can come together 2021/6/1683Detailed study of the text (Para. 9)nburden: central idea;theme nadjunct: connected or added to something ncrook: dishonest personnkeep up with the Joneses: try to get all the material things one’s neighbors have Joneses: a person's neighbors nshow the way: be an examplenglint: small flash of light 2021/6/1684Detailed study of the text (Para. 9)nremedy: something that corrects an evil, a fault, or an errornfollow suit: follow the example2021/6/1685Figures of speech (Para. 9)nAn important book … was the rallying point of sensitive persons disgusted with America. metaphor (the book--the rallying point)n--,but since the country was blind and deaf to everything save the glint and ring of the dollar, … personification2021/6/1686Figures of speech (Para. 9)n,but since the country was blind and deaf to everything save the glint and ring of the dollar, … Metaphor (America--a blind and deaf person) n,but since the country was blind and deaf to everything save the glint and ring of the dollar, … Metonymy (glint and ring of the dollar--attraction of wealth and money) 2021/6/1687Para. 9 Main ideaExpression of the intellectuals’ dissatisfaction through the book.2021/6/1688Detailed study of the text (Para. 10)ndefiant: boldly resisting authority nexpatriation: residing in a country other than the person's homelandnGertrude Stein(1874 - 1946): an American writer, most of her life in France, a catalyst in the development of modern art and literature 2021/6/1689Detailed study of the text (Para. 10)ncommon denominator: a shared characteristic;a feature in commonncynical: distrustful of human sincerity or integritynpower politics: diplomacy in which the nations threaten to use force in order to obtain their objectives nVersailles: the Treaty(和约和约) of Versailles2021/6/1690Detailed study of the text (Para. 10)nstunned: unable to act; shockednJohn Andrews: a character in Dos Passos’ first successful novel Three Soldiers (1921), highly sensitive to art and beauty but fails to succeed in life naesthete: a person who has a special appreciation of art and beauty 2021/6/1691Detailed study of the text (Para. 10)Lewis Mumford (1895--1990):American social philosopher,Technics and Civilization; The Condition of Man, The City in History2021/6/1692Detailed study of the text (Para. 10)Ezra Pound (1885--1972): American poet, critic, and translator; strongly influenced the development of modern literature, often called "the poet's poet" . Major works: Homage to Sextus Propertius 《《向赛克斯特向赛克斯特斯斯.普罗波蒂斯致敬普罗波蒂斯致敬》》 Hugh Selwyn Manberley 《《休休.赛尔温赛尔温.毛伯利毛伯利》》, Cantos 《《诗章诗章》》2021/6/1693Detailed study of the text (Para. 10)Sherwood Anderson (1876--1941), American novelist and short story writer, best known for his novel Winesburg, Ohio 《小城畸人故事集小城畸人故事集》2021/6/1694Matthew Josephson (1899--1978):New York author, post-war expatriate Zola and His Time Portrait of the Artist as American The Robber Barons Detailed study of the text (Para. 10)2021/6/1695Detailed study of the text (Para. 10)T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), English poet(born in America), critic 2021/6/1696Detailed study of the text (Para. 10)T. S. Eliot --One of the most distinguished literary figures of the 20th century, Nobel Prize in literature (1948) 2021/6/1697Detailed study of the text (Para. 10)nAntibes: a seaside resort in France favored by writers and artistsnLeft Bank: left bank of the River Seine in Paris, famous for its open-air book stalls2021/6/1698Detailed study of the text (Para. 10)nblast: intense adverse criticism nto a man: without exception ndrift: be carried along by air or water2021/6/1699Detailed study of the text (Para. 10) New EnglandnNew England: an area on the northeastern coast of the US: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut 2021/6/16100Detailed study of the text (Para. 10)tempering: hardening something by heating it2021/6/16101Para. 10 Main ideaThe young intellectuals’ expatriation in Europe.2021/6/16102Detailed study of the text (Para. 11)nlost: spiritually or physically destroyednuprooted: destroyed completelyniconoclastic: attacking established beliefs nexperimental: radically new and innovative nwrite off: cancelnsterile: unproductive2021/6/16103Detailed study of the text (Para. 11)Eugene O'Neill尤金尤金·奥尼尔奥尼尔 (1888-1953), American dramatist 2021/6/16104Detailed study of the text (Para. 11)nflay: criticize or scold mercilesslynBabbitts: smug, self-satisfied, conventional and materialistic peoplenstimulating: exciting 2021/6/16105Para. 11 Main ideaThe “lost generation’’ was never lost. They gave the nation the liveliest, freshest, most stimulating writing.2021/6/16106 352021/6/16107defiantnresisting authority nlearning to toleratencontemptiblenpainstaking2021/6/16108avidnuselessneagernsophisticatednindifferent2021/6/16109inhibitnshowncollectnpretendnrepress2021/6/16110stunnednhungrynproductivenshockedndisappointed2021/6/16111eccentricitynstrangenessnBabbitrynmaterialismnjingoism2021/6/16112rendernlendnprovide ncreatenproduce2021/6/16113revolt nA. rebellion nB. amour nC. memory nD. recollection2021/6/16114 stature nA. status nB. statue nC. station nD. stuff2021/6/16115 provincial nA. gigantic nB. narrow nC. novel nD. moral2021/6/16116transitory nA. curious nB. idealistic nC. tremendous nD. short-lived2021/6/16117 obsolescent nA. unabated nB. smug nC. outmoded nD. sodden 2021/6/16118strife nA. struggle nB. patriotism nC. recession nD. factor2021/6/16119 obliquely nA. sexually nB. reluctantly nC. internationally nD. indirectly2021/6/16120harass nA. plead nB. worry nC. fan nD. flatter2021/6/16121fad nA. feature nB. imitator nC. fashion nD. pulpit2021/6/16122 hectic nA. affluent nB. acute nC. exciting nD. naughty2021/6/16123ncrook nA. cook nB. cheat nC. cowboy nD. writer2021/6/16124curb nA. control nB. shock nC. escape nD. drift2021/6/16125sterile nA. cynical nB. sensitive nC. unproductive nD. sophisticated2021/6/16126illicit nA. legal nB. illegal nC. resistible nD. irresistible2021/6/16127aftermath nA. search nB. investigation nC. experiment nD. consequence2021/6/16128No aspect of life in the Twenties has been more commented upon and sensationally romanticized than _____. nA. the naive Fourth-of-July bombastnB. the rejection of Victorian gentilitynC. the expatriation of the true intellectualsnD. The so-called Revolt of the Younger Generation2021/6/16129 “The Sad Young Men” actually refers to ________. nA. the lost generation nB. the angry young men nC. Beat generation nD. the war profiteers2021/6/16130The Sad Young Men included a group of young intellectuals except ________. nA. Hemingway and Dos Passos nB. Rod W. Horton and Herbert W. Edwards nC. F. Scott Fitzgerald and Eugene O’Neill nD. Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot and E. E. Cummings2021/6/16131Which of the following did the Sad Young Men enjoy ? nA. the Babbitts nB. Victorian gentility nC. Bohemianism and eccentricity nD. The hypocritical do-goodism of Prohibition2021/6/16132 The slightest mention of the decade after the First World War brings nostalgic recollections to both the middle-aged and the young. FT or F?2021/6/16133 After the First World War, the United States was no longer isolated in eitherpolitics or tradition. T2021/6/16134When the war was over, the young people turned their energies in both Europe and America to the destruction of an obsolescent 19th century society. T2021/6/16135 In the twenties the young people could enjoy alcohol legally. F2021/6/16136 In 1916—1917, military service was considered a romantic occupation because the young men of college age at that time knew nothing of modern warfare. T2021/6/16137 After the young people returned home, they developed a sudden bewildering world weariness their relatives understood. F2021/6/16138 Greenwich Village set the pattern by having intellectuals flock there to pour out their new-found creative strength, to tear down the old world, to flout the morality of their grandfathers and to give all to art, love, and sensation. T2021/6/16139“Bohemian” living became a fad and was welcomed by everyone. Two moreF2021/6/16140 The true intellectuals left for Europe forever because they were not satisfied with their native country. F2021/6/16141 The “lost generation” was actually never lost. T2021/6/16142 结束语结束语若有不当之处,请指正,谢谢!若有不当之处,请指正,谢谢!。





