During the decade of the 1920s, there was a vast outbreak of popular new forms of art and literature which became known as the Roaring twenties. In this era, many writers and artists were brimming with different emotions and were searching for a way to express them. Art and literature in the 1920s experienced rapid changes, evolved into different styles, and relieved built up emotions from World War I.
The 1920s, also referred to as the Jazz Age, was the decade of expeditious changes in the US. “American literature, mostly fiction, changed and rebelled against the old structures of the Victorian Age”(Funk and Wagnall). The elegant poetic style of the Victorian Era was superseded by a darker and more cynical style. Ernest Hemingway is a good example of how writing in America began to change. His writing style used short sentences and rough words and was sharper than
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His strong views about life was one of the many assets that set him apart from other Americans. One of the most influential writers at this time was F. Scott Fitzgerald. Two of his stories, This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby, give a sarcastic view of the upper class societies, and are known as a commentary on the American Dream and the obtaining of wealth and power. Many artists had a dark view of society in the 1920s and were troubled by the changes that were occuring. Similar to the obsession of obtaining wealth that Fitzgerald portrayed in his novels, artists believed that Americans had become too preoccupied of the idea of money and wealth. Artists and writers understood that the 1920s was an era that was very fixed on being rich. World War I also