The Aftermath of the World War in the Sun Also RisesThe modern literary period, which began in the 1900s and ended in the 1950, was greatly influenced by World War I and the Great Depression that followed it. These events influenced the writers' outlook on things, they filled them with feelings of disillusionment and emptiness which are ultimately reflected in their works. Modern literature often uses elements that represent the problems of their society in these troubled times. In modern literature, authors have tried to move away from traditional ideas and styles and have mainly tried to focus on bold and experimental styles of writing. The literature of this period experienced a sense of disillusionment and loss of confidence in the American dream. Literature is now more interested in the functioning of the human mind. During the post-war period, writers developed two new streams of writing: Marxism and psychoanalysis. Through psychoanalysis, writers also developed a new style of writing called stream of consciousness. The goal of this style is “to abandon chronology and attempt to imitate the moment-to-moment flow of a character's perceptions and memories” (ed. Thomas F. Hisrch, 2000, 530). Due to the war, many old ideas of an "Edenic Earth", optimism for the future and faith in the individual were no longer as relevant and used as before. Postwar writers were more skeptical than before and moving away from New England, which had been the center of American literary life. Disillusionment was a major theme seen in many novels written during this era. During the 1920s, a group called the Lost Generation writers began to attract a lot of attention. The term "the lost generation" was coined by Gertrude Stein who used ...... middle of paper ......ism. ed. Carolyn Riley, Vol. 3 Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1975. 231-243. “Ernest Hemingway.” Contemporary literary criticism. ed. Carolyn Riley, Vol. 8 Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1975. 282-293. Gerogiannis, Nicholas. “Ernest Hemingway.” Literary biographical dictionary: Writers in Paris 1920-1939. ed. Karen Lane Wood, Vol. 4 Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1980. 187-211. “Ernest Hemingway.” Magill Survey of American Literature: Third Printing. ed. Frank Magill, Vol.3 New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp., 1991. 897-904. Thomas F. Hirsch, ed. “The Moderns: 1900-1950”. Elements of Literature Fifth course: Literature of the United States. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2000. 523-536, 650-651. “The Lost Generation: American Writers of the 1920s.” Montgomery College, March 27, 2010. http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/hpolscrv/jbolhofer.html