Modern Mag May 2014 | Page 4

hort iction Modernist Fiction is a rejection of 19th-century traditions and of their consensus between author and reader. The period created many new writing styles because of the desire need to write something new and different to express their emotions more clearly. Modernist Fiction was the first and foremost a deep-root reaction against the Victorian culture and aesthetic. Group of writers and thinkers known as the Lost Generation became synonymous with Modernism. The group of authors and philosophers, include F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.