Sarah Zama's Blog, page 5

Postwar Years (The Lost Generation #AtoZChallenge)

The Lost Generation lived their prime in the interwar years - especially the 1920s - a time that can be considered 'in-between'. They were, in fact, a perfect incarnation of it.

Others (The Lost Generation #AtoZChallenge)

It was a World War because it directly or indirectly affected nations and populations worldwide. Though less obvious than those of the Second World War, the Great War's repercussions were felt by people across the globe.

Nationalism (The Lost Generation #AtoZChallenge)

Most young people in the 1920s did feel lost, whether they had experienced war or not. They floated in a world they didn't know how to navigate. Not a few responded to the allure of the returning hero's myth. 

Mourning (The Lost Generation #AtoZChallenge)

Post-WWI society - and particularly European societies - was drenched in a culture of death. In Europe, basically, no family had remained unscathed by loss and bereavement. Coping with this became a primary need throughout the 1920s and even into the 1930s.

Literature (The Lost Generation #AtoZChallenge)

Besides the many poems and stories composed by soldiers in the trenches, a particular kind of literature became canonical after the war. The Lost Generation is the protagonist of this interwar literature with its very own characteristics. 

Kinship (The Lost Generation #AtoZChallenge)

The Great War had a weird effect on family dynamics. On the one hand, after the war, there was a desire to 'go back to normal', on the other, genre self-awareness and roles had profoundly changed. And there was also the matter of coming to terms with war-damaged bodies and minds. 

Journaling (The Lost Generation #AtoZChallenge)

The very nature of WWI produced a considerable amount of written words in letters and diaries. The diaries were often a place of self-care, sometimes published - usually by families - after the war, but frequently kept secret for decades.

Idealised Past (The Lost Generation #AtoZChallenge)

The Lost Generation's relationship with anything other than the present was, at best, weird. They distrusted the future, but their relationship with the past was even more complex.

Humanity (The Lost Generation #AtoZChallenge)

The Lost Generation expressed a new humanity because they accepted new aspirations, new roles and new ways to live.

Gender Bending (The Lost Generation #AtoZChallenge)

WWI profoundly innovated how men and women thought of themselves and of each other, yet it didn't really shake their actual social roles.