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<p>Journalism offered an apprenticeship to many established American novelists from the post-Civil war period to pre-World War II. Many of them engaged in different kinds of journalism, but most of them wrote articles for newspapers by filling factual gaps with fiction. In exchange, they employed conventions drawn from journalism in their fiction writing. The paper focuses on two of these canonical writers: Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos to discuss how journalism was used to keep them in a direct dialogue with contemporary issues and with the innovative techniques of the new media. This interplay between their fiction writing and journalism contributed to a redefinition of American modernism.</p>
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Journalism offered an apprenticeship to many established American novelists from the post-Civil war period to pre-World War II. Many of them engaged in different kinds of journalism, but most of them wrote articles for newspapers by filling factual gaps with fiction. In exchange, they employed conventions drawn from journalism in their fiction writing. The paper focuses on two of these canonical writers: Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos to discuss how journalism was used to keep them in a direct dialogue with contemporary issues and with the innovative techniques of the new media. This interplay between their fiction writing and journalism contributed to a redefinition of American modernism.

Fact vs Fiction: Journalism and American Modernism

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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Journalism offered an apprenticeship to many established American novelists from the post-Civil war period to pre-World War II. Many of them engaged in...

Fact vs Fiction: Journalism and American Modernism

Published Online: Dec 16, 2022

Page range: 105 - 113

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2022-0013

Keywords
American modernism, Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, journalism, newsreel, vignette

© 2022 Gabriela Tucan, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Fact vs Fiction: Journalism and American Modernism

Published Online: Dec 16, 2022

Page range: 105 - 113

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2022-0013

KeywordsAmerican modernism, Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, journalism, newsreel, vignette

© 2022 Gabriela Tucan, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
American modernism, Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, journalism, newsreel, vignette