In this option, the student will clearly explain the characteristics of American Modernism in literature and the significance of the movement in the American canon. In the process, he or she will choose three authors from the list below, select one work from each chosen author, and prove that the work is representative of American Modernism. Possible authors for this assignment include F. Scott Fitzgerald, T.S. Eliot, Sherwood Anderson, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, and Willa Cather