Cat in the Rain

by Ernest Hemingway

Cat in the Rain: Genre 1 key example

Genre
Explanation and Analysis:

“The Cat in the Rain” is a short story in the Modernist literary genre. Modernist literature emerged in the 20th century as writers became disillusioned with the modern, industrialized world around them—plagued, as it was, by inequality and war—and decided to publish books that captured this sense of alienation. While much Modernist literature focuses on the lives of poor and working-class people directly affected by class stratification, some authors like Hemingway also investigated the ways that middle-class people experienced alienation as well.