1. British writers of 20 century
Made by: Anastasiia Gepolova & Daria Bogomazova

2. Plan. Introduction. Famous writers of XX century and their books.
Questionnaire.
Conclusion

3. Introduction.
Well hello everyone! Today we are going to talk about Britain writers of 20 century and their books. Also we are going to show our opinion about them. And in conclusion we are going to choose the best of writers according to our classmates.

4. Modern
Prerequisites: Freud and Bergson's theories; World War I; attempts of a compromise between mature romanticism and naturalism, between an ideal image of the person and the person real.
Features: pessimistic world view, formation of myths.

5. Joseph Conrad Name at the birth: Józef Theodor Conrad Kozhenyovsky
Date of birth:
December
Birthplace:
Berdichev,
Kiev province,
Russian Empire
Date of death:
August (66 years)
Death place:
Bishopsborn,
England
Kind of activity:
prose writer

7. Thomas Stearns Eliot T. S. Eliot Date of birth: September 26, 1888
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Date of death: January 4, 1965 (76 years)
Death place: London, Great Britain
Kind of activity: playwright, poet, critic
Direction: modernism
Genre: poetry

9. Virginia Woolf Name at the birth: Adelina Virginia Stephen
Date of birth: January 25, 1882
Birthplace: London
Date of death: On March 28, 1941 (59 years)
Death place: Lewis, Sussex
Nationality: Great Britain
Kind of activity: prose writer, essayist, literary critic
Years of creativity: 1904 — 1941

11. Clive Steyplz Lewis Date of birth: On November 29 1898 Birthplace:
Belfast, Northern Ireland, British Empire
Date of death:
On November (64 years)
Death place:
Oxford, England, Great Britain
Nationality (citizenship):
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Kind of activity:
Writer, philologist, thinker, theologian, storyteller
Genre:
fantasy, science fiction, Christian apologetics

13. Joanne Rowling
Date of birth:
On July 31, 1965 (49 years)
Birthplace:
Gloucestershire, England
Nationality (citizenship):
Great Britain
Kind of activity:
prose writer
Years of creativity:
with 1997
Genre:
fantasy, tragicomedy, criminal novel

15. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Date of birth:
January 3, 1892
Birthplace:
Bloemfontein
Date of death:
On September 2, 1973 (81 years)
Death place:
Bournemouth
Kind of activity:
prose writer, poet, linguist, philologist, translator
Direction:
Fantasy
Genre:
Children's literature, fantasy, translation, literary criticism, poetry

17. Agatha Christie Date of birth: September 15, 1890 Birthplace:
Torquay (Great Britain)
Date of death:
On January 12, 1976 (85 years)
Death place:
Wallingford (Oxfordshire, Great Britain)
Kind of activity:
prose writer, playwright
Years of creativity:
1920 – 1976
Direction:
fiction
Genre:
detective story, adventure novel, spy novel, autobiography

19. Realism
Prerequisites : World War I, mass unemployment, fascist moods, threat of the new world conflict, philosophy of a decadence and modernist style.. Features: connection of high book pathos with colloquial style, popular speech; use of dramaturgic receptions; a gusty expression, detective motives in a plot.
Genres: anti-war social and psychological novel, novel anti-Utopia, satirical novel, novel detective story, poem, novel jazz.

20. George Orwell Date of birth: June 25, 1903 Birthplace:
Motikhari, British India
Date of death:
On January (46 years)
Death place:
London, Great Britain
Kind of activity:
writer, publicist
Years of creativity:
1935 — 1950

22. Aldous Huxley Date of birth: July 26, 1894 Birthplace:
Godalming, Surrey, England, Great Britain
Date of death:
On November 22, 1963 (69 years)
Death place:
Los Angeles, USA
Kind of activity:
prose writer

24. William Gerald Golding
Date of birth:
September 19, 1911
Birthplace:
Saint-Kolamb Maynor
Cornwall, Great Britain
Date of death:
On June 19, 1993 (81 years)
Death place:
Perranauortal
Kind of activity:
prose writer

27. Hope, you liked our presentation, and you had a desire to get acquainted with works of these writers. Many thanks for attention!