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Victorian literature Literature of the 20th century
VY_32_INOVACE_14-17 BRITISH LITERATURE V Victorian literature Literature of the 20th century
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Victorian period period of prosperity, wealth of the upper classes, worse position of workers prose – critical realists, deep social differences, objective observation Late Victorian Period: great economic crisis in 1875, before and during WWI, vast number of tendencies in literature, individual interpretations of life, pessimistic atmosphere
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Greatest representative
CHARLES DICKENS (1812 – 1870) one of the world´s most famous novelists describes the life of poor people, esp. children worked in a factory from 12 his father – debts- imprisoned later educated, became a clerk X money spoilt him
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Dickens` work ‘The Pickwick Papers’ ‘Oliver Twist’ ‘Nicholas Nickleby’
written for newspapers witty, humorous, all classes´characters, slight ironystrong satire ‘Oliver Twist’ describes a poorhouse where O.T. is brought up his destiny, inheritance happy ending Dickens` feature ‘Nicholas Nickleby’ critisizes English system of education ‘David Copperfield’ sad realistic story, autobiographical features ‘The Little Dorit’ critisizes the British state system, prisons ‘Great Expectations’ ‘A Christmas Carol’
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WIILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (1811-63)
Other authors WIILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY ( ) ‘Vanity Fair’ - many characters, no hero, mixing plots BRONTË Sisters Charlotte ( ) - novelist: ‘Jane Eyre’ - woman equal to man – shock Emily ( ) - poetry, prose Anne ( ) - prose THOMAS HARDY ( ) - pessimism, 14 novels, many stories, 900 poems ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’ ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850 – 94) from Edinburgh, advocate, ill – TBC ‘Treasure Island’ - adventurous story ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ - good and evil sides of human soul
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Drama OSCAR WILDE (1854 – 1900) return to comedy, brilliant wit, satire, amusing situations, inspired by folklore, ballads, Irish comedies: An Ideal Husband’ ‘Lady Windemere´s Fan’ ‘The Importance of Being Ernest’ Novel: ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ Fairy Tales: ‘Happy Prince’, ‘The Nightingale and The Rose’
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Between WWI and WWII RUDYARD KIPLING JOSEPH CONRAD ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
‘Jungle Book’ JOSEPH CONRAD ‘Lord Jim’ ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ JAMES JOYCE Stream of Consciousness ‘The Dublinners’ ‘Ulysses’ JOHN GALSWORTHY ‘The Forsyte Saga’
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20th century poetry poetry: W.B. YEATS T. S. ELLIOT
patriotic - heroic deeds of soldiers pessimistic – uselessness, disaster of the world W.B. YEATS T. S. ELLIOT ‘The Waste Land’
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Prose after WWII WILLIAM GOLDING H.G.WELLS SAMUEL BECKET GRAHAM GREEN
‘Lord of the Flies’ H.G.WELLS ‘Time Machine’ SAMUEL BECKET ‘Waiting for Godot’ - absurd drama GRAHAM GREEN ‘The Ministry of Fear’ ‘The Quiet American’ ANGRY YOUNG MEN 50`s Kingsley Amis ‘Lucky Jim’ J. Braine ‘Room at the Top’ J. Osborn AGATHA CHRISTIE Queen of Detective Fiction ‘Ten Little Negroes’
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Drama and wars 1856 – 1950, Irish disagreement with capitalism
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW 1856 – 1950, Irish disagreement with capitalism social feeling – social plays = criticism of the society master of spoken word = Speaker`s Corner Nobel Prize ‘Pygmalion’ (1912) – satire on high society’My Fair Lady’ ‘The Warren`s Profession’ ‘Joan of Arc’
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Present times GEORGE ORWELL J.R.R. TOLKIEN J.K.ROWLING ‘Animal Farm’
‘1984’ J.R.R. TOLKIEN ‘The Lord of the Rings’ J.K.ROWLING ‘Harry Potter’
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Thank you for your attention.
Autor DUM: Mgr. Darina Sikorová
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