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BRITISH LITERATURE V

VY_32_INOVACE_14-17. BRITISH LITERATURE V. Victorian literature Literature of the 20th century. Victorian period. 1837 - 1875 period of prosperity, wealth of the upper classes , worse position of workers

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BRITISH LITERATURE V

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  1. VY_32_INOVACE_14-17 BRITISH LITERATURE V Victorianliterature Literatureofthe 20th century

  2. Victorian period 1837 - 1875 • period of prosperity, wealthoftheupperclasses, worsepositionofworkers • prose – criticalrealists, deepsocialdifferences, objectiveobservation • LateVictorian Period: • greateconomic crisis in 1875, beforeandduring WWI, vastnumberoftendencies in literature, individualinterpretationsoflife, pessimisticatmosphere

  3. Greatest representative • CHARLES DICKENS (1812 – 1870) • oneoftheworld´s most famousnovelists • describesthelifeofpoorpeople, esp. children • worked in a factoryfrom 12 • his father – debts- imprisoned • latereducated, became a clerk X money spoilthim

  4. Charles Dickens Autor: Neznámý, Název: Collier's Dickens Charles.png Zdroj: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Collier%27s_Dickens_Charles.png

  5. Dickens` work • ‘ThePickwickPapers’ • writtenfornewspapers • witty, humorous, allclasses´characters, slight ironystrongsatire • ‘Oliver Twist’ • describes a poorhousewhere O.T. isbroughtup • 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’

  6. Other authors WIILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (1811-63) ‘Vanity Fair’ - many characters, no hero, mixingplots BRONTË Sisters Charlotte (1816-55) - novelist: ‘Jane Eyre’ - womanequal to man – shock Emily(1818-49) - poetry, prose Anne(1820-49) - prose THOMAS HARDY (1840-1928) - 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

  7. Drama • OSCAR WILDE(1854 – 1900) • return to comedy, brilliantwit, satire, amusingsituations, inspired by folklore, ballads, Irish • comedies: • AnIdealHusband’ • ‘Lady Windemere´s Fan’ • ‘TheImportanceofBeing Ernest’ • Novel: • ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ • Fairy Tales: • ‘Happy Prince’, ‘TheNightingaleandThe Rose’

  8. Oscar Wilde Autor: Napoleon Sarony, Název: Oscar Wilde.jpg Zdroj: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oscar_Wilde.jpg

  9. RUDYARD KIPLING ‘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’ Between WWI and WWII

  10. 20th century poetry • poetry: • patriotic - heroic deeds of soldiers • pessimistic – uselessness, disaster of the world • W.B. YEATS • T. S. ELLIOT • ‘The Waste Land’

  11. WILLIAM GOLDING ‘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’ Prose after WWII

  12. Dramaandwars GEORGE BERNARD SHAW 1856 – 1950, Irish • disagreementwithcapitalism • socialfeeling – socialplays = criticismofthe society • master ofspokenword = Speaker`s Corner • Nobel Prize • ‘Pygmalion’(1912) – satire on high society’My Fair Lady’ • ‘The Warren`sProfession’ • ‘Joan of Arc’

  13. George Bernard Shaw Autor: Neznámý, Název: George Bernard Shaw - 1889.jpg Zdroj: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Bernard_Shaw_-_1889.jpg

  14. Present times • GEORGE ORWELL • ‘Animal Farm’ • ‘1984’ • J.R.R. TOLKIEN • ‘The Lord of the Rings’ • J.K.ROWLING • ‘Harry Potter’

  15. Thank you for your attention. Autor DUM: Mgr. DarinaSikorová

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