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THE OUTLINE OF THE BRITISH LITERATURE AND SOME REPRESENTATIVES (from 19 th century up to now)

THE OUTLINE OF THE BRITISH LITERATURE AND SOME REPRESENTATIVES (from 19 th century up to now). Pavla Krtilová C4B. ROMANTI C ISM (1780-1832). a time of great technical inventions and Industrial revolution , workers as well as children are subject to inhuman explotation

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THE OUTLINE OF THE BRITISH LITERATURE AND SOME REPRESENTATIVES (from 19 th century up to now)

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  1. THE OUTLINE OF THE BRITISH LITERATURE AND SOME REPRESENTATIVES(from 19th century up to now) Pavla Krtilová C4B

  2. ROMANTICISM (1780-1832) • a time of great technical inventions and Industrial revolution, workers as well as children are subject to inhuman explotation • return to nature, mainly about freedom, love, nature, brave men, history, mystery, exotic countries • writers wanted to express feelings and emotions • heroes are usually social outcasts (murderers, prostitutes …) and the story takes place on a lonely mysterious places like cemeteries or castles • origin of gothic novel – horror and romance together (Mary Shelley -Frankenstein)

  3. POETS OF ROMANTICISM Lake Poets • William Wordsworth ,Samuel T. Coleridge • “Lyrical Ballads” inspired by lake District • authors who admired British nature and wrote lyrical poems Poets of the period • Lord George Gordon Byron • Percy Bysshe Shelley • John Keats

  4. PROSE WRITERS OF ROMANTICISM Sir Walter Scott from Scotland • romantic prose writer • “the father of historical novel” • Ivanhoe – set in the medieval age of knights under the rule of Richard the Lion Heart Jane Austen • romantic prose writer • born in poor family, 6 brothers and 1 sister, never married, died young • the domestic novel – dealing with family life • Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Jane Eyre…

  5. VICTORIAN LITERATURE – REALISM (19TH CENTURY) • “ Victorian realism” • description and critics of British society • social novel – the major type of works Obr.1.: (12.3.2014),Dostupné z http://qvj.chadwyck.com/marketing.do

  6. Charles Dickens • a representative of critical realism • he depicted the life of the poor in 19th century (orphans..) • used his own experiences from his childhood and life • Oliver Twist- about a young orphan, without a family, who band together with robbers, it was one of the first social novels in 19th century • David Copperfield William Makepeace Thackeray • Vanity Fair

  7. Robert Louis Stevenson • adventurous novels (Treasure Island, The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde) Lewis Carroll • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Oscar Wilde • famous dramatist of Victorian Era • born in Dublin, homosexual, alcoholic, prisoner • novel The picture of Dorian Gray • ironic conversational drama The Importance of Being Earnest

  8. 20TH CENTURY • influenced by two world wars, various allies, revolutions, economic achievements...

  9. PROSE George Orwell • born in India, educated in England • inspirited by the poorest parts of London • Animal Farm (mean to satirize the politics os the Soviet Union), 1984 (anti-utopian novel) Agatha Christie • “Queen of Detective fiction” • about 100 detective stories, novels and plays • she gave life to Ms Jane Marple, HerculePoirot… • The death on Nile, Murder in the Orient Express Francis Conan Doyle • Sherlock Holmes

  10. J.R.R. Tolkien • fantasy writer • inspirited in old German and Celtic myths • Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings C.S.Lewis • Chronicles of Narnia Rudyard Kipling • Jungle Book John Galsworthy • Saga of Forsyte – trilogy about wealthy family J.K. Rowling • Harry Potter

  11. JamesJoyce • an Irish novelist and poetofmodernism • short-story collectionDubliners,novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man  Virginia Wolf • anEnglishwriterofmodernism • novelsMrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando

  12. DRAMA George Bernard Shaw • a writer and a philosopher • Pygmalion – about two different social classes Obr.2.:(12.3.2014), Dostupné z: http://www.chemainustheatrefestival.ca/season_lady_history.html

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