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1452091409_63097.doc modern literature after world war ii plan: 1. general background. 2. “the angry young man”. 3. a new type of criticism – the “working-class novel” in the 20th century in english literature appeared such young writers like graham greene, charles percy snow, norman lewis, sid chaplin and james aldridge, who created their works in the spirit of optimism. they are mature writers with anti-imperialist and anti-colonial point of view. in the fifties there appeared a very interesting trend in literature the followers of which were called "the angry young men". the post-war changes had given a chance to a large number of young people from the more democratic layers of the society to receive higher education at universities. but on graduating, these students found they had no prospects in life. unemployment had increased after the war. no one was interested to learn what their ideas on life and society …

ated to the subject of man's search for identity, and the stress is not so much on political or social issues as on moral problems. the problem of identity is closely linked with one of the most influential philosophical trends of the 20,h century - existentialism. according to it man must live and make his choice, must come to terms with his own existence and the true meaning of everything around him. 1 he inlluence of existentialist ideas left a profound impression on the work of william golding and iris murdoch. writers of earlier times shared with their readers a common value system and sense of what was significant in human life. this helped to determine their choice of subjects and themes as well as their methods of expression. in contrast, the modern age has w itnessed the disintegration of a public background of belief, and it is their own …

lly joined the staff of the london "times" and converted to roman catholicism. after the publication of his first novel "the man within"( 1929) he left the "times" and became a free-lance writer and reviewer. he had a versatile talent being equally good as a novelist, essayist, short-story writer and a playwright. greene is both a prolific writer and an experienced traveler, and over the years his novels have been set in a number of exotic places. "stamboul train" (1932) is about adventures in the orient express; "the power and the glory" (1940) - in mexico; "the heart of the matter" (1948) - in nigeria; "the quiet american" (1956) - in vietnam; "a burnt-out case" (1961) - in central africa; "the comedians" (1966) - in haiti; "the honorary consul" (1973) - in argentina. two important influences on greene's writing have been his catholicism and the cinema. as a catholic, greene …

marks a new stage in the development of his talent. in "the quiet american", the author tells the truth about the war in vietnam. the book deals with the war waged by the french colonizers against the vietnamese people, who were fighting for their independence. it also presents the real nature of american diplomacy of that period. the novel conveys the idea that every nation has the right to decide its own future. besides this, the author tries to convince the reader that no man, no journalist or writer in particular, can remain neutral; sooner or later he has to take sides. , among his latest works, there are several novels: "doctor fisher of geneva or the bomb party" (1980), "monsignor quixote" (1982), "getting to know the general" (1984), "the tenth man (1985), "the captain and the enemy" (1988). besides, he wrote two volumes of autobiographies: "a sort of life" …

first group is called "novels of private experience" and includes "time of hope" (1947) and "homecomings" (1956). all the rest belong to the group of "novels of conditioned experience". the main hero of all the books is louis eliot, scientist and statesman, this is why english literary critics call them "the louis eliot sequence", in the so-called "novels of private experience"', snow describes the life of louis eliot in his youth ("time of hope") and in the middle age ("homecomings"), while in other novels the lives of his friends, relatives and acquaintances as seen through his eyes. in general. snow makes an impressive study of english society in the twentieth century. true to the method of modern realism, the writer places the representatives of different classes and social circles in the center of his artistic attention. being a scientist by profession, he managed to create convincing pictures of the relations …

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1452091409_63097.doc modern literature after world war ii plan: 1. general background. 2. “the angry young man”. 3. a new type of criticism – the “working-class novel” in the 20th century in english literature appeared such young writers like graham greene, charles percy snow, norman lewis, sid chaplin and james aldridge, who created their works in the spirit of optimism. they are mature writers with anti-imperialist and anti-colonial point of view. in the fifties there appeared a very interesting trend in literature the followers of which were called "the angry young men". the post-war changes had given a chance to a large number of young people from the more democratic layers of the society to receive higher education at universities. but …

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