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modern literature (after world war ii) lecturer: madina madiyeva plan: 1. john boynton priestley 2. archibald joseph cronin 3. modern literature (after world war ii) 4. english literature today. 5. graham greene 6. charles percy snow john boynton priestley (1894-1984) john boynton priestley was born in bradford, yorkshire in the family of a schoolmaster. he was educated in his native town, and after army service in the first world war he returned to study at trinity hall, cambridge. in 1922 he began to work in london as a reviewer, essayist and literary journalist. during the second world war he won his countrymen’s affection as a patriotic broadcaster of the bbc. john boynton priestley (1894-1984) priestley’s career as a novelist began in 1927 with the publication of “benighted”. in 1929 he published “the good companions” which was awarded the james tait black prize and was a popular success as well. his …

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gow university. after graduation from the university he started practice first in scotland and later in south wales and the west end of london. while working in south wales, cronin studies hard to receive higher medical degree. he was awarded his m.d. by the glasgow university. archibald joseph cronin (1896 - 1981) in 1930 cronin’s health broke down. being unable to practice medicine any longer, he decided to try his hand at literature. “hatter’s castle”, written in 1931 was his first novel and unassuming honesty of his work won him fame and recognition. at the age of thirty he had won a gold medal in a nation-wide competition for the best historical essay of the year. “hatter’s castle” is an extremely gloomy novel. the plot centres round the life of the brodie family. the next novel “the stars look down” (1935) marks the beginning of cronin’s most mature period. the …

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les percy snow, norman lewis, and james aldridge, who created their works in the spirit of optimism. english literature today during the 1970s and early 1980s, such writers as greene, lessing and le carre continued to produce important novels. new writers also appeared. writers of earlier times shared with their readers a common value system and sense of what was significant in human life. modern writers are creating their works in different genres and various themes. john fowler combined adventure and mystery in such novels as “the french lieutenant’s woman” (1969), margaret drabble described the complex lives of educated middle-class people in london in “the garrick years”(1964), “the middle ground”(1980) and other novels. iris murdoch’s novels are psychological studies of upper middle-class intellectuals. english literature today. the three leading english poets today are ted hughes, philip larkin, and donald davie. drama is also flourishing in today’s english literature. at the …

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ool, studied at the oxford university. in the year of graduation (1925) he published a book of poetry “babbling april”. during the next two years he married, became a journalist (eventually 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-stories writer and a playwright. graham greene(1904 - 1991) 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: “stambool train” (1932) on the orient express; “the power and the glory” (1940) in mexico; “the heart of the matter (19480 in nigeria; “the quiet american” (1956) in vietnam; “a burnt-out case (1961) in central africa; “the comedians (1966) in …

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ero 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 is seen through his eyes. in general, snow makes an impressive study of english society in the twentieth century. true to the method of modern critical realism, the writer places the representatives of different classes and social circles in the centre of his artistic attention. image1.emf image2.emf image3.emf image4.emf besides her books proclaim that justice will win and evil will be conquered. her works defend rationality and never go beyond those aspects of human nature that are our common stock. john boynton priestley (1894-1984) john boynton priestley was born …

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modern literature (after world war ii) lecturer: madina madiyeva plan: 1. john boynton priestley 2. archibald joseph cronin 3. modern literature (after world war ii) 4. english literature today. 5. graham greene 6. charles percy snow john boynton priestley (1894-1984) john boynton priestley was born in bradford, yorkshire in the family of a schoolmaster. he was educated in his native town, and after army service in the first world war he returned to study at trinity hall, cambridge. in 1922 he began to work in london as a reviewer, essayist and literary journalist. during the second world war he won his countrymen’s affection as a patriotic broadcaster of the bbc. john boynton priestley (1894-1984) priestley’s career as a novelist began …

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