5 Course practical lesson 1

The social background and its influence on English literature of the I half oh XX century

1. General description of English literature of the I half oh XX century.

2. Poetry of W.H.Auden, C.S.Lewis, and Dylan Thomas.

3. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and his “ The Lord of the Rings”.

4. Herbert G. Wells and his science fiction.

5. Life and works of W. S. Maugham.

6. John Galsworthy “The Forsyte Saga”.

7. Agatha Christie and her detective stories.

Creative Task (in written or printed form)

The English Prose at the beginning of the XX century 1910 – 1920. Life and novels of William Golding.

1. Answer questions: Which artistic trends and literary genres are characteristic of the English literature of the first part of the 20th century? What are the main features of stream of consciousness? Why was the novel “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” banned from publication? Who is the author? Which literary trends can be traced in the works of William S. Maugham? What novel made James Joyce one of the most celebrated novelists of the 20th century? What parallels did Joyce established in it? Which principles of Iris Murdoch are observable in her philosophic writings and her novels? Which features of the Angry Young Men' writings can you point out as typical of the English culture of their time? Name the representatives of the “lost generation” and their works. What English authors did existentialist ideas influence?

2. Write about William Golding’s life and works.

3. Make the analysis of William Golding’s novel “Lord of the Flies”

Practical lesson 2 Angry Young Men Writers

1. The Angry young Men

2. Works of J. Osborn. “Look back in anger”

3. K. Amis and his “Lucky Jim”

4. J. Wain “Hurry on Down”

5. H. Pinter “The Lover”, “The Homecoming”

6. John Braine “Room at the Top”

7. Doris Lessing “The Fifth Child” and other.

8. Iris Murdoch “The Green Knight” or other.

Creative Task (in written or printed form):

Create a PP Presentation about life and works of the following writers:

• G.B.Shaw

• H.G.Wells

• T.S.Eliot

• James Joyce

• Virginia Woolf

• J.R.R.Tolkien

• D.H.Lawrence

• F.Scott Fitzgerald

• Ernest Hemingway

• WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM

• JOHN GALSWORTHY

• RICHARD ALDINGTON

• AGATHA (MARY CLARISSA) CHRISTIE

• E. E. CUMMINGS

• WILLIAM FAULKNER

• TED HUGHES

• PHILIP LARKIN

• SIEGFRIED SASSOON

• WILFRED OWEN

• Robert Frost

• William Carlos Williams

• J. D. Salinger

• Sylvia Plath

• J. Osborne

• Kingsley Amis

• John Wain

• John Braine

• Doris Lessing

• Iris Murdoch

• SEAN O'CASEY

• sean o'casey

• J. M. SYNGE

• SAMUEL BECKETT

• EUDORA WELTY

• ROBERT LOWELL

Practical lesson 3 Modern English Literature

1. Ttwentieth-century English drama.

2. S. Beckett “Waiting for Godot”

3. Harold Pinter’s plays “The Guardian” and “The Independent”

4. Modern British Poetry: John Betjeman, Philip Larkin, Seamus Heaney,

5. Women’s fiction in British Literature: Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Pym, Olivia Manning. Joanne Kathleen Rowling “Harry Potter”

6. Modern waves in Literature of XXI century.

Creative Task (in written or printed form):

WRITE A REPORT USING ONE OF THE TOPICS (5-6 PAGES; 14; 1,5):

• Готична американьска література

• Готична література Англії

• Поствоєнна англійська проза

• Драматургія XX століття

• Регіональна американська література

• Література Австралії, Канади та інших англомовних країн (на прикладі найвидатніших письменників)

• Розвиток сучасної англійської літератури ХХІ століття

• Розвиток сучасної американської літератури ХХІ століття