LITERATURE XXth CENTURY James Joyce James Joyce 2

LITERATURE XXth CENTURY

James Joyce

James Joyce • 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941 • One of the most influential writers of the 20 th century • Major works: - Ulysses - Dubliners (1914) - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) - Finnegans Wake (1939) • Complete oeuvre: - three books of poetry - a play - occasional journalism - published letters

James Joyce • Middle class family in Dublin • Student at the Jesuit schools and University College Dublin • He lived in Trieste, Paris and Zurich • Joyce's fictional universe does not extend beyond Dublin • His characters were closely resemble family members, enemies and friends. • . "For myself, I always write about Dublin, because if I can get to the heart of Dublin I can get to the heart of all the cities of the world. In the particular is contained the universal. "

DH Lawrence

DH Lawrence • (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) • English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter. • His works represent an extended reflection of the effects of industrialization. • His opinions earned him many enemies. • When he died, people thought he had wasted his talent. • E. M. Forster changed that view of him. • Lawrence is now valued as a significant representative of modernism in English literature.

Lawrence is perhaps best known for his novels: Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love Lady Chatterley's Lover.

Huxley

Huxley • (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) • English writer. • One of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. • Best known for his novels and essays. • He lived in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death. • Was a humanist, pacifist, and satirist. • He was interested in spiritual subjects.

• His most famous novel: • Brave New World • Others: • Point Counter Point • After Many a Summer

George Orwell

George Orwell • (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) • English novelist and journalist. • His work is marked by: - Intelligence and wit. - Deep conscience of social injustice. - Intense opposition to totalitarianism. - Passion for clarity in language. - A belief in democratic socialism. • The 20 th century's best chronicler of English culture.

George Orwell • Wrote literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. • Some of his works: - Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) - Animal Farm (1945) • The Times ranked him second on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945“ • His influence on popular and political culture endures.

B. Shaw

B. Shaw • • • (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) Irish playwright. A co-founder of the London School of Economics. Drama as main talent. He examined education, marriage, religion, government, health care, and class privilege. • He was angered by the exploitation of the working class. • He was active in local politics for a short time.

B. Shaw • He is the only person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize in Literature (1925) and an Oscar (1938). • He wanted to refuse his Nobel Prize because he had no desire for public honors. • His wife considered the Nobel Prize as a tribute to Ireland, so he accepted it. • He reject the monetary award, requesting it be used to finance translation of Swedish books into English.

HG Wells

HG Wells • (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) • English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. • Other genres: - contemporary novels - history - politics and social commentary - rules for war games • "The Father of Science Fiction".

• The most famous science fiction novels : • The Time Machine, • The Island of Doctor Moreau, • The Invisible Man, • The War of the Worlds, • When the Sleeper Wakes, • The First Men in the Moon

HG Wells • Wells's earliest training was in biology, and his thinking on Darwinian context. • He was also from an early date a socialist, often sympathizing with pacifist views. • His later works became increasingly political and didactic. • Many of his novels had nothing to do with science fiction. • His work sometimes led Wells to be successor to Charles Dickens.

HG Wells • Wells wrote abundantly about the "New Woman”. • Wells expressed himself through his drawings and sketches. • During his marriage to Amy Catherine, he wrote a considerable number of pictures, many of them being overt comments on their marriage.