英美国家概况Unit 8 Literature.pptVIP

Geoffrey Chaucer, father of English literature 19th Century English Language Literature Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes is a brilliant London-based “consulting detective”, famous for his intellectual prowess, skilful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning and forensic skills to solve difficult cases H. G. Wells referred to as “The Father of Science Fiction”, invented a number of themes that are now classic in the science fiction genre coined the term “time machine” Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Matthew Arnold heavily influenced by the Romantics, but also went off in its own directions. particularly notable was the development of the dramatic monologue Ireland Dion Boucicault George Bernard Shaw Oscar Wilde Wales Anglo-Welsh literature is a term used to describe works written in the English language by Welsh writers Dylan Thomas Scotland Scottish literature in the 19th century, following the example of Walter Scott, tended to produce novels that did not reflect the realities of life in that period. Robert Louis Stevenson English Language Literature Since 1900 Thomas Hardy The author of the classic novels Tess of the d’Urbervilles Rudyard Kipling a highly versatile writer of novels, short stories and poems that were often based on his experiences in British India English Language Literature Since 1900 James Joyce Ulysses, arguably the most important work of Modernist literature, referred to as “a demonstration and summation of the entire movement” D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley’s Lover 1928 Sons and Lovers 1913 The Rainbow 1915 Women in Love 1920 English Language Literature Since 1900 E. M. Forster A Passage to India 1924 A Room with a View Howards End Aldous Huxley futuristic novel Brave New World 1932, anticipates developments in reproductive technology and sleep-learning that combine to change society English Lang