20th century authors

Short description of 20th century British authors.

1. 20TH CENTURY AUTHORS NOVELS &PROSE “Animal Farm ” by George Orwells Lisbeth Mora

2. history The roots of modern literature are in the late nineteen century. The war produced major shifts in attitudes towards Western myths of progress and civilization The twentieth century witnessed the emergence of international acclaimed voices from the former imperial dominations. The years leading up to World War I saw the start of a poetic revolution. By the end of the century modernism had given way to the striking pluralism of postmodernism and postcolonialism . Lisbeth Mora

3. Literature - prose RUDYARD KIPLING ARNOLD BENNETT H. G. WELLS SOMERSET MAUGHAM JAMES JOYCE VIRGINIA WOOLF WILLIAM GOLDING ANTHONY BURGESS ANGUS WILSON EVELYN WAUGH AGATHA CHRISTIE GEORGE ORWELL DORIS LESSING Lisbeth Mora

4. SCIENCE FICTION KINGSLEY AMIS: New Maps of Hell (1961), The Four-Gated City (1969) JOHN WYNDHAM: The Day of the Triffids (1951), The Krakan Wakes (1953) BRIAN ALDISS: Greybeard (1964), Barefoot in the Head (1969) ARTHUR C. CLARKE: The City and the Stars (1957), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) WELLS, ORWELLS, BURGESS Lisbeth Mora

5. ANIMAL FARM Napoleon Snowball Boxer Squealer Old major Clover Moses Mollie Benjamin Muriel Mr. Jones Mr. Frederick Mr. Pilkington Lisbeth Mora Trailer George Orwell

6. references SparkNotes Editors. (2007). SparkNote on Animal Farm. Retrieved May 3, 2013, from http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/animalfarm/ Stillinger , J. and Abrams, M. H. (2012). 20 th century. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Retrieved May 3 rd , 2013, from http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/20century/review/summary.htm Thornley , G.C. and Roberts, G. (2003). An Outline of English Literature. Pearson Longman . Lisbeth Mora

7. RUDYARD KIPLING The Jungle Book (1894) Kim (1901) Lisbeth Mora

8. ARNOLD BENNETT The Old Wives' Tale (1908) Clayhanger (1910) Hilda Lessways (1911) These Twain (1916 ) Riceyman Steps (1923) Lisbeth Mora

9. H. G. WELLS Kipps (1905) The History of Mr Polly (1910) The Time Machine (1895) The War of the Worlds (1898) The First Men on the Moon (1901) Ann Veronica (1909) Lisbeth Mora

10. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Lisa of Lambeth (1897) Human Bondager (1915) The Moon and Sixpence (1919 ) Cakes and Ale (1930) Ashenden (1928) Lisbeth Mora

11. JAMES JOYCE Dublinerst (1914 ) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) Ulysses (1922) Finnegan's Wake(1939) Lisbeth Mora

12. VIRGINIA WOOLF Mrs Dalloway (1925) To the Lighthouse (1927) Orlando (1928) The Waves (1931) Lisbeth Mora

13. WILLIAM GOLDING Lord of the Flies (1954) Pincher Martin (1956) The Spire (1964) Lisbeth Mora

14. ANTHONY BURGESS The Malayan Trilogy (1956-59) A Clockwork Orange (1962) The Wanting Seed (1962) Tremor of intent (1966) Lisbeth Mora

15. ANGUS WILSON The Wrong Set (1949) Such Darling Dodos (1950) Anglo­ Saxon Attitudes (1956) The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot (l958) No Laughing Matter (1967) As if by Magic (1973) Lisbeth Mora

16. EVELYN WAUGH Decline and Fall (1928 ) Scoop (1937 ) Brideshead Revisited (1945 ) Men at Arms (1952) Officers and Gentlemen (1955) Unconditional Surrender (1961) The Loved One (1948) Lisbeth Mora

17. GEORGE ORWELL Burmese Days (1934) Coming Up For Air (1939) Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) Homage to Catalonia (1938) Animal Farm (1945) Lisbeth Mora

18. DORIS LESSING The Grass is Singing (1959) Children of Violence (1952) The Golden Notebook (1962) Lisbeth Mora