What is modern English literature?

After the October Revolution, the working class stepped onto the political stage, and proletarian literature began to prosper. In addition to leisel, who writes about philanthropists in rags, there is also O 'Casey, a working-class writer (1884~ 1964). In his early years, he cooperated with the famous poet Ye Zhi (1865~ 1939) and the famous playwright Qingu john singh (1876543). He joined the * * * Production Party in 1930s, and his drama "Stars Turn Red" (1940) reflected the struggle of the Irish proletariat. In addition, the third part of Gibbon's trilogy The Scotsman's Book (Mitchell, 190 1~ 1935) is gray granite (1934). Caldwell (1908~ 1937) wrote Marxist literary works, and the miner writer Lewis Jones (1897~ 1937) wrote the autobiographical novel Our Life (1939) and

After the First World War, bourgeois modernist literature developed in poetry and novels. Thomas eliot (1888~ 1965) is a famous modern British and American poet. His Waste Land (1922) shows the illusory sense of crisis after the war with symbols and various cultural factors. "Stream of consciousness" novels appeared in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s. Ulysses by James Joyce (1882~ 184 1) and Mrs dalloway by Woolf (1882~ 194 1). Lawrence (1885~ 1930) wrote with realism, but he used psychoanalysis in Sons and Lovers (19 13) and Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928). Aldous Huxley (1894~ 1963), the grandson of the author of Evolution, wrote a "concept novel" of science fiction, showing that science will destroy the pessimistic thoughts of mankind and express the feelings of the "lost generation".

The most successful literature in the first 40 years of the 20th century was traditional realism. Besides Bernard Shaw and John Galsworthy, there are many accomplished writers and literary masterpieces. Benedict (1867~ 193 1) described the life of ordinary citizens in Balzac's works, as well as his Old Woman's Story (1908) and Clee Hahnge (19/kloc-). Mao Mu's novels (1874~l965) are set in the east and describe the lives of overseas British and local people. His Moon and Sixpence (19 19) and hundreds of short stories are both exotic and show the meanness of colonialists. A Passage to India (1924), the representative work of Forster (1870~ 1970), is also set in the East, but it highlights the differences in culture and consciousness between the East and the West. Mansfield (l888~l923), a famous female writer, is known as "Chekhov of Britain". Her novels Pigeon's Nest (1923) and Childishness (1924) and so on. Write about the misfortune of women in the dark society. Cronin (1896~) is called "Dickens of the 20th century", and his Overlooking the Stars (1935) and Castle (1937) show the sufferings and struggles of miners. Aldington's (1892~ 1962) novel Death of a Hero (1920) describes the intellectuals' despair over the imperialist war and capitalist society. In addition, there are famous novels by critic priestley (1894~ 1984) that criticize the society and sympathize with the masses, such as Angel Sidewalk (1930) and Goodbye Berlin by Yi Xiuwude (1904~).

Working-class literature, except O 'Casey's later works, is mainly achieved in Jack Lindsay's betrayed spring (1900~) and other four novels. Gwen Thomas, a talented proletarian novelist (19 13~), wrote Rebellion and Divorce (1949), which reflects the Welsh workers' movement. Lambert (1922~), a worker, wrote novels about the workers' struggle led by party member, He should live like this (1956) and No Time to Rest (1957). Sillitoe (1928~)' s A Tree on the Fire (1967) tells the story of Mao Zedong Thought believers taking part in Algerian revolutionary struggle against French liberation.

Progressive realist writers continue to contribute to exposing critical reality. Doris Lessing (19 19~), a female writer, criticized the South African colonialists in her novel Weeds Singing (1950) and her five violent children (1952~ 1969). Aldridge (19 18~)' s Diplomat (1949) and Desert Hero (1954) wrote about the upsurge of national liberation movement. Gleim Green (1904~) wrote The Silent American (1955) about the contradiction of imperialism in the Vietnam War.

After World War II, Golding (191~) wrote Lord of the Flies, and Alice Murdoch (19 19~) wrote decapitation (196655) English modernist literature is highlighted in the creation of Angry Youth. Go from bad to worse by Weiss (1954), Lucky Jim by Aymis (1954), Climbing Up by Blyth (1957), Sillitoe (1958) and Saturday Night with Burgess. Waiting for Godot (English version, 1954) written by French Irish Beckett (1906~) caused a sensation in London, and 1962 British critics published The Theatre of the Absurd, which also became popular in Britain. Its representative writer is Pinter (1930~), and his Birthday Party (1958) and The Housekeeper (1960) describe the confusion and fear of the lower class people losing their "self". Therefore, his absurd plays are also called "threat plays".

After 1970s, modernist literature declined. Trevor's Desmond's Children and Anthony Powell's Hearing the Secret Voice created typical characters and described the real life of the middle class.