The twentieth Century (1901-1945). On Queen Victoria’s death in1901 her son Edward VII succeeded to the throne and ushered in an age of flamboyant hedonism, in which the strict moral code of Victorian England began to give way to modern influences. In 1911 national insurance was introduced: all working people contributed o funds which would protect the sick and unemployed. Important Parliamentary reform also occurred. Changes in social and political lives. The WW 1. The influence of war poetry to a new literary movement – called Modernist. There points of view joined in there rejection of prewar literary tradition. Modernist trends were influenced by Impressionist and Symbolist ideas, by the poems of Gerard Hopkins, and by the ideas of the British Idealists, who were opposed to the materialism that had dominated the 19th century. Bloomsbury group of writers: Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), E.M.Forster (1879-1970), disseminated Modernist ideas. The Transformation of the British Empire into the Commonwealth. Contemporary British Writing. The major concerns of contemporary writing were the psychological and social problems. Drama is concerned the early twentieth century. Among the dramatists who established the reputation in the 1950s is John Osborne. In his plays “Angry Young Men”, “Look Back in Anger” he attacked the British class system for denying the highly educated working class person an opportunity to rise in the world. The early 20th century is dominated by Bernard Shaw’s comedy of ideas. His plays are remarkable for there entertaining exposition of social problems and far from being propaganda; they are actually quite generous to his political opponents. He also preceded the plays by prefaces which are often brilliant socio-political pamphlets, justifying and explaining the issues behind the plays. These comedies of ideas, fashioned with the intention of morally improving the audience, have not maintained their vigorous charm to the present day, but the best of them are still performed in the theatres today and seem to have stood the test of the time. His major works are “Caesar and Cleopatra”(1901), “Major Barbara”, ”Pygmalion”(1913), “Man and Superman”, “Heartbreak House” (1919), as well as more philosophical works such as “Back to Methuselah”(1921)”.
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МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ РЕСПУБЛИКИ КАЗАХСТАН КАЗАХСКИЙ НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫЙ ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ ИМЕНИИ АБАЯ
