The purpose of this course is to encourage students to gain an awareness of‚ and insight into‚ the evolution of modern English literature. Students will become acquainted with writers‚ poets and playwrights such as Thomas Hardy‚ William Somerset Maugham‚ Oscar Wilde‚ George Bernard Shaw‚ Virginia Woolf‚ George Orwell‚ Henry Williamson‚ John Betjeman‚ Ted Hughes‚ Charles Causley‚ Samuel Beckett‚ Laurie Lee‚ Agatha Christie and John Le Carré. Connexions with socio-political factors will also be explored
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On the other hand‚ some researches show that many people can create something only when their life is full of hardships and difficulties. Many writers devoted their works to description of creative people’s life. Among them are William Somerset Maugham‚ Kazuo Ishiguro‚ Mary Shelly and Ernest Hemingway. To my mind this fact proves that the fate of creative persons has interested people since long ago. To watch how the above mentioned writers reflected the fate of creative people in literature we
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Reasons for Decline in Reading Habit W. Somerset Maugham said‚ “To acquire the habitof reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost allmiseriesof life.” Reading habithas been a great help in developing knowledge. But today‚ in an age when browsing thenet‚ playing with funky handsets and passing non-stop SMS seem to be the order of the day. The internet boom‚ interactive medium of images‚ TV and thesilver screen fillingthe minds of the modern youth‚ taking majority of their free time
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Charles Strickland One of the best novels by William Somerset Maugham can be considered the novel “The Moon and Sixpence”‚ which describes the fate of a strange creative personality and a great artist at the same time Charles Strickland‚ the prototype of a famous artist of 19th century Paul Gaughen. His talent and genius were recognized only after his death and his work became his posthumous monument commemorating the artist’s extravagance and greatness at the same time. His character‚ views
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British Cuisine Foreigners often say that food in Britain is uninteresting and plain‚ noting fancy‚ it lacks originality and excellence. But British food is not as bad as some people think. There are many enjoyable dishes which can please even a demanding eater. A characteristic feature of British food is the high quality of the ingredients and the simplicity of the way in which they are used. British food is greatly influenced by local agricultural conditions and depends on geography and climate
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Jane Austen is often regarded as the greatest of English women novelists on the strength of her six completed novels. Noted particularly for their sparkling social comedy & accurate vision of human relationships‚ they are still as widely read today all over the world as they have ever been. It goes without saying that “Pride & Prejudice” is the most famous & ever-popular one. To begin with‚ I’d like to stress the point‚ that this particular novel is mainly about people’s relationships
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DANCING written by Susan Hill. The author is known as a British short story writer‚ novelist‚ playwright and critic. Her novels include The Woman in Black‚ The Mist in the Mirror and I’m the King of the Castle for which she received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1971. The extract describes the feelings of guilt and confusion of the main character Esme Fanshow after her mother’s death. The basic theme is the consequence of the attitude of a despotic mother to her caring but infantile daughter after
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Success Story By James Gould Cozzens I met Richards ten years or more ago when I first went down to Cuba. He was a short‚ sharp-faced‚ agreeable chap‚ then about twenty-two. He introduced himself to me on the boat and I was surprised to find that Panamerica Steel & Structure was sending us both to the same job. Richards was from some not very good state university engineering school. Being the same age myself‚ and just out of tech‚ I was prepared to patronize him if I needed to; but I soon saw I
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UNIVERSITY OF ASIA PACIFIC DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH ENG 105 INTRODUCTION TO PROSE Topic: Analyzing short story’s setting. Submitted To: Niger Afroz Islam Lecturer Department of English University of Asia Pacific‚ Dhaka. Submitted By: Nafis Kamal Reg. No.: 13116003 First Year First Semester Department of English University of Asia Pacific‚ Dhaka. Date of Submission: July 31‚ 2013 Analyzing short story’s setting. Definition of the Short Story: The short story is a piece of art
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Face. C. Hare 14. Caged. L.E. Reeve 15. The TV Blackout. Art Buchwald 16. Then in Triumph. Frank L. Parke 17. The Verger. W.S. Maugham 18. A Lion’s Skin. W.S. Maugham 19. Footprints in the Jungle. W.S. Maugham 20. The Ant and the Grasshopper. W.S. Maugham 21. The Happy Man. W.S. Maugham 22. The Escape. W.S. Maugham 23. Mr. Know-All. W.S. Maugham 24. Art for Heart’s Sake. R. Goldberg 25. Wager with Destiny. E.Z. Gatti Lost in the Post A. Philips Ainsley‚ a post-office
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