Briti kirjandus 20.-21. sajand kordamisküsimused vastustega
and "in accordance with secular, empirical rules.
10. Post WWII English Literature. The age of Fear. The philosophical novel.
Existentialism. Loneliness, impossibility of communication. Existence vs. being.
Post WWII English Literature.
Two tendencies in post WWII fiction.
1.The angry young men. John wain, kingley amis. John osborn ,,look back in anger".
· The working class novel. Alan sillitoe, david storey. John braine ,,room at the top".
· Red-brick university education, intellectuality advanced, socially mobile; wasted time in the
war-all rooms at the top taken-anger.
2.The philosophical novel. Existentsialism. Wiliam golding and iris murdoch.
Fear-economic difficulties-aid from usa.intrusion of American lifestyle and mass-culture.
Consumer society. Former values substituted by material values. Helplessness in the fae of the
bomb