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Nguyen Thi Dao
Do Hong Nhung
Dinh Thi Du
Dao Thi Hoa Sim
Chu Thi Len
Hoang Quynh Trang
Phan Thi Hoa
Bui Thi Giang
Phan Thi Oanh
Pham Thi Kim Oanh
Hoang Thi Hien
Nguyen Thi Tham
Doan Thi Ha
Tran Thi Sen
Ly Anh Ngoc
Nong Phuong Hong
Vi Thi Khanh Tuyet
Nguyen Phuong Linh
Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong
Nguyen Thi Hoi
Three parts of our presentation
I. History and literature in the 20th century
II. The novelist: Joseph Conrad
III. The novelist: Arthur Conan Doyle

Social background
The British faced 2 far bigger wars, World War I (1914-1918) and World War II (1939-1945) in which she was a major participant.
The wars killed a dozen of millions of people in Europe and Britain had to suffer heavy losses of human lives and property.

The world wars’ influence to Britain
Social background
By this time, the United States, also her former colony had become the strongest economic and military power of what was called the capitalist block, and Britain had to accept her second porition behind the U.S.
 All of events influenced to the literature in 20th century
Characteristics of this age
The Darwin’s theory about man’s origin made the society anxious.This leg to pessimism trend in literature
Writers shift of focus.
The explosion in the kind and trend of the novel.
The introduction of the short story ,a new genes of fiction
The short story is a novel in miniature .It has all the elements of a novel but in a smaller proportion.
It has a plot
It has fewer characters
It has a climax
Characteristics of the short story
Characteristics of the short story
It has a theme ,which is a truth about life that the author wants to reveal to the reader.
Its value lies in the writing techniques employed by the author to achieve the aim of a short story
It also has a setting which is on a limited scope in terms of time and space.
Joseph Conrad
(1857-1924)
His life
and
His
contribution
Writer’s biography

Joseph Conrad(1857- 1924) was a Polish-born British novelist
His father was a novelist and traslator English and French literature
His mother dided when he was eight years old
Writer’s biography


After his father’s death, he lived in his uncle’s house
He worked as a sailor and then captain on British ship
In 1886, he became a Bristish subject.
His contribution to British literature
In 1894, Conrad gave up the sea and decided on a literary career
In 1895, he produced his first novel in English “ Almayer’s Folly”
He is ragarded as one of the greatest novelists in English , though he did not speak the language fluently
Moods of the sea and life of a seaman provided the setting for many of his novels
After somer intinal difficulties with the language which sometimes appeared in his early works,Conrad achieved great success as an English writer with his:
+ Lard Jim (1990)
+ Youth(1902)
+ Typhoon(1903)
+The secret Agent( 1907)
+ Chance(1914)
+ Victory(1915)
His contribution to British literature
Honour and loyatly are much praised virtues in his books
Conrad’s novels express depression, self-doubt and pessimism
His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced many authors
Films have been adapted from or inspried by Conrad’s works.
His contribution to British literature
The novelist: Arthur Conan Doyle
His life and
his novels
His famous works
Canon of Sherlock Holmes:
A study in scarlet(1887)
The adventure of Sherlock Holmes(1892)
The Case book of Sherlock Holmes(1927)
Challenger storier:
The lost world(1912)
The Poisen Beld(1913)
Personal experiences
Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh Scotland.
He is now referred to as “Conan Doyle” the origin of his compound surname is uncertain.
He was sent to the Roman catholic Jesuit prepartory school Hodder place. Stony hurstat the age nice.
In 1875 he left the school, he had rejected Christianity to became an agnostic.
From 1876 to 1881 he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. While studying he also began writing short stories.
Following his term at university he was employed as a ship’s doctor on the SS Mayumba.
He completed his doctorate in 1885.
In 1885 he married Lousia Hourkins .After his wife’s death, he married Jean Elizabeth.
He died of a heart attack age 71 on 7 July, 1930
Personal experiences
His famous works
Historical novels:
+Micah Clark (1888)
+The white company (1891)
+Sir Nigel (1906)
Other works:
+The Mystery of Cloomber (1889)
+The film of Girdlestone (1890)
+Beyond the City (1892 )
His contribution to British literature
He is famous for “Sherlock Holmes”, a major initiative in the mystery novels.
The novels of his works include science fiction...so many cultutal influences from him, especially mystery novels.
Thanks for your attention!