Презентация по основам страноведения Великие писатели и поэты Великобритании

British writers William Shakespeare (1564- 1616) English poet and playwright. Famous works include ”Macbeth”, “Romeo and Juliet”, “Merchant of Venice” and ”Hamlet” George Orwell (1903 – 1950) English author. Famous works include ”Animal Farm”, and ”1984”. Both stark warnings about the dangers of totalitarian states. J.R.R. Tolkien (1892 – 1973) Best selling English author who wrote the ”Lord of the Rings”, “The Hobbit” and ”The Silmarillion”. Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) English writer and social critic. Best known works include novels such as ”Oliver Twist”, ”David Copperfield” and ”A Christmas Carol”. Jane Austen (1775 – 1817) English author who wrote romantic fiction combined with social realism. Her novels include: ”Sense and Sensibility” (1811), ”Pride and Prejudice” (1813) and ”Emma” (1816). Virginia Woolf (1882 – 1941)English modernist writer, member of Bloomsbury group. Famous novels include: ”Mrs Dalloway” (1925), ”To the Lighthouse” (1927) and ”Orlando” (1928) Agatha Christie (1890 – 1976) British crime writer. Many of books focused on series featuring detectives “Poirot” and “Mrs Marple”. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930) Author of historical novels and plays. But, famous for his short stories about Sherlock Holmes, such as ”The Hound of the Baskervilles”. J.K.Rowling (1965 – ) British author of the Harry Potter Series – one of best selling books of all time. C.S. Lewis (1898 – 1963) Irish / English author, best known for ”The Chronicles of Narnia”, a children’s fantasy series. Also well known as a Christian apologist. Roald Dahl (1916 – 1990)English author, best known for his children’s books, such as “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”, “James and The Giant Peach” and ”The BFG” Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)Oxford mathematician and author. Famous for ”Alice in Wonderland”, “Through the Looking Glass”, and poems like ”The Snark”. John Keats (1795 – 1821) English Romantic Poet, best known for his Odes, such as “Ode to a Nightingale”, “Endymion”. William Blake (1757 –1827) English romantic poet, wrote ”Songs of Innocence” and “Songs of Experience”. William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850)English romantic poet from Lake District, many poems related to natures, such as his “Lyrical Ballads”. Lord Byron (1788 – 1824) English romantic poet. Works include “Don Juan”. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 – 1834) English romantic poet. Author of ”The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and ”Kublai Khan”. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 – 1822) English romantic poet. Famous works include “Queen Mab” and ”Prometheus Unbound” Geoffrey Chaucer (1343 – 1400) Considered the Father of English Literature. Best known for “Canterbury Tales”