English LiteratureWhich authors/books do you know?

Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

Hamlet

Macbeth

Julius Caesar

Twelfth Night

What others?

Shakespeare’s influence today

BALCONY SCENE

Romeo and Juliet 1996 trailer

Romeo and Juliet 2013 trailer

Not only Romeo and Juliet

Jane Austen (18th century)

Pride and Prejudice

Sense and Sensibility

Emma

Lived 1775 - 1817

Strong female leads who questioned society’s role for them

Pride and Prejudice

Like Romeo and Juliet, it has been remade into movies time after time

Themes that never go out of style: status in society, love, following your heart…

Pride and prejudice trailer

The Brontë sisters (19th century)

Charlotte, Anne, Emily

Gave voice to female characters in the first –person. “I, me, we, us” etc. Independent passionate women.

Oscar Wilde (Victorian era)

Irish playwright , poet and prose writer

Follower of aestheticism.

He wrote comedies and articles that criticized society in a fun way

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Portrait of Dorian Grey (novel),

The Canterville Ghost, The Happy Prince

( short stories)

Lord of the Flies“Infamous” book among students – all students are required to read it

Written in 1954 by William Golding

Tells the story of a group of children that find themselves on a deserted island after a plane crash

Argues that human nature is essentially evil

Controversial book!

George Orwell (20th century)

Animal Farm: Tells the story of farm animals who take over their human owners and establish an “equal society”. It is an allegory – critiques communism. (Babe, the brave pig?)

1984: Distopian novel of 1949, showing the manipulation of society, totalitarism and against independent thought “Big brother is watching you” ( V for Vendetta?)

George Orwell was very interested in Spain, fought in the International Brigade on the side of the Republic during the Civil War. Wrote Homage to Catalonia, about his experience in Spain during the Civil War