Презентация, доклад на тему Страноведческий материал по теме Литература Британии

writers of the world. Many people know and like his works but many facts of Shakespeare's life are still unknown.
Shakespeare wrote thirty seven plays. He cooperated with the best English theatres during twenty five years. His best and the most famous plays are “Othello”, “King Lear”, “Hamlet”, “Romeo and Juliet”.
Besides plays Shakespeare wrote a lot of poetry, which is translated into many languages and is well-known throughout the world.

English literature. In his books he showed a real world and people of Victorian England.
Charles Dickens was born in London in 1812. His father was a clerk and had eight children. When Charles was 10 years old his family was put into prison for his father’s debts. Charles had to give up the school and work. He worked at the blacking factory ten hours a day. Charles hated it and never forgot the experience. He used it in many novels, especially in “David Copperfield” and “Oliver Twist”

job in a London lawyer’s office though he didn’t like this job. When he was 16 he started to work for a newspaper. And by the age of 25 he became one of the best journalists in London.
“The Pickwick Papers” was his first great work witch made him popular. His books became very popular in many countries and he spent much time abroad. In the last years of his life he began to meet with his readers and to give public readings from his books. These meeting were very successful.

were three talented 19th century women novelists whose works are regarded as classics today. Charlotte is best known for her novel “Jane Eyre”.

in 1816. Charlotte and her sisters, Emily and Ann had a very hard life, from early childhood they knew poverty and very hard work.
Charlotte received her education at an orphanage (which she described in her novel “Jane Eyre). After that she worked as a governess and a teacher
In her works she wrote about the society she lived in and criticized it. Her first novel “The Professor” was published only after Charlotte’s death.

because his work has been transcribed, published, read and comment on since his death. He is Geoffrey Chaucer (с. 1345-1400). His best known work is “The Canterbury Tales”, a collection of tales. Chaucer is buried in Westminster Abbey.

men who wrote a famous book for children “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”.
Charles L. Dodgson was born in England in 1832. He got his early education at a public school. Then he became a student of Oxford.
The book “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” came out in 1865 and all the people who read it lake it very much. Later the book was published in the United States, in France and in Germany. The first Russian translation of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” came out in 1923.
In England the book was published very many times during the author’s life and you can always find it in the bookshops of today.