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Department of English Name: Gohil Devikaba J Roll no.: 05 Paper no.: 09 Paper Name: The Modernist Literature Topic name: Selected terms: 1) The Theatre of the Absurd 2) The Campus Novel 3) Angry Young Men E-mail ID: [email protected] Submitted to: M.K.B.U
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Department of English Name: Gohil Devikaba JRoll no.: 05 Paper no.: 09Paper Name: The Modernist LiteratureTopic name: Selected terms: 1) The Theatre of the Absurd 2) The Campus Novel 3) Angry Young MenE-mail ID: [email protected] to: M.K.B.U
Selected Terms:
1.The Theatre of the Absur
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2.The Campus Novel
3.The Angry young Men
1) The Theatre of the Absurd:
Characteristics
Actions are futile – no goal
State of hopeless
ness
Man as center of universe
Language- break down
Speech doesn’t
make any sense
Illogical situation
s
Identity Crisis and Existentialism:
Well known Names:
Martin Esslin
Samuel Beckett
Eugene Ionesco
Jean Genet
Harold Pinter
Albert Camus
Jean Paul
Sartre
2) The Campus Novel:
This term is also known as ‘The University novel’.
It is mainly a British genre.And it deals with university life.These novels reflects an anxiety in
universities about the fate of the humanities, the ethics of research and funding and the politics of appointments.
Well known Names:
Kingsley Amis David Lodge
Malcolm Brandbury Antony Burgess
Tom Sharpe William Golding
3) Angry Young Men:
This term is used to describe 1950s group of writers mainly dramatists and novelists.
These group of writers were unhappy with the cultural distinctions.
They were against elitism of England, social inequality and injustice of the state.
Well known Names:
John Osborne Philip Larkin
John Wain John Braine
Alan Sillitoe Terence Rattigan
