The document discusses 20th century authors and literature. It provides an overview of major novels from authors such as George Orwell, Virginia Woolf, William Golding, Anthony Burgess, Evelyn Waugh, and Doris Lessing. It also examines the emergence of science fiction works and the roots of modern literature in the late 19th century. Key events like World War I are noted as producing shifts in attitudes towards Western civilization.

1. 20TH CENTURY AUTHORS
NOVELS &PROSE
“Animal Farm” by George Orwells
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2. HISTORY
 The roots of modern literature are in the late
nineteen century.
 The war produced major shifts in attitudes towards
Western myths of progress and civilization
 The twentieth century witnessed the emergence of
international acclaimed voices from the former
imperial dominations.
 The years leading up to World War I saw the start
of a poetic revolution.
 By the end of the century modernism had given
way to the striking pluralism of postmodernism and
postcolonialism.
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3. LITERATURE - PROSE
 RUDYARD KIPLING
 ARNOLD BENNETT
 H. G. WELLS
 SOMERSET MAUGHAM
 JAMES JOYCE
 VIRGINIA WOOLF
 WILLIAM GOLDING
 ANTHONY BURGESS
 ANGUS WILSON
 EVELYN WAUGH
 AGATHA CHRISTIE
 GEORGE ORWELL
 DORIS LESSING
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4. SCIENCE FICTION
 KINGSLEY AMIS: New Maps of Hell (1961), The
Four-Gated City (1969)
 JOHN WYNDHAM: The Day of the Triffids (1951),
The Krakan Wakes (1953)
 BRIAN ALDISS: Greybeard (1964), Barefoot in the
Head (1969)
 ARTHUR C. CLARKE: The City and the Stars
(1957), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
 WELLS, ORWELLS, BURGESS
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5. ANIMAL FARM
 Napoleon
 Snowball
 Boxer
 Squealer
 Old major
 Clover
 Moses
 Mollie
 Benjamin
 Muriel
 Mr. Jones
 Mr. Frederick
 Mr. Pilkington
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Trailer
George Orwell

6. REFERENCES
 SparkNotes Editors. (2007). SparkNote on Animal
Farm. Retrieved May 3, 2013, from
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/animalfarm/
 Stillinger, J. and Abrams, M. H. (2012). 20th century.
The Norton Anthology of English Literature.
Retrieved May 3rd, 2013, from
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/20ce
ntury/review/summary.htm
 Thornley, G.C. and Roberts, G. (2003). An Outline
of English Literature. Pearson Longman.
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7. RUDYARD KIPLING
 The Jungle Book (1894)
 Kim (1901)
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8. ARNOLD BENNETT
 The Old Wives' Tale (1908)
 Clayhanger (1910)
 Hilda Lessways (1911)
 These Twain (1916)
 Riceyman Steps (1923)
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9. H. G. WELLS
 Kipps (1905)
 The History of Mr Polly (1910)
 The Time Machine (1895)
 The War of the Worlds (1898)
 The First Men on the Moon (1901)
 Ann Veronica (1909)
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10. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
 Lisa of Lambeth (1897)
 Human Bondager (1915)
 The Moon and Sixpence (1919)
 Cakes and Ale (1930)
 Ashenden (1928)
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11. JAMES JOYCE
 Dublinerst (1914)
 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916)
 Ulysses (1922)
 Finnegan's Wake(1939)
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12. VIRGINIA WOOLF
 Mrs Dalloway (1925)
 To the Lighthouse (1927)
 Orlando (1928)
 The Waves (1931)
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13. WILLIAM GOLDING
 Lord of the Flies (1954)
 Pincher Martin (1956)
 The Spire (1964)
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14. ANTHONY BURGESS
 The Malayan Trilogy (1956-59)
 A Clockwork Orange (1962)
 The Wanting Seed (1962)
 Tremor of intent (1966)
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15. ANGUS WILSON
 The Wrong Set (1949)
 Such Darling Dodos (1950)
 Anglo Saxon Attitudes (1956)
 The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot (l958)
 No Laughing Matter (1967)
 As if by Magic (1973)
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16. EVELYN WAUGH
 Decline and Fall (1928)
 Scoop (1937)
 Brideshead Revisited (1945)
 Men at Arms (1952)
 Officers and Gentlemen (1955)
 Unconditional Surrender (1961)
 The Loved One (1948)
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17. GEORGE ORWELL
 Burmese Days (1934)
 Coming Up For Air (1939)
 Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
 Homage to Catalonia (1938)
 Animal Farm (1945)
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18. DORIS LESSING
 The Grass is Singing (1959)
 Children of Violence (1952)
 The Golden Notebook (1962)
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