1. Twentieth Century Literature

2. Aspects of the Twentieth Century Literature 1- Two World Wars : economic depression, severity of life. 2- Questioning the traditional values of Western civilization. 3- Traditional literary forms were rejected. 4- New kinds of experiences were portrayed.

3. The Early Twentieth Century 1- Drama: including William Butler Yeats and George Bernard Shaw. 2-Poetry: including William Butler Yeats and D. H. Lawrence. 3- Novel: including Henry James and Joseph Conrad.

4. The Postwar Era to the Present 1- Focusing on aesthetic or social problems rather than political problems. 2- Expressing deep dissatisfaction with British society.

5. Twentieth Century Fiction Heroic Age of the modern novel: Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, and E.M Forster.

6. Main influences on the changes in attitudes and techniques 1- a change from public values to novelists’ personal notions of values. 2- New view of time; a change from chronological orders of moments to the flow in the consciousness of the characters. 3- New notion of the nature of consciousness.

7. For further detailed information please check the following links and book: http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/ent ertainment/english-literature-the-early- twentieth-century.html http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/ent ertainment/english-literature-the-early- twentieth-century.html http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/ent ertainment/english-literature-the-postwar- era-to-present.html http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/ent ertainment/english-literature-the-postwar- era-to-present.html Abrams M.H. ed. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 6 th ed. Vol. 2. pp. 1687- 1688.