Group two: Nguyen Thi Dao Do Hong Nhung Dinh Thi Du Dao Thi Hoa Sim Chu Thi Len Hoang Quynh Trang Phan Thi Hoa Bui Thi Giang Phan Thi Oanh Pham Thi Kim Oanh Hoang Thi Hien Nguyen Thi Tham Doan Thi Ha Tran Thi Sen Ly Anh Ngoc Nong Phuong Hong Vi Thi Khanh Tuyet Nguyen Phuong Linh Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong Nguyen Thi Hoi Three parts of our presentation I. History and literature in the 20 th century II. The novelist: Joseph Conrad III. The novelist: Arthur Conan Doyle Social background Characteristics Social background The British faced 2 far bigger wars, World War I (1914-1918) and World War II (1939- 1945) in which she was a major participant. The wars killed a dozen of millions of people in Europe and Britain had to suffer heavy losses of human lives and property. The world wars’ influence to Britain Social background • By this time, the United States, also her former colony had become the strongest economic and military power of what was called the capitalist block, and Britain had to accept her second porition behind the U.S.  All of events influenced to the literature in 20th century Characteristics of this age • The Darwin’s theory about man’s origin made the society anxious.This leg to pessimism trend in literature • Writers shift of focus. • The explosion in the kind and trend of the novel. • The introduction of the short story ,a new genes of fiction • The short story is a novel in miniature .It has all the elements of a novel but in a smaller proportion. • It has a plot • It has fewer characters • It has a climax Characteristics of the short story Characteristics of the short story • It has a theme ,which is a truth about life that the author wants to reveal to the reader. • Its value lies in the writing techniques employed by the author to achieve the aim of a short story • It also has a setting which is on a limited scope in terms of time and space. . Thi Giang Phan Thi Oanh Pham Thi Kim Oanh Hoang Thi Hien Nguyen Thi Tham Doan Thi Ha Tran Thi Sen Ly Anh Ngoc Nong Phuong Hong Vi Thi Khanh Tuyet Nguyen Phuong. Anh Ngoc Nong Phuong Hong Vi Thi Khanh Tuyet Nguyen Phuong Linh Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong Nguyen Thi Hoi Three parts of our presentation I. History and literature