The Times

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 430.

The culture of the second half of XX c. Contemporary culture

Anti-fascist novels by G. Orwell. Angry young people: drama of J. Osborne, novels by J. Wain, A. Sillitoe, S. Barstou. Poetry: W. Auden. Contemporary theatre: H. Pinter, T. Stoppard, P. Shaffer. Music: rock-operas and musicals of A. Lloyd Webber, classical music of B. Britten. Non-traditional architecture: R. Rogers, N. Foster and F. Hopkins, R. Erskin.

Questions

1. How did the World War II influence literature?

2. Why was a group of writers called angry young people?

3. How can you characterize modern poetry?

4. Can we watch the plays of modern English dramatists in Moscow theatres?

5. Why was the music by Britten considered new?

6. Do you like musicals?

7. Why is musical popular in every time?

8. What are the main trends in modern architecture?

The Times a British national daily newspaper, the oldest in England. It was first published (as the Daily Universal Register) in 1785 and was generally regarded as having a lot of influence on public opinion. Though politically independent, it is seen as representing the attitudes and opinions of the Establishment, and many of its readers support the Conservative Party.

The newspaper went through a difficult period in the 1970-s, when there were a number of industrial disputes involving trade unions representing workers in the printing industry A strike began in 1978 and the paper was not published for nearly a year. In 1981 Rupert Murdoch became the owner and in 1986 he moved the papers offices and printing works to a new building in Wapping, east London.

The Times is known for the extent of its news reporting, for its editorials, in which the paper's own views on issues in the news are given, for the letters from readers, for the announcements of births, deaths and marriages, and for its crossword.