English writers. Мартемьянова Н.В. - 25 стр.

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10.Place in literature
3     Explain in your own words the significance of these items to Charles
Dickens’ life.
Sketches by Boz
the Evening Chronicle
The Posthumous Papers of the Pikwick Club
Household Words
All the Year Round
Victorian Society
Oliver Twist
David Copperfield

4 Which of the words below describe Charles Dickens?
Writer                       curious                    clever
poet                         talanted                   successful
energetic
leader                       modern                     generous
bachelor                     imaginative                mean
author                       sympathetic                cruel
5    Make the plan of the text.
6    What have you learnt about Charles Dickens from the text?Tell the class.

UNIT V
                                   OSCAR WILDE
                                    (1854 - 1900)
Pre-reading Task
Before reading the whole text, skim the following paragraphs and answer the
questions below.
Paragraph 1
Besides writing what was Oscar Wilde famous for?
Paragraph 2
What was Wilde’s origin?
Paragraph 3
Where did Oscar Wilde study?
Paragraph 4
Which books did he write in 1888 - 1892?
Paragraph 5
Where is Oscar Wilde’s tomb?
OSCAR WILDE
    Though Oscar Wilde is known today primarily as a playwright and as the author of
The Picture of Dorian Gray(1891) - his only novel - he also wrote poetry, fairy tales,
essays and criticism, all of which express his aesthetic approach to life and art.Indeed,
he was the most popular spokesman in the late XIXth century advocating the doctrine