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    Lecture 9

    Plan
    1. British literature.
    2. Music of the United Kingdom.
    3. Cinema of the United Kingdom.
    4. Art of the United Kingdom.
    5. Architecture of the United Kingdom.
    1. British literature.
    Anglo-Saxon
    literature includes
    Beowulf, a national
    epic, but literature in
    Latin predominated
    among educated
    elites.
    Geoffrey Chaucer is the
    first great identifiable
    individual in English
    literature: his Canterbury
    Tales remains a popular
    14th-century work which
    readers still enjoy today.

    William Shakespeare is
    the greatest writer in the
    English language (Hamlet,
    King Lear, Macbeth, Romeo
    and Juliet)
    The English novel became a popular form in the
    18th century, with
    -Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719)
    - Samuel Richardson's Pamela (1740)
    -Henry Fielding's Tom Jones (1745).
    After a period of decline, the
    poetry of Robert Burns revived
    interest in literature.
    My heart's in the Highlands
    My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
    My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer –
    A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe;
    My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.
    Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North
    The birth place of Valour, the country of Worth;
    Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,
    The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.
    Farewell to the mountains high cover'd with
    snow;
    Farewell to the straths and green valleys below;
    Farewell to the forrests and wild-hanging woods;
    Farwell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods.
    My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
    My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer
    Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe;
    My heart's in the Highlands, whereever I go.
    In the early 19th century, the Romantic
    period showed a flowering of poetry with
    such poets as:
    - William Blake

    - John Keats

    -Lord Byron
    The Victorian period was the golden age of the realistic English novel,
    represented by

    Jane Austen -

    the Brontë sisters

    Charlotte Emily Anne

    Charles Dickens -

    William
    Thackeray –
    George Eliot
    The English novel developed in the 20th century into
    much greater variety and was greatly enriched by immigrant
    writers. It remains today the dominant English literary form.

    Other well-known novelists include:


    Arthur Conan Doyle
    D.H. Lawrence
    Mary Shelley
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    Walter Scott
    Agatha Christie
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Graham Greene
    Roald Dahl
    J.K. Rowling
    Etc…
    Agatha Christie
    Arthur Conan
    Doyle

    W. Scott

    J.R.R. Tolkien

    J.K.
    Rowling

    Mary
    Robert Louis Stevenson Shelley
    Important poets include
    - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
    - T. S. Eliot
    - Ted Hughes
    - Philip Larkin
    - John Milton
    - Alfred Tennyson
    - Rudyard Kipling
    - Alexander Pope
    2. Music of the United Kingdom.
    Composers
    William Byrd
    Thomas Tallis
    John Blow
    Henry Purcell
    Andrew Lloyd Webber
    Oliver Knussen
    John Rutter
    Joby Talbot
    David Arnold
    James MacMillan
    The United Kingdom also supports a
    number of major orchestras (e.g.the BBC
    Symphony Orchestra, the Royal
    Philharmonic Orchestra etc).
    London is one of the world's major
    centres for classical music: it is home to
    the Royal Opera House.
    The UK was one of the two main countries in
    the development of rock music, and has
    provided global acts including The Beatles, The
    Rolling Stones, The Who, Queen, Elton John,
    David Bowie, Iron Maiden, Status Quo, Van
    Morrison, Duran Duran, Sting, Phil Collins,
    George Michael, The Animals, Ozzy Osbourne,
    UB40, Annie Lennox, Bonnie Tyler, Joe Cocker,
    Depeche Mode, Roxy Music, The Jam etc.
    The Beatles
    There are various forms of electronic dance
    music including acid house, drum and bass and
    trip hop.
    Acclaimed British dance acts include
    Underworld, Orbital, Massive Attack, The
    Prodigy, Jamiroquai, Basement Jaxx, The
    Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, Groove Armada
    etc.
    3. Cinema of the United Kingdom.
    Currently the main film production
    centres are at Shepperton and
    Pinewood Studios.
    The British film industry has produced
    some of the greatest actors, directors
    and motion pictures of all time including
    Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, Laurence
    Olivier, David Niven, Michael Caine,
    Terry-Thomas, Ray Winstone, Sidney
    James and Anthony Hopkins.
    MichaelCaine Alfred Hitchcock
    David Niven (actor) (film director and
    (actor) producer)
    Hugh Laurie

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    4. Art of the United Kingdom.
    Notable visual artists from the United
    Kingdom include:
    - John Constable
    - Sir Joshua Reynolds
    - Thomas Gainsborough
    - William Blake
    - J.M.W. Turner.
    Deadham Vale. J. Constable
    Chichester canal. J.M.W. Turner.
    Gainsborough's Mr and Mrs Andrews
    In the 20th century, Francis Bacon, David
    Hockney, Bridget Riley, and the pop artists Richard
    Hamilton and Peter Blake were of note.

    More recently, the Young British Artists have


    gained some popularity, particularly Damien Hirst
    and Tracey Emin.

    Notable illustrators include Aubrey Beardsley,


    Roger Hargreaves, and Beatrix Potter.

    Notable arts institutions include the Allied Artists'


    Association, Royal College of Art, Artists' Rifles,
    Royal Society of Arts, New English Art Club, Slade
    School of Art, Royal Academy, and the Tate Gallery.
    Blake, On the Balcony
    Emin. My-Bed
    Man in a Cap. Francis Bacon.
    5. Architecture of the United Kingdom.
    The architecture of the United Kingdom has a
    long and diverse history from beyond
    Stonehenge to the designs of Norman Foster and
    the present day.
    In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a
    building or other structure officially designated as
    being of special architectural, historical or cultural
    significance.
    About half a million buildings in the UK have
    "listed" status.
    The Tower of London is a
    historic fortress and
    scheduled monument in
    central London, England,
    on the north bank of the
    River Thames.
    Caernarfon Castle
    in Wales was
    constructed at
    Caernarfon in
    Gwynedd, north-
    west Wales, by
    King Edward I of
    England, following
    his conquest of
    Gwynedd in 1283.
    St Paul's
    Cathedral is the
    Anglican
    cathedral on
    Ludgate Hill in
    the City of
    London and the
    seat of the
    Bishop of
    London. The
    present building
    dates from the
    17th century.
    The Millennium Dome, often referred to simply as The Dome, is the original
    name of a large dome-shaped building, originally used to house the Millennium
    Experience, a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of the third

    millennium . Located on the Greenwich Peninsula in South East London,


    England
    City Hall is the headquarters of
    the Greater London Authority
    (GLA) which comprises the
    Mayor of London and London
    Assembly. It is located in
    Southwark, stands on the south
    bank of the River Thames near
    Tower Bridge. Designed by
    Norman Foster, it opened in
    July 2002.
    The Forth Railway Bridge is
    a cantilever bridge over the
    Firth of Forth in the east of
    Scotland. It was opened in
    1890, and is designated as a
    Category A listed building.
    The Lloyd's building (also
    sometimes known as The
    Inside-Out Building) is the
    home of the insurance
    institution Lloyd's of
    London, and is located at
    One Lime Street, in the
    City of London, England.
    (Richard Rogers)
    The most prominent architects are the following:
    - Sir Christopher Wren (St Paul's Cathedral)
    - Robert Adam
    - Sir William Chambers
    - Joseph Paxton (the Crystal Palace)
    - Norman Foster (City Hall)
    - Richard Rogers (Millennium Dome)
    HOMETASK
     Culture of the USA
     Culture of other English-speaking
    countries

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