James Joyce (1882-1941)

•Born on February 2, 1882 in Ireland. •Educated at Clongowes Wood College and Belvedere College (1893-1897) •In 1902, went to Paris, worked as a journalist, teacher and other occupations. •Married Nora Barnacle in 1931. •Best-known for use of language and new literary methods •Works: 

            + Ulysses(1922)

            + Dubliners

            + A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man (1916)

             + Finnegans Wake (1939)

             + Work in Progress

• George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) •Born in Ireland, grow up in England. •1876: moved to London, became a prominent member of the Fabian Society. •His aim: creates new points of view and ways of looking at audiences and the society they live in. •Like to show the opposite of what audiences expect.(Arms and The Man)

• Work: • Caesar and Cleopatra (1901) •Major Barbara (1905) •Candida (1898) •Man and Superman (1903) •Saint Joan (1923) •Pygmalion(1912) -the most popular • Graham Greene (1904-1991) •Born on 20th October, 1904 in Berkhamsted. •An English author, playwright and literary critic. •1910: attended Berkhamsted school. •1927: married Vivien, had 2 children •Died on 3 April, 1991 •Style:  not a specifically literary style, functional words, realistic prose, cinematic visual sense •Setting: Mexico, West Africa, Vietnam, Cuba, Haiti and Argentina. • Work: •The Man Within (1929) •Stamboul Train(1932)-successful •The Ministry of Fear •The Power and The Glory •The Quiet American •The Third Man (1949) •