Презентация к уроку английского языка в 9 классе "Литературный тур по Великобритании"

Literary places in Britain

Урок английского языка

в 9 классе

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London

Charles Dickens (February 7, 1812 to June 9, 1870) was a British novelist, journalist, editor, illustrator and social commentator who wrote such beloved classic novels as  Oliver Twist ,  A Christmas Carol ,  Nicholas Nickleby ,  David Copperfield ,  A Tale of Two Cities  and  Great Expectations . Dickens is remembered as one of the most important and influential writers of the 19th century. Among his accomplishments, he has been lauded for providing a stark portrait of the Victorian era underclass, helping to bring about societal change. Dickens died at age 58 on June 9, 1870, at Gad’s Hill Place, his country home in Kent, England.

Oxford

C.S. Lewis, in full Clive Staples Lewis, (born November 29, 1898, Belfast,  Ireland  [now in Northern Ireland]—died), C.S. Lewis was an author, essayist and Christian apologist. He is best known for his children’s classic series of seven books –  The Chronicles of Narnia that have become classics of  fantasy  literature. In early 1963 Lewis wrote his last book,  Letters to Malcolm. C.S.Lewis died on November 22, 1963, in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Since his death, his books and influence have continued to grow. He has been rated as one of the top English writers of all time and his books have been translated into numerous languages.

Oxford

J.R.R. Tolkien is an internationally renowned fantasy writer. He is best known for authoring 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy. Born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa, J.R.R. Tolkien settled in England as a child, going on to study at Exeter College. While teaching at Oxford University, he published the popular fantasy novels  The Hobbit  and  The Lord of the Rings  trilogy. The works have had a devoted international fan base and been adapted into award-winning blockbuster films. Tolkien died in 1973 at 81.

Oxford

Lewis Carroll, pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, (born January 27, 1832, Daresbury,  Cheshire , England—died January 14, 1898,  Guildford , Surrey), English logician, mathematician, photographer, and novelist, especially remembered for  Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland  (1865) and its sequel,  Through the Looking-Glass  (1871). His poem  The Hunting of the Snark  (1876) is nonsense  literature  of the highest order. By the time of Dodgson’s death,  Alice  (taking the two volumes as a single artistic triumph) had become the most popular children’s book in England: by the time of his centenary in 1932 it was one of the most popular and perhaps the most famous in the world.

Buckinghamshire

Children's author Roald Dahl wrote the kids' classics 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,' 'Matilda,' and 'James and the Giant Peach,' among other famous works.

Roald Dahl (September 13, 1916 to November 23, 1990) was a British author who penned 19 children's books over his decades-long writing career. In 1953 he published the best-selling story collection  Someone Like You  and married actress Patricia Neal. He published the popular book  James and the Giant Peach  in 1961. In 1964 he released another highly successful work,  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , which was later adapted for two films. Over his decades-long writing career, Dahl composed 19 children’s books. Roald Dahl died on November 23, 1990, at the age of 74. 

Stratford-upon-Avon

William Shakespeare, also known as the "Bard of Avon," is often called England's national poet and considered the greatest dramatist of all time. Shakespeare's works are known throughout the world, but his personal life is shrouded in mystery. Shakespeare was born on April 26, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.  By 1599, William Shakespeare and his business partners built their own theater on the south bank of the Thames River. He wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets.William Shakespeare died on his 52nd birthday, April 23, 1616. Some of his most popular plays include: Twelfth Night, Henry V, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, Othello.

Alloway, Scotland

Robert Burns (January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796) was a Scottish poet and songwriter, who is widely regarded as the national poet of  Scotland , and the best known poet to have ever written in the Scots language. Burns wrote frequently in English making his poems accessible to a wide audience. He was a vigorous social and political critic, becoming a champion for the causes of civil and economic equity for all people. Burns has become an icon of an impoverished member of the working class. By way of his political attitudes and his championing of the working-classes, Burns was also an early pioneer of the  Romantic movement  . His influence on English and Scottish literature is far-reaching. Burns is perhaps one of the most enduringly popular and important poets of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Edinburgh

Sir Walter Scott, in full Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, (born  August  15, 1771,  Edinburgh , Scotland—died September 21, 1832,  Abbotsford ,  Roxburgh , Scotland), Scottish novelist, poet, historian, and biographer who is often considered both the inventor and the greatest practitioner of the  historical novel . Many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of  Scottish literature . Famous titles include  Ivanhoe ,  Rob Roy ,  Old Mortality ,  The Lady of the Lake ,  Waverley ,  The Heart of Midlothian  and  The Bride of Lammermoor .

Edinburgh

Born on November 13, 1850, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Robert Louis Stevenson traveled often, and his global wanderings lent themselves well to his brand of fiction. Stevenson developed a desire to write early in life, having no interest in the family business of lighthouse engineering. He was often abroad, usually for health reasons, and his journeys led to some of his early literary works. Publishing his first volume at the age of 28, Stevenson became a literary celebrity during his life when works such as  Treasure Island, Kidnapped , and  Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde  were released to eager audiences. He died in Samoa in 1894.

Edinburgh

On May 22, 1859, Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1890 his novel,  A Study in Scarlet , introduced the character of Detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle would go on to write 60 stories about Sherlock Holmes and his loyal assistant Watson. He also strove to spread his Spiritualism faith through a series of books that were written from 1918 to 1926. Doyle died of a heart attack in Crowborough, England on July 7, 1930.

Edinburgh

Joanne Rowling (born July 31, 1965), who goes by the pen name J.K. Rowling, is a British author and screenwriter best known for her seven-book  Harry Potter  children's book series. J.K. Rowling was living in Edinburgh, Scotland, and struggling to get by as a single mom before her first book,  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,  was published. The children's fantasy novel became an international hit and Rowling became an international literary sensation in 1999 when the first three installments of  Harry Potter  took over the top three slots of  The New York Times  best-seller list after achieving similar success in her native United Kingdom. .

The series has sold more than 450 million copies and was adapted into a blockbuster film franchise. Rowling published the novel  The Casual Vacancy  in 2012, followed by the crime novel  Cuckoo Calling  under the pen name Robert Galbraith in 2013. In 2016, she released a play,  Harry Potter and the Cursed Child , and a movie,  Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them