English Literature: Georgian & Post Modern Period
The Georgian Period (1910-1939):
The Georgian Period usually refers to the reign of George V (1910–1936).
The Postmodern Period (1939–Present):
The Postmodern Period begins about the time when World War II ended. Many believe it is a direct response to modernism.
People of The Georgian Period & The Postmodern Period and Their Works:
Name of the Person | Title and Pen Name | Notable Works |
Adolf Hitler (1889 – 1945) | আত্মজীবনীমূলক গ্রন্থ: Mein Kampf (My Struggle)
তার বিখ্যাত উক্তি: যুদ্ধই জীবন, যুদ্ধই সার্বজনীন। |
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Allen Ginsberg (1926 – 1997) | বিখ্যাত কবিতা: September on Jessore Road | |
Alexander Campbell (1788 – 1866) | Book: The Heart of India | |
Arundhati Roy (1961 – Present) | Books:
a) The God of Small Things (Novel) b) Field Notes on Democracy |
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Alice Munro (1931 – Present) | The Love of a Good Woman বইয়ের একটি ছোট গল্প হল My Mother’s Dream। | |
Amitav Ghosh (1956 – Present) | Novels:
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Aldous Huxley (1894 – 1963) | Novels:
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Amartya Sen (1933 – Present) | Books:
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Aravind Adiga (1974 – Present) | Novels: The White Tiger | |
Albert Camus (1913 – 1960) | Famous Books:
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Mohammad Ayub Khan (1907 – 1974) | Books: Friends Not Masters: A Political Autobiography | |
Anita Desai (1937 – Present) | Works:
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Anne Frank (1929 – 1945) | Works: The Diary of a Young Girl | |
Barack Obama (1961 – Present) | Works:
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Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970) | Works:
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Babul Chowdhury | Works: Innocent Millions | |
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880 – 1932) | Sultana’s Dream (এটি ইংরেজীতে লেখা তাঁর একমাত্র উপন্যাস) | |
Chinua Achebe (1930 – 2013) |
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Novels:
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Colonel Gaddafi (1942 – 2011) | Book: The Green Book | |
Dan Brown (1964 – Present) | Bestselling novels:
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David Emile Durkheim (1858 – 1917) | Book: Suicide: A Study in Sociology | |
Doris Lessing (1919 -2013) | Famous Novels:
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D.H. Lawrence (1885 – 1930) | Full Name: David Herbert Lawrence | Famous Novels:
Famous short stories:
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ড. সুনীতিকুমার চট্টোপাধ্যায় (1890 – 1977) | বিখ্যাত ভাষা বিষয়ক গ্রন্থ: The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language (ODBL) | |
ড. আকবর আলী খান (1944 – Present) | Famous Book:
Gresham’s Law Syndrome and Beyond: An Analysis of the Bangladesh Bureaucracy |
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E.M. Milford | Books: The Field of Embroidered Quilt | |
E.M. Forster (1879 -1970) | Full Name: Edward Morgan Forster | Famous Essay: My Wood
Famous Books:
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Ernesto Che Guevara (1928 – 1967) | বিখ্যাত গ্রন্থ: Guerrilla Warfare | |
Ernest
Hemingway (1899 – 1961) |
Famous short-story book: In our Time.
Novels:
Short Story:
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Eugene O’Neill (1888 – 1953) | Plays:
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Francis Fukuyama (1952 – Present) | Book:
The End of the History and the Last Man |
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Fidel Castro (1926 – 2016) | Famous Books:
বঙ্গবন্ধু সম্পর্কে ফিদেল ক্যাস্ট্রো বলেছেন: “I Have not seen the Himalayas. But I have seen Sheikh Mujib. In personality and in courage, this man is the Himalayas. I have thus had the experience of witnessing the Himalayas.” |
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Fyodor
Dostoevsky (Russian) (1821 – 1881) |
Famous Novels:
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Florence Nightingale (1820 -1910) | Title: Lady with the Lamp | |
Gunnar Myrdal (1898 – 1987) | Famous Book: Asian drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations | |
Gunter Grass (1927 – 2015) | Novels:
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927 – 2014) | Novels:
উক্তি: “They were so close to each other that they preferred death to separation.” |
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George Orwell (1903 – 1950) | Famous Novels:
Famous essay: “Shooting an Elephant” |