International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature
Features of the Twentieth-Century Novel
Dr.Ibrahim Yekini, Dr.Franck MOUSTAPHA,Dr.Hergie A.Seguedeme
Universited'Abomey-Calavi
Copyright :Dr.Ibrahim Yekini, Dr.Franck MOUSTAPHA,Dr.Hergie A.Seguedeme, Features of the Twentieth-Century Novel International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature
Abstract
This paper highlights the new mission of novelists in the twentieth century in Europe, sheds more light on the break with entertainment and storytelling of the nineteenth century and analyses the new subject matters of the twentieth century. English authors who may be divided into three generations according to literary periods; the period before 1920, the period between the two World Wars and the period after the World War II.