Тематические викторины позволяют получить дополнительные сведения по теме, проверить умение учащихся пользоваться рекомендованной литературой самостоятельно. Тематическая викторина на тему"Британские писатели" имеет учебно-воспитательную направленность, ориентирует учащихся на информацию, имеющую образовательную ценность. Поиск ответов дает возможность учащимся получить более полное представление о литературе страны изучаемого языка.Британская литература вызывает большой интерес учащихся. Приключенческая литература знакома школьникам с начальных классов, а экранизации произведений современных британских авторов побуждают их читать эти романы и повести. Викторина способствует воспитанию общелингвистического интереса учащихся.
Викторина ”What? Where?
When?”
Quiz № 3
Famous British writers
Identify these famous British
writers, events and places
During the First World War he served with the Red
Cross and in the ambulance corps, before being recruited
in 1916 into the British Secret Intelligence Service, for
which he worked in Switzerland and Russia before
the October Revolution of 1917. In 1916, he travelled to
the Pacific to research his novel The Moon and Sixpence,
based on the life of Paul Gauguin. This was the first of his
journeys through the late-Imperial world of the 1920s and
1930s which inspired his novels. He became known as a
writer who portrayed the last days of colonialism in India,
Southeast Asia
Identify these famous British
writers, events and places
She is an English writer. She is known for her 66
detective novels and 14 short story collections,
particularly those revolving around her fictional
detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Christie also
wrote the world's longest-running play, a murder
mystery, The Mousetrap, and six romances under the
name Mary Westmacott.
Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie
Identify these famous British
writers, events and places
She was an English novelist known primarily for her six major
novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the
British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's
plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the
pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her
works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the
18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century
literary realism.
With the publications of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and
Prejudice 813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she
achieved success as a published writer.
Identify these famous British
writers, events and places
He was an English writer and humourist, best known
for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889).
Other works include the essay collections Idle
Thoughts of an Idle Fellow(1886) and Second Thoughts of
an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel
to Three Men in a Boat, and several other novels.
Identify these famous British
writers, events and places
A futurist he wrote a number of utopian works and foresaw
the advent of airplanes, tanks, space travel, nuclear weapons,
satellite television and something resembling the world wide
web His science fiction imagined time travel, alien invasion,
invisibility, and biological engineering. Brian Aldiss eferred to
Wells as the "Shakespeare of science fiction”. His most
notable science fiction works include The Time
Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The
Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898). He
was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.
Identify these famous British
writers, events and places
He was a British novelist and author. He is known for
his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic
portrait of English society.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Identify these famous British
writers, events and places
He wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded
himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not
published until 1898. Initially, therefore, he gained fame
as the author of such novels as Far from the Madding
Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of
the d'Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895).
During his lifetime, Hardy's poetry was acclaimed by
younger poets (particularly the Georgians) who viewed
him as a mentor. His works were listed in the top 50 on
the BBC's survey The Big Read.
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron
Tennyson
Identify these famous British
writers, events and places
He was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much
of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular
British poets.
Tennyson excelled at penning short lyrics, such as "Break,
Break, Break", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, Idle
Tears", and "Crossing the Bar". Much of his verse was based
on classical mythological themes, such as Ulysses, although "In
Memoriam A.H.H." was written to commemorate his friend Arthur
Hallam, after he died of a stroke at the age of 22. Tennyson also
wrote some notable blank verse including Idylls of the King,
"Ulysses", and "Tithonus".
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron
Tennyson
Identify these famous British
writers, events and places
He was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely
regarded as the greatest writer in the English
language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is
often called England's national poet and the "Bard of
Avon. His extant works, including collaborations, consist
of approximately 39 plays, 154 sonnets, two
long narrative poems and a few other verses, some of
uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into
every major living language and are performed more
often than those of any other playwright.
References
• https://en.wikipedia.org
Викторина What Where When Quiz3 British writers.pptx
