THE ANGRY YOUNG MEN MOVEMENT AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE IDEOLOGICAL AND AESTHETIC RENEWAL OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
Keywords:
Angry Young Men, post-war Britain, English literature, social criticism, realism, class conflict, literary renewal, social inequality.Abstract
This study examines the emergence, major representatives, and literary significance of the Angry Young Men movement in post-war British literature. Particular attention is given to the works of John Osborne, Kingsley Amis, Alan Sillitoe, and John Braine. The research analyzes how these writers reflected social inequality, class divisions, and moral crisis through new types of protagonists and realistic narrative techniques. The study also evaluates the movement’s contribution to the ideological and aesthetic renewal of modern English literature.
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