Andijan state university faculty of foreign languages

CONTENTS
I.INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………5
II.MAIN PART…………………………………………………………..7
1. English Literature at the turn of the 20th century…………………….7
2. Arnold Bennett and his literary life…………………………………..20
3. Depiction of provencial life in the novel Anna of The Five Towns…………………………………………………………………....25
III.CONCLUSION……………………………………………………..28
IV. BIBLIOGRAPHY………………………………………………….30

Introduction
The interest, raised recently towards English language, the development of international relations on different levels has reasoned the desire to learn as much as possible about the country where this language originated as well as about its culture.
The literature is that magic key that opens the door of cognition of many sphere of human knowledge. It helps us to learn some interesting facts about history, to know more about people's life in other countries. Sometimes, while reading a book, we can analyse actions of its' characters and it helps us to draw some certain conclusion. That's why I find studying foreign literature is not only interesting, but also very useful.
The theme of my course paper is American and English literature in 20th century.
First of all what is literature? The word itself connected to words like “letter”. It means any form of communication which is written down.
But we use the word to describe a certain kind of writing, a certain category of written communication.
Another way of defining literature is to limit it to "great books", books that, whatever their subject is, are outstanding for literary form or expression.
One of the things we think literature is different from other kinds of writing is that it has many meanings close to it, so that we may interpret a piece of literature. There are often some layers of meaning; or, we have to read between the lines to get to the true meaning of a poem or a play. Twentieth century English literature is remarkable for a great diversity of artistic values and artistic methods.

The aims of my course paper are:

· To research American and English literature in the 20th century;
· To find information about Arnold Bennett;
· To compare characters in the novel Anna of The Five Towns.
The structure of my course paper is the following:
· Contents
· Introduction
· Main part
· Conclusion
· Bibliography
The theoretical value of my course paper is the research that can be helpful for the students who are interested in literature.