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This is a lecture from our new course "English Literature of the 20th Century. Season 1" about three major British writers of the 20th century: Virginia Woolf, Rudyard Kipling and James Joyce. The lectures are given by philologist Andrey Astvatsaturov. You can listen to the entire course by subscribing to our website and in the Radio Arzamas app: https://arzamas.academy/courses/1124/... You can enter a promo code with a discount on an Arzamas subscription here: https://arzamas.academy/promo 1. Virginia Woolf How Tolstoy's student replaces the plot with a stream of the hero's experiences, and deprives the hero himself of a clear description 2. Rudyard Kipling Why you need to read the prose and poetry of an imperialist, aggressor, xenophobe and anti-Semite who invented the colonial life of Britain 3. James Joyce How an Irishman took apart the English language, getting to its foundations, and how he mixed all the languages to write a novel that no one can read Listen to the entire course: https://arzamas.academy/courses/1124/... *** Arzamas is an educational project about the history of culture https://arzamas.academy/. You can listen to our courses and podcasts in the “Radio Arzamas” app http://arzamas.academy/radio. And to stay up to date with new content, follow us on social media: Instagram: / arzamas.academy FB: / arzamas.academy VK: https://vk.com/arzamas.academy Twitter: / arzamas_academy Telegram: https://t.me/ArzamasLive