The novel “Animal Farm” by the English writer and publicist George Orwell is a type of allegorical prose that creates an interesting image of society and of the state through abundant multivoiced characters. It is today one of the most interesting and popular works in the world...

In 1983, the famous English writer William Golding was awarded the Nobel Prize. He gained literary fame thanks to his novel "Lord of the Flies," which warned of the dangers of fascism. Allegories here give a general idea of the world and of time, and are philosophical in nature.

The young poet talks about writing, education, literature textbooks, and many other things...

A convergence of art and reality is remarkable in the Swedish literature of the 1920s. The influence of Henri Barbusse's literary magazine "Clarté" was of great importance, and modernist moods appeared in literature...

Cinematography and literature – they are as close to each other, as it are far apart. They tell about space and time, light and color in all details, but also often change their languages, creating a mysterious and new world...

Among the Cuban prose writers of the first half of the 20th century were Carlos Loveira, Alfonso Hernández-Catá, and Alejo Carpentier. Poetry collections and series were characterized by the desire of freedom and by the influence of folk art. At the end of the 20s, Nicolás Guillén was famous. His poetry volume "Motives de son" is full of rhythms of folk songs and dances.

French writer, journalist and revolutionary Henri Barbusse received literary fame thanks to his novel "Fire," which is dedicated to the revolutionization of mass consciousness...
 

Antonio Machado is a representative of the Generation of '98. The birth of his first collection of poems, "Loneliness," coincided with the publication of the collection “Sad Melodies” by outstanding Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez. The poetic world of Machado is quite peculiar. Along with deep personal experiences and doubts, he presents numerous questions that reflect his fears about the present and the future. Also, the nature of his homeland and melodic forms of expression are found in his poetry.

American prose writer, poet, playwright Gertrude Stein put literary text into a new course, presented reality with a new image, and created interesting strokes of portrait, thus opening a new page in the vast world literature.

Modern Armenian literature is very multicolored. Literary works of various qualities are written, and readers must be very talented to make a choice. What makes modern literature to stand out? How is it possible to reach readers' hearts?

Polish literature underwent significant changes in the 20s of the 20th century. Futurists who were against grammatical and orthographic rules came to be considered innovative. There was the literary group called "Skamander." Władysław Broniewski and Julian Tuwim were considered the best poets, while Leon Kruczkowski, Maria Dąbrowska and Witold Gombrowicz, the best prose writers...

This episode is dedicated to the outstanding German novelist Erich Maria Remark. He had an unusual fate. When he was a 17-year-old boy who had just graduated from high school, he went to the front and was wounded five times. After the war, he worked as a teacher in a province and then moved to Berlin. After the death of his mother, Remark took her name as his second name. To meet everyday needs, he was ready for any job. Teacher, racer, worker in the field of trade, editor, journalist – these are specialties that are reflected in the images of his characters.

Nowadays, many books are published that are sold and given as presents. But very few of them are read. What is the secret? Writer, cultural journalist and literary critic Karine Rafayelyan answers this and other similar questions.

Argentinian novelist, playwright, translator, and poet Julio Cortázar is loved in his homeland, but he is now translated and read in the entire world. The reason is the thirst for freedom in his literature, and he devoted many of his works to this. Using the element of fantasy, he has made the reality of novels more interesting...

The Austrian writer Rainer Maria Rilke has left a great impact on world literature. His poetic series, letters, and articles are a rich research material for literary critics and art historians.  The books of the world's greatest lyrical poet continue being republished not only in his homeland, but also abroad.

The broadcast is dedicated to the renowned Spanish poet and playwright Rafael Alberti, who recalls his entrance into literature in this way: “We entered into poetry in hard and unquiet times. We should have discovered a new world in order to find there the reality that would remind us of nothing…”

Danish literature of the first half of the 20th century is multi-layered, varied, and interesting. It is presented by numerous talented writers who depict in their works the fate of freedom-loving peoples...

What is literature for today’s youth, what do they read today? We’re talking on this topic with Hasmik Yeritsyan, Master's student at the Russian-Armenian University, Andrey Voznesensky scholarship owner.

The book "In Search of Lost Time" by the French novelist, essayist, and representative of modernism Marcel Proust is considered one of the most important novels of the 20th century. The writer lived in an era when social changes shook Europe. In this novel, written during this period, the writer is not interested in historical or political events, but in the time with conscious flow and in the imaginary world that tries to get its memory back.

Life in Latin America  in the early 20th century is characterized by the economic, political and spiritual conquest policy of the USA against Latin American peoples, which could not but be reflected in literature, especially in anti-imperialist novels of this period. Such literature created in Latin American countries is not deficient in national characteristics and thematic and language manifestations. In the first place, Mexican folk poetry is noteworthy: coplas (quatrains) and cancions (songs), with their mostly revolutionary themes, had a great influence on the further development of Mexican poetry...