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Social Problems in the Comedy “Pygmalion” by B. Shaw THE MINISTRY OF HIGHER AND SECONDARY SPECIAL EDUCATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN THE UZBEK STATE WORLD LANGUAGES UNIVERSITY II ENGLISH PHILOLOGY FACULTY WORLD LITERATURE AND THEORY OF LITERATURE DEPARTMENT QUALIFICATION PAPER on the theme: Social problems in the comedy “Pygmalion” by B. Shaw Written by the student of The 4 th course group 439 B Khudayberdiyeva Saniyam __________________ Scientific supervisor: BagdagulyantsE.G ________________ This qualification paper is admitted to defense by the head of the department protocol № _____of _____________ 2011 TASHKENT 2011 3 Content: I. Introduction…………………………………………………………3-5 II. Main part……………………………………………………………6-59 Chapter I. The genres of literature ……………………………………6-19 1.1 Genres in literature and their usage …………………………………6-14 1.2 Comedy genre in literature ………………………………………….14-19 Chapter II Bernard Shaw as an English writer ………………………...20-36 2.1 The creation of the writer ……………………………………….20-33 2.2 The origin of the comedy “Pygmalion” by Shaw ……………….33-36 Chapter III The analysis of the comedy “Pygmalion” …………………37-59 3.1 The plot of the comedy …………………………………………...37-41 3.2 The main characteristics to the heroes of the comedy ……………41-46 3.3 Social problems described in the comedy “Pygmalion” ………….46-59 III. Conclusion…………………………………………………………..60-61 IV/ Used Literature…………………………………………………….62-64 4 I. Introduction This Qualification paper is devoted to the analysis of Bernard Shaw’s comedy “Pygmalion” The theme of this Qualification paper is “ Social problems in the comedy “Pygmalion” by B. Shaw”. The actuality of the Qualification Paper is that after the Independence great importance is attached to the study and teaching of foreign languages as our President I.A.Karimov said “The right to receive education is given to all irrespective of sex, language, age, race, nationality, politics, region, social origin, occupation class, social status, place of residence or length of residence in the Republic of Uzbekistan, and we should prepare in our country in the shortest time the methods of intensive foreign language learning based on our national peculiarities” 1. While learning any foreign language we should study lexicology, grammar, phonetics, stylistics, history of that language and of course literature. The aim of this qualification paper is to give analysis about social problems in Bernard Shaw’s comedy “Pygmalion”. Comparative and analytical methods have been used in this qualification paper . The subject matter of this given qualification paper is to analyse the characters and dialogues about the social problems depicted in Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw The object of this qualification paper is the comedy “Pygmalion” by Bernard Shaw and different books about English literature. According to the general aim there put forward the following tasks: 1) to learn the genres in literature . 2) to introduce with Bernard Show’s life and his works. 3) to analyse the main characters in “Pygmalion” 1 I.Karimov ”Harmoniously developed generation is the basis of progress of Uzbekistan”.Tashkent.Sharq.1997.p56 5 4) to show the depiction of social life in the comedy “Pygmalion” by Bernard Shaw . The theoretical value of this work is that we’ve given a lot of theoretical information about the literary genres and analysis of depiction of social life in the comedy “Pygmalion”. The practical value of this research is that the material and the results of the given qualification paper can serve as the material for theoretical courses of English literature as well as can be used for practical lessons in translation, literature, conversational practice. The novelty of the present work is representing the most important information about Bernard Shaw’s creation and his well known comedy which will be comprehensive for all learners, especially students, who are interested in English literature. In this work there were used the following methods of linguistic analysis : word’s definitions analysis, contextual-situation and text analysis for revealing its significant place in Bernard Shaw’s works. The source of literature includes: a)The comedy of Bernard Shaw “Pygmalion” b)The scientific literature on the history of English literature c)Different types of dictionaries such as: Macmillan Essential Dictionary. V.K.Muller. “New English –Russian Dictionary”Moscow.2009.Sh.Butaev and A Irisqulov “English-Uzbek dictionary”Tashkent. The Qualification paper consists of introduction, three chapters and conclusion which are followed by the bibliographic list of the literature used in the course of research. Introduction gives proof to the choice of the theme of the research, determines the aim and language material of the methods of it’s analyses, the practical and theoretical value of the research and indicates the perspective for the further investigation in this sphere. 6 Chapter 1 presents the information about the genres of literature The first paragraph of this chapter gives information about the literary genres and their usage in literature. In the second paragraph of this chapter we gave information about comedy genre in literature Chapter 2 presents the role of Bernard Shaw and his works in the English Literature. The first paragraph gives information about the outstanding English writer Bernard Shaw and his role in English literature. In the second paragraph of this chapter we gave information about the origin of the comedy “Pygmalion” by Shaw Chapter 3 entitled The analysis of the comedy “Pygmalion” In the first paragraph of this chapter we gave the plot of the comedy The second paragraph the main characteristics to the heroes of the comedy In the third paragraph of this chapter we analyzed the social problems described in the comedy “Pygmalion” In the Conclusion the results of the research are generalized. In Bibliography we gave the list of used literature. 7 II. Main part. Chapter I. The genres of literature 1.1 Genres in literature and their usage A literary genre is a category of literary composition. Genres may be determined by literary technique, tone, content, or even (as in the case of fiction) length. Genre should not be confused with age category, by which literature may be classified as either adult, young-adult, or children's. They also must not be confused with format, such as graphic novel or picture book. The distinctions between genres and categories are flexible and loosely defined, often with subgroups. The most general genres in literature are (in loose chronological order) epic, tragedy,2 comedy, novel, short story, and creative nonfiction. They can all be in the genres prose or poetry, which shows best how loosely genres are defined. Additionally, a genre such as satire, allegory or pastoral might appear in any of the above, not only as a sub-genre (see below), but as a mixture of genres. Finally, they are defined by the general cultural movement of the historical period in which they were composed. The concept of "genre" has been criticized by Jacques Derrida.3 Genres are often divided into sub-genres. Literature, for instance, is divided into three basic kinds of literature, the classic genres of Ancient Greece, poetry, drama, and prose. Poetry may then be subdivided into epic, lyric, and dramatic. Subdivisions of drama include foremost comedy and tragedy, while e.g. comedy itself has sub-genres, including farce, comedy of manners, burlesque, satire, and so on. However, any of these terms would be called "genre", and its possible more 2 Bakhtin, Mikhail M. (1983). "Epic and Novel". In Holquist, Michael. The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays . Austin: University of Texas Press . p232 3 Derrida, Jacques; Ronell, Avital (Autumn 1980). "On Narrative: The Law of Genre". Critical Inquiry (The University of Chicago Press) 7 (1): p55-81. 8 general terms implied. Dramatic poetry, instance, might include comedy, tragedy, melodrama, and mixtures like tragicomedy. This parsing into sub-genres can continue: "comedy" has its own genres, including, for example, comedy of manners, sentimental comedy, burlesque comedy, and satirical comedy. Creative nonfiction can cross many genres but is typically expressed in essays, memoir, and other forms that may or may not be narrative but share the characteristics of being fact-based, artistically-rendered prose. Often, the criteria used to divide up works into genres are not consistent, and may change constantly, and be subject of argument, change and challenge by both authors and critics. However, even a very loose term like fiction ("literature created from the imagination, not presented as fact, though it may be based on a true story or situation") is not universally applied to all fictitious literature, but instead is typically restricted to the use for novel, short story, and novella, but not fables, and is also usually a prose text. Semi-fiction spans stories that include a substantial amount of non-fiction. It may be the retelling of a true story with only the names changed. The other way around, semi-fiction may also involve fictional events with a semi-fictional character, such as Jerry Seinfeld Genres may easily be confused with literary techniques, but, though only loosely defined, they are not the same; examples are parody, frame story, constrained writing, stream of consciousness. Genres of literature are important to learn about. The two main categories separating the different genres of literature are fiction and nonfiction. There are several genres of literature that fall under the nonfiction category. Nonfiction sits in direct opposition to fiction. Examples from both the fiction and nonfiction genres of literature are explained in detail below. This detailed genres of literature list is a great resource to share with any scholars. 9 Narrative Nonfiction is information based on fact that is presented in a format which tells a story. Essays are a short literary composition that reflects the author’s outlook or point. A short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative. A Biography is a written account of another person’s life.
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