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Evolución UK e Irlanda descarga desde 1945 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - John James Osborne
        
        English Playwright and Film producer. Critical towards social and political norms.
        
        Look Back in Anger (1956) transformed English theatre and new movement in British Drama. First of the Angry young men.
      - Arnold Wesker
        
        British playwright who explores lives working-class people. Jewish background. Also one of Angry young men.
        
        The Kitchen (1957)
        
        Roots (1958)
      - Samuel B. Beckett
        
        Irish Novelist, playwright, theatre director and translator. Paris in adult life. Wrote French and English. Novel Prize L. 1969. Plays different from tradition. Drama with no action.
        
        Waiting for Godot (1948) in French and translated in English by him. Innovation in Drama and Theatre of Absurt first success.
  - - - George Macbeth
        
        He and other poets organized weekly meetings.
    - - Philip Larkin
        
        He connected with a more popular audience.
      - Accessible meaning and everyday experience
    - - Seamus Heany
        
        Major Poets of XX C. Fused tradition of English poetry with Irish poetic tradition. New language. His poetry deals with historical confrontation bt. Britain and Ireland from p.o.v. individual-
        
        Death of a Naturalist (1966) Helped other poets to express problematic sense of Irishness.
      - William B. Yeats
        
        Leading force in Irish literary Renaissance. Movement with strong political nationalism and revival of interest in Ireland's Gaelic literary heritage since late 19th C. Found Abbey Theatre (National Theatre of Ireland in Dublin)
        
        The Countess Kathleen (1892)
        
        Deirdre (1907)
        
        Awarded by Novel Prize L. 1923
  - - - Comic voice of Irish Literature. Funny and radical writing
        
        The third Policeman (1939-40) Dark comic novel about nature of death, time and existence. Published after death in 1967.
        
        Swim-Two-Birds (1939) Sophisticated example of metafiction
    - - English novelist. Famous for serious Catholic novels and thrillers
        
        Brighton Rock (1938)
        
        The Power and the Glory (1940)
    - - English novelist, essayist and critic Social-compromised Awareness of social injustice, oppositie to totalitarianism and support democratic socialism
        
        Animal Farm (1945) Political Fable against totalitarianism
        
        1984 (1949) Dystopia. Everything and Everyone controlled
- - - - In 1998, David Trimble (First Minister NI) peace process in Good Friday Agreement. Decommisioning weapons. IRA ceasefire and Sinn Fein Party take part in goverrment.
  - - - In Good Friday Agreement, Irish and Ulster Scots (dialects of Scots lg) recognised as part of cultural wealth of NI.
        
        Nowadays, Paul Givan (Democratic Union Party) From 2021. First Minister NI.
- - - - After 3 attemps with VETO of French Government (C. de Gaulle), Edward Health in 1973 succeded in joining the EU but with constant special conditions.
        
        1978. EEC created the EMS (European Monetary System). The UK declined joining it.
        
        1984. M. Thatcher set up an agreement: The UK rebate. Greatest achievements.
        
        1992. Maastrich Treaty. They created the single European currency. The UK didn't adopt the Euro.
        
        1995. Schengen Agreement. Abolish border controls. Republic of Ireland and the UK refused.
        
        2004-07. Expansion of the EU with communists countries: Poland, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria.
        
        2016-19. Theresa May. She started the process to leave but the EU rejected several times this proposal.
        
        2015. D. Cameron. Referendum to leave or not the EU. 52% voted to leave, called BREXIT. After that, Cameron resigned.
        
        2019. July onwards. Boris Johnson. Determined position in front of House of Commons. Parliamentary majority for a deal. He succeded.
        
        2009. Lisbon Treaty.** EU was founded** and changed the legal structure and allowed signing international agreements at Community level.
  - - - Prime Minister Macmillan (1957-1963) tried to get in but French G. (Charles de Gaulle) VETO.
        
        Harold Wilson. Labour Party. Won 1964. Unpopular. Severe Control of imports. Devaluation of pound. REduction of power of the Unions.
        
        Edward Health. 1970 won. Conservatives back. He got only 1 of 3 goals: Member of EEC after Referendum in 1975.
        
        Margaret Thatcher. 1979. Conservative. Longest-serving Prime-Minister. Popular. Sent army forces to Falkland Island in Argentina and won. Started privatization of economy and denationalize all industries. Same ideology as R. Reagan in US (Neoliberalism). Unable to resolve Northern Irland conflict.
        
        John Major. 1992. Conservative. Faced recession and policies questioned after Black Wednesday (September 1992). Forced to withdraw pound and was devalued and failed attempt to keep pound above the lower currency exchange limit mandated by ERM (European exchange-rate). He increased taxes and his government involved in financial and sexual scandals.
        
        Tony Blair. From 1997-07. Labour party. Popular. Great Britain economic growht and health and Education investment. Last mandate unpopular due to decision to Iraq war intervention.
        
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