General background William Somerset Maugham Richard Aldington

Questions and tasks:

1. 
   Describe the term Critical Realism.
   
2. 
   Who are the main representatives of Critical Realism?
   
3. 
   What were the main themes of Critical Realism?
   
4. 
   Retell the biography of William Somerset Maugham?
   
5. 
   What was Maugham’s his first novel?
   
6. 
   What is Somerset Maugham’s contribution to literature?
   
7. 
   What popular works of Maugham do you know?
   
8. 
   Retell the plot of “The Luncheon”.
   
9. 
   Retell the biography of Richard Aldington.
   
10. 
    What famous poems of Richard Aldington can you name?
    
11. 
    What did Richard Aldington write about in his works?
    
12. 
    Can Maugham’s novel “The Moon and Sixpence” be regarded as a biography?