ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Angry Young Men, various British novelists and playwrights who emerged in the 1950s and expressed scorn and disaffection with the established sociopolitical order of their country.

Detailed explanation-2: -John Osborne. The playwright John Osborne was the archetypal example, and his signature play Look Back in Anger (1956) attracted attention to a style of drama contrasting strongly with the genteel and understated works of Terence Rattigan that had been in fashion.

Detailed explanation-3: -As Look Back in Anger went into rehearsal, George Fearon, an exasperated Royal Court press officer, described Osborne as an ‘angry young man’. The first public use of the term came on 7 July 1956 when the Evening Standard journalist Thomas Wiseman referred to ‘That angry young man John Osborne’.

Detailed explanation-4: -Angry Young Men literature strongly revolted against all the accepted norms and ideals. Typically the hero is a rootless, lower-middle or working-class male psyche with a university degree. He expresses his dissatisfaction towards social ills with excessive anger and sardonic humour.