The Antihero in the Literary Works of the Angry Young Men

Abstract

The thesis deals with selected works of the "the Angry Young Men". Among the selected authors and their works there are: Room at the Top by John Braine, Hurry on Down by John Wain, Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis, and Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe. The aim of the thesis is to analyse and compare depiction of the main characters with focus on their internal life and relationship to the outside world.