5+-+Jung,+Tolstoy,+Ibsen,+Shaw,+Hardy

__**Carl Jung:**__
 * Born: July 26, 1875
 * Place: Switzerland
 * Died: June 6, 1961 at the age of 85


 * Swiss psychiatrist
 * founder of analytical psychology
 * considered first modern psychologist to view human psyche by nature and religion and focus on exploration
 * best known in the field of dream analysis which is assigning meaning to dreams and symbolization
 * focused on individuation which is a name given to processes of different components becoming one
 * even though he was a man of psychology his true ambition was science

__**Leo Tolstoy;**__
 * Born: September 9, 1828
 * Place: Russian empire
 * Died: November 20, 1910 at the age of 82
 * Russian writer who wrote novels and short stories
 * Later in his life he wrote plays and essays
 * Two most famous works: "War and Peace," and "Anna Karenina"
 * Focused on realist ficton
 * Many consider him the worlds greatest novelest
 * Had a very complicated and paradoxical persona and extreme moralistic views which contributed to becoming a noted moral thinker and social reformer

__**Henrik Ibsen:**__
 * Born: March 20, 1828
 * Place: Skien, Norway
 * Died: May 23,1906 at the age of 78


 * Major 19th century norweigen playwright
 * Theater director
 * Poet
 * "Father of Prose Drama"
 * Founder of modernism and theater
 * Major works were: "Brand," "Peer Gynt"
 * Several of his plays were considered scandalous to many in his era
 * His works examined the realities that left behind many facades
 * Dealt with many conditions of life and issues of morality
 * Often ranked one of the truely great playwrights in the european tradition

__**George Bernard Shaw:**__


 * Born: July 26, 1856
 * Place: Dublin, Ireland
 * Died: November 2, 1950 at the age of 94


 * Irish playwright and co-founder of the London School of Economics
 * started off writing music and literary criticism, it soon led to pieces of journalism
 * main talent was drama, and he wrote over 60 plays
 * all his writings dealt with social problems but had a vein of comedy
 * examined education, marriage, government, health care, and class privilege
 * worked for gaining equal rights for men and women and focused on the better for the working class
 * for a short time he served on the London City Council
 * only person to achieve Nobel Prize in Literature and and Oscar

__**Thomas Hardy:**__


 * Born: June 2, 1840
 * Place: England
 * Died: January 11, 1928


 * English novelist and poet
 * works relate to naturalism movement but some relate to romantic and enlightenment eras
 * "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" and "Far from the Madding Crowd"
 * his poetry became a significant influence over modern English poetry
 * composed many works for financial gain
 * many works were published as serials in magazines
 * his characters were dealing with passions and social circumstances