This study is about British working-class fiction in the post-war period. It covers various authors such as Robert Tressell, George Orwell, Walter Greenwood, Lewis Grassic Gibbon and DH Lawrence from the early twentieth century; writers traditionally classified as 'Angry Young Men' like John Osborne, Arnold Wesker, Shelagh Delaney, John Wain and Kingsley Amis; and working-class novelists like John Braine, Stan Barstow, David Storey, Alan Sillitoe and Barry Hines from the 1950s and 1960s. Some of the main issues dealt with in the course of this study are language, form, community, self/identity/autobiography, sexuality and relationship with bourgeois art. The major argument centres on two questions: representation of working-class life, and the relationship between working-class literary tradition and dominant ideologies. We will be arguing that while working-class fiction succeeded in challenging and rupturing bourgeois literary tradition, on the level of language and linguistic medium of expression for example, it utterly failed to break away from dominant, bourgeois modes of literary production in relation to form, for instance. Our argument is situated within Marxist approaches to literature, a political and aesthetic position from which we attempt an analysis and an evaluation of this working-class literary tradition. These critical approaches provide us also with the theoretical tool to define the political perspective of this tradition, and to judge whether it was confined to a descriptive mode of representation or located in a radical, political outlook.

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Thesis (M.S.W.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1979. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 249-261). / INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter PART ONE --- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY / Chapter CHAPTER ONE --- WESTERN THEORIES ON WORKERS AND WORK THE EVOLUTION OF CONCEPTS --- p.9 / Chapter I --- "The Concept of ""Alienation of Labour""" --- p.9 / Chapter II --- "The Concept of ""The Economic Man"" 1900-1920" --- p.10 / Chapter III --- "The Concept of ""The Psychological Man"" 1920-1940" --- p.10 / Chapter IV --- "The Concept of ""The Social Man"" 1940-1960" --- p.11 / Chapter V --- "The Concept of ""The Socio-Political Man"" 1960-" --- p.13 / Chapter CHAPTER TWO --- POLICIES FOR LIFE AT WORK IN INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES --- p.14 / Chapter I --- The Importance of Worklife and Policies Formulation --- p.14 / Chapter II --- Long Term Social Trends Fostering Interest in Job-Life --- p.16 / Chapter CHAPTER THREE --- THE DEVELOPMENT OF LABOUR POLICY IN HONG KONG--AN ANALYSIS --- p.19 / Chapter I --- Political Background --- p.19 / Chapter II --- Economic Background--its Characteristics and Relations to the Labour Situation --- p.20 / Chapter III --- Development of Labour Policy in Hong Kong --the Historical Perspectives --- p.23 / Chapter IV --- Some Reflections --- p.27 / Chapter V --- Challenges of the 1980's --- p.35 / Chapter VI --- Basic Policy Issues to Consider in This Study --- p.38 / Chapter PART TWO --- DESIGN OF THE STUDY / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR --- RESEARCH METHODS --- p.41 / Chapter I --- The Setting --- p.42 / Chapter II --- Sampling Method --- p.44 / Chapter III --- The Tool of Data-Collection--the Questionnaire --- p.46 / Chapter IV --- Definitions and Explanations of the Job Dimensions --- p.49 / Chapter V --- Process of Data Collection --- p.55 / Chapter VI --- "Measurement, Statistical Manipulation and Analysis Method" --- p.55 / Chapter PART THREE --- FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR LABOUR POLICY IN HONG KONG / Chapter CHAPTER FIVE --- GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RESPONDENTS --- p.61 / Chapter CHAPTER SIX --- RANKING OF JOB DIMENSIONS ALONG THE CONTINUUM OF IMPORTANCE --- p.68 / Chapter CHAPTER SEVEN --- THE IMPORTANCE OF THE JOB DIMENSIONS OF JOB CONTEXT --- p.75 / Chapter I --- Industrial Safety and Physical Working Conditions --- p.75 / Chapter II --- Working Hours --- p.89 / Chapter III --- Relationship with Supervisor and Co-workers --- p.98 / Chapter IV --- "Pay, Job-Security and Payment Methods" --- p.107 / Chapter V --- Welfare Services --- p.124 / Chapter VI --- Advancement --- p.138 / Chapter CHAPTER EIGHT --- THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DIMENSIONS OF JOB CONTENT --- p.144 / Chapter I --- Scope for Learning and Responsibility --- p.145 / Chapter II --- Initiative and Variety --- p.152 / Chapter CHAPTER NINE --- THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PROCEDURAL DIMENSION AND METHODS OF PARTICIPATION --- p.164 / Chapter I --- Importance of Participation --- p.165 / Chapter II --- Methods of Participation --- p.169 / Chapter III --- Willingness to Participate --- p.172 / Chapter IV --- Implications for Trade-Unionism as a Method of Workers' Participation in Hong Kong --- p.179 / Chapter V --- Implications for Joint-Consultative Committee as a Method of Workers' Participation in Hong Kong --- p.183 / Chapter VI --- Proposal of Direct Forms of Workers' Participation --- p.185 / Chapter VII --- Conclusive Remarks on Workers' Participation in Hong Kong --- p.188 / Chapter CHAPTER TEN --- INCOME MAINTENANCE AND SOLIAL SECURITY MEASURES FOR WORKERS --- p.192 / Chapter I --- Present and Preferred Methods of Income Maintenance --- p.193 / Chapter II --- Attitude Towards Government's Proposed Insurance Scheme --- p.197 / Chapter III --- Implications for Social Security Measures for Workers in Hong Kong --- p.200 / SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS --- p.212 / APPENDICES --- p.228 / SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.248

Thesis. 1977. M. Arch.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Bibliography : leaf 52. / by William Roan Tibbs, Jr. / M.Arch.