XX ƏSRİN 70-ci İLLƏRİNDƏ İNGİLİS CƏMİYYƏTİNDƏ ƏXLAQİ-MƏNƏVİ DƏYƏRLƏRİN TRANSFORMASİYASI VƏ ƏDƏBİ REFLEKSİYA

Transformation of Moral and Spiritual Values in English Society in 1970s and Literary Reflection Summary The article considers the transformation of moral and spiritual values in England in the 1970s and the reflection of these changes in literature. With the impact of industrialization and globalization, English society became more inclined to individual freedom and pluralism, which led to a reaction against the strict moral principles of the Victorian era. Here, in particular, John Fowles's novel "The French Lieutenant's Woman" is analyzed, the collapse of Victorian moral values and postmodernist features of the novel are investigated. Three different endings in Fowles' novel make the reader question the "truthfulness" of literature, shows the uncertainty of the author's position and reader-forwarded option. The article also emphasizes that individual freedoms and the influence of mass culture are central themes in other works written in the 1970s. Criticism of Victorian values and the psychological and social effects of the new society model were widely reflected in the literature of this period. In the conclusion, it is mentioned that the 1970s in England was a period that reshaped the social, moral and artistic values of the society, and this was strongly reflected in the literature. Key words: moral-spiritual, English, society, Victorian, woman