THE VICTORIAN AGE
QUEEN VICTORIA(1837-1901)
RISE OF THE MIDDLE-CLASS GROWTH OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS ECONOMIC BOOM PROBLEMS OF THE WORKING-CLASS
PHILOSOPHY OFTHE VICTORIAN AGE
UTILITARISM: Everything must be usefulPURITANISM: The parable of the talentsDARWINISM: Darwin's theoriesLASS-AFFAIR PHILOSOPHY
THE VICTORIAN NOVEL
REALISM DESCRIPTION OF EVERYDAY WORLD PATHOS AND GROTESQUE STRONG EXPRESSIONS OF EMOTIONS THE READER COULD PARTLY IDENTIFY
WITH THE CONTENT OF THE NOVEL STRONG CONCEPT OF CHARACTER GROWTH OF PERSONALITY OF THE MAIN
CHARACTERS
THEMES OF THE VICTORIAN NOVEL
CLASS AND CLASH BETWEEN CLASSES POVERTY EDUCATION AND CHILDREN STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY GROWTH OF TOWNS THE ROLE OF THE HUSBAND IN THE
FAMILY
CLASS
The theme of class is the most present in the Victorian Novel
There is always a struggle between the high-middle class and the working class
The workers were often exploited The working class wanted human conditions of work Birth of Corporations
MOST IMPORTANT NOVELISTS
David Copperfield A Christmas Carol
Oliver Twist
Nicholas Nickelby
Jude the Obscure
Charles Dickens
Thomas Hardy
VICTORIAN STYLE OF WRITING THIRD PERSON EXTERNAL OMNISCIENT
NARRATOR LONG AND COMPLEX STORYLINES NOVELS WERE PUBLISHED IN
INSTALLMENTS JUXTAPOSITION OF GOOD AND BAD
CHARACTERS (STRUGGLE BETWEEN VICE AND VIRTUE)
VERY DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS
Oliver Twist’s Extract
CLASS AND CLASH BETWEEN CLASSES
POVERTY CHILDREN GROWTH OF TOWNS
REALISM PATHOS AND GROTESQUE THE READER COULD PARTLY
IDENTIFY WITH THE CONTENT OF THE NOVEL
THIRD PERSON EXTERNAL OMNISCIENT NARRATOR
JUXTAPOSITION OF GOOD AND BAD CHARACTERS
VERY DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS
NOVELS WERE PUBLISHED IN INSTALLMENTS
Themes Devices and Style
Nicholas Nickleby’s Extract
CLASS AND CLASH BETWEEN CLASSES
POVERTY EDUCATION AND
CHILDREN
REALISM PATHOS AND GROTESQUE THE READER COULD PARTLY
IDENTIFY WITH THE CONTENT OF THE NOVEL
STRONG EXPRESSIONS OF EMOTIONS
THIRD PERSON EXTERNAL OMNISCIENT NARRATOR
JUXTAPOSITION OF GOOD AND BAD CHARACTERS
VERY DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS NOVELS WERE PUBLISHED IN
INSTALLMENTS
Themes Devices and Style
Jude the Obscure’s Extract
CLASS AND CLASH BETWEEN CLASSES
POVERTY CHILDREN THE ROLE OF THE HUSBAND
IN THE FAMILY SUPERFICIALITY OF THE
CHURCH COLLAPSE OF THE IDEAL LOVE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH
REALISM STRONG EXPRESSIONS OF
EMOTIONS GROWTH OF PERSONALITY OF
THE MAIN CHARACTERS THIRD PERSON IMPERSONAL
OMNISCIENT NARRATOR VERY DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS LONG AND COMPLEX
STORYLINES NOVELS WERE PUBLISHED IN
INSTALLMENTS
Themes Devices and Style
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