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