Characteristics of Victorian and Modernist Novels in English Language Literature, Apuntes de Idioma Inglés

¡Descarga Characteristics of Victorian and Modernist Novels in English Language Literature y más Apuntes en PDF de Idioma Inglés solo en Docsity! INTRODUCCIÓN A LOS TEXTOS LITERARIOS EN LUENGUA INGLESA Victorian Novel= realistic novel= modern novel: CHARACTERICTICS (19th Century) 1. The author firmly believes the efficacy of his art. 2. The author focuses upon men and women in their social aspects. 3. The author believes that he has a coherent self and that his characters can achieve coherence. 4. The author believes in universal values and objective truth. 5. The technical convention of omniscience as a sign of a share valued system. 6. The author measures strange cultures against the established values of his own culture. 7. The setting is a background. 8. The novel has closure. 9. The novel is well accepted by the average reader. 10. The author writes about the reality of his world. 11. The author is objective. 12. The author tries to impose his values. 13. The author expresses his point of view. Modernist novel: CHARACTERISTICS (20th Century) 1. The author doubts about the possibility of communication. 2. The author focuses on the perceiving psyche. 3. The author is aware of the lack of coherence in his own self and in the world. 4. The author questions universal values and objective truth. 5. The technical convection of omniscience without the concept of a shared value system, often used by the author to question or even attack the status quo. 6. The author explores the importance of strange cultures for his own life and culture.