Riguarda una sintesi sull'Età Vittoriana e Dickens, Appunti di Inglese

Scarica Riguarda una sintesi sull'Età Vittoriana e Dickens e più Appunti in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! The word 'Victorian' derives from queen Victoria who reigned from 1837 to 1901 and became the symbol of the nation. This period is remembered as complex and contradictory,because England was a very rich powerful nation. However, there was a very big difference between the living conditions of the rich and poor. There were positive and negative aspects. Positive aspects were: - progress, - stability - great social reforms and - English colonial empire, in fact England colonized lots of countries like India. Negative aspects were: - poverty, - injustice and - social unrest, - but also child labour During the Victorian age, writers and readers had the same interests. One of the reasons was the diffusion of literature also with circulating libraries and various periodicals. Novels became the most popular form of literature, they are read aloud within the family. Novelists had a very important role because they faced social changes such as the industrial revolution, the struggle for democracy and the growth of cities. We can devide Victorian novels in three groups: 1) The Early-Victorian Novel,with writers like Charles Dickens,he told about social and humanitariam themes. 2) The Mid-Victorian Novel,was linked to the persistence of Romantic and Gothic traditions. 3) The Late-Victorian Novel,with authors like Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde