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The Victorian novel
CHARLES DICKENS
life
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he wrote autobiographical novels like: Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and social writings for exalmple bleak house
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themes
Family, CHILDHOOD and poverty
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Oliver Twist
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story
the protagonist is Oliver Twist, a pure innocent and incorruptible child. at the end he is saved from villain by a rich family
the setting is London and Dickens attacks the social evils of his time, the worls of work houses, abusation of poor people and misery
a critique of education
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he believed in universal education, not necessarily under a state system
he criticized the "object" lesson, which exalted form more than contents
Dickens’s critique is embodied in the exchange between the educator, and the pupils,
Dickens believed in the extension of education to all citizens but did not offer specifc strategies for achieving this aim.
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Oliver wants some more
they are sad, dejected and subdued by the rules, they are wearing a ragged dark uniform. he rises from the tablet, goes to the master and asks for more food with a faint voice
his feeling when he communicate to the viewer is desperation. the reaction of the master is astonished, he hits Oliver with his stick and runs after him, he decides to inform the beadle
it takes place in a large dark room, the lighting like a dim light, everything seems to be greyish, the children are looking at Oliver, some of them have already finished their super
Victorian novelists
novelists were aware of the evils of their society and they felt they had a moral and social responsibility. they described sociality as they saw it.
plot: long and often complicated; Setting: the city, symbol of tindustrial civilization; Characters: realistic; the readers identified with them.
the novelist's aim: to make the readers aware of social injustices; Omniscient narrator: erected a rigid barrier between right and wrong
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types of novels
social and humanitarian novels, main exponent: Charles Dickens
Novels about intense subjective experiences, main exponents: Emily and Charlotte Bronte
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Victorian novel themes
the most important were: differences and the drammatic contrast between the lower and middle classes; children and their exploitation; education, woman and their exploitation; middle-class family life.
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