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THE VICTORIAN AGE - Coggle Diagram
THE VICTORIAN AGE
Foreign Policy
In foreign policy there were two Oppium Wars: they were both won by Britain.
The Victorian Compromise
The Victorian Period was characterised by opposite aspects
progress, stability and social reforms
poverty, injustice and social unrest
The Victorian believed in
Hard work and progress.
Respectability
Philanthropy: charitable activities to help children
Family was represented by an authoritarian father and women concerned with education
Repressed sexuality in public
Victorian Literature
POETRY
It was characterized by long narrative poems and dramatic monologue. It implies:
A speaking character, a silent listener, first person singular pronoun (“I”)
It was divided into:
Majestic poetry
Poetry of anti-myth and disbelief
The poet was a prophet
It was concerned with social reality.
NOVEL
It described a realistic society
It had a didactic aim
It spread thanks to circulating libraries and publication in monthly instalments
They were characterized by:
Realistic characters.
omniscient narrator
Towns (symbol of civilization and anonymous lives).
contrast between rich and poor, education.
Long and complicated subplots.
A final chapter with a retribution or punishment
The main types were:
Social novels
Romantic and Gothic tradition