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THE VOCTORIAN AGE: STABILITY AND MORALITY--> 1837-1861 - Coggle Diagram
THE VOCTORIAN AGE: STABILITY AND MORALITY--> 1837-1861
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TREND S
MATERIAL PROGRESS, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE
GREAT EXIBITION OF 1851
WIDESPREAD POVERTY, TERRIBLE WORKING CONDITIONS
SOCIAL REFORMS--> CHARTISM,TEN HOURS ACT LIMITED THE WORKING HOURS TO TEN A DAY, TWO HOUSING ACTS TO CLAN ORTHEICITY
CHARLOTTE BRONTE
JAND EYRE--> SET IN FIVE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THEMES:CHILDHOOD AND SOCIAL CLASS, THE ROLE OF WOMEN PASSIONATE LOVE
STYLE: USE OF THE FIRTS-PERSON NARRATOR AND JANE'S POINT OF VIEW
POLITICAL TRENDS
IMPERIAL EXPANSION
OPIUM WARS--> BRITAIN OBTAINED THE CONTROL OF HONG KONG
CRIMEAN WAR--> TO CONTAIN RUSSIIAN INFLUENCE IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
INDIAN--> BRITAIN TOOK CONTROL ON INDIA
NEW POLITICAL PARTIES
THE LIBERALS, FROM THE WIGHS--> CAMPAIGN FOR FREE TRADE LEADING TO THE REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS 1846
THE CONSERVATIVES, FROM THE TORIES
CULTURAL TRENDS
A STRICT MORAL CODE OF BEHAVIOUR, IMPORTANCE GIVEN TO DUTIES, SELF-DISCIPLING, RESPECTABILITY, CHARITY
THE BEGINNING OF AN AMERICAN IDENTITY
INFLUENCED BY--> PURITANISM, BUT ALSO BY FAITH IN REASON AND HUMAN PROGRESS
DOMINATED BY 1 THE EAST COAST WITH ITS VALUES OF WEALTH AND RESPECTABILITY WEST--> MYTH OF THE FRONTIER
VICTORIAN NOVEL
MAIN FEATURES
A STRONG CONNECTION BETWEEN WRITERS AND THEIR READERS
THE NOVELIST'S AIM: DIDACTICISM, TO MAKE THE READERS AWARE OF SOCIAL INSUESS
URBAN SETTING
REALISTIC CHARACTERS: THE READERS IDENTIFIED WITH THEM
OMNISCIENT NARRATOR
CHARLES DICKENS--> THE MOST IMPORTANT VICTORIAN NOVELIST
THE SETTING OF MOST OF HIS NOVELS: INDUSTIRAL CITIES
CREATOR OF MEMORABLE CHARACTERS AND UNIQUE CHARACTERS
OLIVERS TWIST--> SET IN LONDON -THEMES: CHILDHOOD, THE CORPUTION OF ISTITUTIONS
HARD TIMES--> SET IN THE FICTIONAL CITY OF COKETOWN
THEMES:ATTACK AGAINST MATERIALISM AND BENTHAM'S UTILITARIANISM, DENUNCIATION OF INDUSTRIALISATION
EMILY BRONTE
WUTHERING HEIGHTS--> SET IN THE MOORS
THEMES: REVENG ELEMENTS, ROMANTIC INTEREST IN THE HUMAN SOUL, DEATH
STYLE: TWO MAIN NARRATORS, NARRATIVE WITHIN THE NARRATIVE
AMERICAN RENAISSANCE
LEADING OUTPUT--> NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE'S SCARLET LETTER AND HERMAN MELVILLE'S MOBY-DICK
LEADING FIGURE: RALPH WALDO EMERSON
HIS PHILOPOPHY--> TRANSCENDENTALISM
KEY IDEAS: REALITY SEEN AS SYMBOLIC, CONTACT WITH NATURE TO REACH TRUTH AND THE AWARENESS OF THE UNITY OF ALL THINGS, THE OVERSOUL AS THE SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLE LINKING EVERYTHING TOGETHER
QUEEN VICTROIA
REIGNED F0R 64 YEARS, BECAME A MEDIATOR ABOVE POLITICS, SHE AND HUSBAND, PRINCE ALBERT, BECAME A SYMPOL OF FAMILY VALUES