英国文学Victorian Era 维多利亚时代.pptx

Victorian Era;Outline; INTRODUTION;Victorian Age (1830-1901);a long period of prosperity: ;; EVENTS ;1832 Reform Bill（修正法案） 1836-1848 The Chartist Movement （宪章运动） 1837 Accession of Queen Victoria to the throne 1840 New Zealand became a British colony, through the Treaty of Waitangi. （怀唐伊条约） 1842 The Mines Act The Illustrated London News was first published. ; 1845 The Irish famine begins. 1848 Death of around 2,000 people a week in a cholera epidemic. 1851 The Great Exhibition （万国工业博览会） 1854 Crimean War: The United Kingdom declared war on Russia. 1857 The Indian Mutiny（印军哗变） 1859 Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species, which led to various reactions. ; 1867 The Constitution Act, 1867 passes and British North America becomes Dominion of Canada. 1878 Treaty of Berlin (1878). Cyprus became a Crown colony. 1870 - 1891 Under the Elementary Education Act 1870, basic State Education became free for every child under the age of 10. 1901 Queen Victoria died, Edward began the Edwardian era;Victorian Era;Economy;Industrial Revolution ;Industrial Revolution ;Colonial Expansion;Colonial Expansion;Society ;Factory system Women and family life Standers of living Urbanization;Factory system;A young drawer pulling a coal tub along a mine gallery. In Britain laws passed in 1842 and 1844 improved mine working conditions.;Women and family life;Standers of living;2.Housing The conditions was much improved. (Although there are still some people lived badly) 3.Clothing and consumer goods Consumers benefited from falling prices for clothing and household articles;Urbanization;Victorian era; The Victorian novelists;The characteristics of the Victorian novels are: The plot is unfolded against a social background which is broader than what it had been in previous novels. The plot draws materials from society and relate