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The Victorian age(1832-1901);栏谬铁励幢可廊伟僧馆溉繁媒呐跺偿郁袭岩阳凄仙酣焊席铱巡听步钠立闻Victoran age and Dickens课件Victoran age and Dickens课件;The similarities bwtween the two queens;;Three periods of Victoria age;The first period;;The mid-Victorian period;;The last period;The Victorian novels;;The NOVEL became the most popular form of literature and also the main form of entertainment since thery were read aloud within the family. NOVELISTS felt they had a moral and social responsibility to fulfil: they depicted society as they saw it (realism) and denounced its evils (criticism) they aimed at making readers realise social injustices ;WOMEN WRITERS: a great number of novels were written by women. This is surprising if we consider the state of subjection of Victorian women but at the same time they were the majority of novel-buyers and of readers. However, it was not easy to publish so some women writers decided to use male pseudonyms in order to see their novels in print. ;VICTORIAN NOVEL – main features;Urban setting: the city was the most common setting the main symbol of industrial civilisation as well the expression of anonymous lives and lost identities Precise creation of characters and deep analysis of characters’ inner lives (psychology) Main themes: money, wealth, realistic portrait of society denouncing its injustices and iniquities ;What is critical realism ?;In their best works, the greed and hypocrisy of the upper classes are contrasted with the honesty of the obscure ‘simple people” of the low classes. Through the sketches of various negative characters, critical realism reveals the corrupting influence of the rule of cash upon human nature. Here lies the root of the democratic and humanistic character of the critical realism of the 19th century . ;the critical realistic ideas among Victorian novelists ;Dickens(狄更斯);横根荆谎炉摔毫鞭庭坡早砰霞吓埋姨乃宽雄裳胶阮佛肚楼矿画已邓胆辊壁Victoran age and Dickens课件Victoran age and Dickens课件;Life;嫉撵侄熏喀拜点曲蹬匀曼杜闰寺弥荷羹柠搅练富梅创旧也振棕独爆釜莆深Victoran age and Dickens课件Victoran age