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VICTORIAN AGE NOvels

Psychological novels

Novels of formation

Humanitarian novels

Novels of manner

Literary nonsense

Colonial literature

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BOOKs GUIDE

The Victorian novel focused on social and moral issues of the 19th century. As the middle class grew, more people started reading novels, often published in parts in magazines. This helped writers connect with their readers and change the story if needed.

INTroduction

  • the power dynamics between the colonizer and the colonized
  • racialism
  • the Eurocentric attitude imposed by the colonizers
  • Moral and religious undertones
  • honest and direct language

In this novels racial and colonial ideologies have provided the conceptual framework of colonialism making a very important historical source.

COLONIAL LITERATURE

THEMES

  • Nonmeaningful language paired with meaningful language
  • presence of formal elements like semantics
  • Nonsense tautology

Alice in Wonderland is nonsense literature. That book uses fun language, satire, and magical elements to create a nonsensical experience.

LITERALY NONSENSE

CHARACTERISTICS

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1. Social Class and Mobility2. Marriage and Courtship:3. Gender Roles and Expectations:.4. Morality and Hypocrisy:.5. Individual vs. Society:

Victorian novels of manners explored the social expectations of the time, influencing Victorian literature by highlighting social dynamics and the roles of women.

NOVELS OF MANNERS

THEMES

Charles Dickens

The humanitarian novels

The early Victorian novel, whose main representative was Charles Dickens, dealt with social and humanitarian themes and expressed the ideas of the agethe omniscient narrator provided a comment on the plot and erected a rigid barrier between right and wrongThe plot was long and often complicated by sub plots The story is often described with realismCharles Dickens was the main exponent

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Charles Dickens

  • A Christmas Carol (1843)
  • Oliver Twist (1837-1839)
  • David Copperfield (1849-1850)
  • Great Expectations (1860-1861)
  • Bleak House (1852-1853)
  • Hard Times (1854)

His novels combine humour, pathos, and a deep sense of social responsibilitThe middle class world was replaced by that of lower orders. He created caricaturesHe criticizes middle class’s educationChildren are the most important charactersHe doesn’t believe in politicHe was always on the side of the poor.

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The Bildungsroman, or novel of growth, became very popular in Victorian times, especially after books like Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. These stories follow the main character from their youth, showing how they face challenges and grow into adults. In David Copperfield, Dickens tells the story of a boy who overcomes a difficult childhood to become a successful writer. The novel focuses on themes like perseverance, finding one’s identity, and moving up in society. Dickens skillfully combines the personal journey of the character with the social issues of the time.

Novel of formation

It had many variants.• saritical;• psychological;• social;• industrial novels.

Realism, which aims to portray realistic events happening to realistic people in a realistic way, was the dominant narrative mode of the Victorian novel.

REalistic novels

Wuthering Heights has a high range of genre meaning that it can be classified as many genres as one. One of his genres is in fact the psychological one. In fact, all the characters are forced to deal with mental issues created by childhood traumas. Furthermore the novel makes the reader resonate and think about why the events in the story unfold the way they do.It is also written by a woman.

Psychological novels are work of fiction in which the thoughts, feelings, and motivations of the characters are of equal or greater interest than is the external action of the narrative. In it the emotional reactions and internal states of the characters are influenced by and in turn trigger external events in a meaningful symbiosis.

phsycological novels

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  • Psychological
  • The purpose of art and beauty
  • Hedonism

To finish we have to quote this timeless novel has no genre

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THEMES

It can be said that Dorian Grey treats psychological themes since the psychological conflict of Dorian Gray is in the super ego aspect.

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