REALISM IN THE VICTORIAN AGE

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Realism is the creation of the effect of the representation of the concrete, historical nature of human life. qIt turned its back on the fantasies of Romanticism. qIt was shaped by the impact of the political and social changes. qIn Realism, the details of environment, of motivation, of circunstance, and of temporality with its cause and effect, become the context for the exploration of human values and fate.
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It appeared in a world empirical thought and materialism. qRealism is faithful to our experience of lived in a physical and social environment, and governed by causes and effects. qSome critics said that realism in literature reflects a social reality whose phenomena serve as a model for the work of artthe realist gives a complete and correct account of observed social reality, and this is able to uncover the driving forces of history, 5/23/12 principles governing social change. the
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CHARLES DICKENS 1812-1870

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BIOGRAPHY

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His father consistently lived beyond his income. qIn 1824 was thrown in Marshalsea Prison for failure to pay his debts. q His formal schooling ending in 1927, the novelist became a legal reporter and in 1831 a political reporter. qHis first literary pieces, published sporadically in periodicals between 1833 and 1835, were collected in 1936 as Sketches by Boz. qThe success of Pickwick Papers introduced him to marry Catherine 5/23/12 Hogarth in 1836.
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His American tour in 1842 was highly successful, but his severe criticisms of United States in American notes. qIn 1846 Dickens was the first editor of the Daily News. qIn 1856 purchased Gadshill Place, a Kentish mansion that he had longed for when a child. qIn 1857 he met an actress, Ellen Lawless, who was responsible for the separation of Dickens from his wife in 1858. qDickens died at Gadshill in 1870 and was buried at Westminster Abbey.
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CURIOSITIES

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Its a very important author due to his age. qOne in tenpeople worldwidehave readany of yournovelorhave heard ofthem. qNo otherEnglish novelisthasbeen so successfulamongthesociety.Fro m the most favoredtothe lower class. qForothers,Dickenswas the masterof feelings. qHis 5/23/12 works captured romance.
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CHARACTERISTI CS OF DICKENS

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GREAT ABILITY TO CREATE CHARACTERS. We can see a lot or characters sometimes caricatured, which have a vivacity as big as life itself. q The representation of childhood and youth in their works. q COMIC CREATION. With the reading of the books of Dickens, Joseph Conrad was encouraged in his literary career. q unconscious ARTISTRY. When Dickens was based on their unconscious sources he turned out to 5/23/12 be a literary genius.
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THE EARLY NOVELS

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FEATURES

Glorious humour
The novelist believes that common sense and good will are the only requirements for sucessful living.

Social criticism
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individual specific

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NOVELS

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Pickwick Papers (1836 37) Oliver Twist (1837 39) Nicholas Nickleby (1838 39) The Old Curiosity Shop (1840 41) Barnaby Rudge (1841) Martin Chuzzlewit (1843 44) A Christmas Carol (1843) Dombey and Son (1846 48) David Copperfield (1849 50)

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(1836-37)

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Its the first novel by Charles Dickens. What started as a waggish parody picaresque out as a panoramic novel. This book is about the adventures of various characters like the immortal Fat Boy.

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(1837-39)

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This book is about the cruel treatment of some adults toward children. Children are poor and mistreated. At the time of Dickens, in London there were many orphanages.

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(1849-50)
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David Copperfield is an autobiographical work. One of the best-loved novels in English. The book talks about the life of David Copperfield from childhood through adulthood. In this story the characters have what they deserve and this is very typical of Dickens. 5/23/12

THE LATER NOVELS

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Dickens`s later novels are less touching and more structured than the early ones. Dickens, in his later novels, criticizes the dehumanized society represented mainly by individual greed of the characters.

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In this period Dickens wrote the following works: Bleak House (1852-1853) Hard Times (1854) Little Dorrit (1855-1857) A Tale Of Two Cities (1859) Great Expectations (1860-1861)

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HARD TIMES

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Hard Times was written in 1854. This work meant a strong criticism to the bourgeois and the system of industrialization. The characters of Hard Times aren t amusing and imaginary representations but caricatures of the well-to-do manipulators of the social system of the time.

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PLOT:
Hard Times developes in the industrial coketown. It tells us about the life of its inhabitants. The rulers are Bounderby, the banker, Gradgrind, the hardware dealer and Blackpool, the power-loom operator. Gradgrinds son robs Bounderbys bank, and blames Blackpool because he needs money to divorce his wife.
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However, Bounderby trusts Blackpool and hires him, until he discover that Blackpool supports the unionism. Then he fires him, and Blackpool dies in an abandoned mine while seeking work.

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