The Victorian Period 1830-1901. A Time of Change Age of Industry – prosperity and change Science is on the rise World’s foremost imperial power Changes.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

The Victorian Period

Advertisements

 The Long (19 th ) Century  II. Yeats’s Interactions with the 1890s  Fin de siècle ( 世紀末現象 )  French: "end of the century"  Generally.

The Victorian Period The time in the United Kingdom when Queen Victoria ruled. A response to the Romantic Period: How?? Enlightenment: Development.

Jasmine Medina Period 3. The Beginning of The Victorian Era 1832 The Reform Act. -A change in Governmental Power to better serve areas where people needed.

The Victorian Period

The Victorian Period A Time of Change London becomes most important city in Europe: Population of London expands from 2 to 6 million Impact.

The Victorian Period ( ) A Period of Progress and Decline

Introductory Notes British Literature

Queen Victoria ( ) (reign ). The Victorian Age “The Victorian Age is one of strenuous activity and dynamic change, of ferment.

Bram Stoker Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Thomas Hardy Lewis Carroll.

Victorian Poetry An Introduction. Some Facts  Literally the events in the age of the reign of Queen Victoria  Commonly associated with repression.

Victorian Literature.

The Victorian Period

© 2009 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. U*S* A NARRATIVE HISTORY, FIRST EDITION Chapter 20: The Rise of an Urban Order ( )

Charles Dickens and the Victorian Era

Jane Eyre A Victorian novel: a woman’s quest for love and her search for identity A Victorian novel: a woman’s quest for love and her search for identity.

English Romantic Poetry. What is Romanticism? By “Romantic” poetry we don’t mean lovey-dovey The Notebook kind of romantic. Romanticism refers to the.

©2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights reserved. ©2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights reserved.McGraw-Hill Chapter 20: The.

THE 20 TH CENTURY LITERATURE  Historical Background: - increasing instability of society - increasing instability of society - imperialism as the reawakening.

The Victorian Era. Overview 1837 – 1901 Heavily influenced by the Industrial Revolution Period of prosperity, industrialization, colonization, and reform.

The Victorians An Era of Rapid Change

Political & Social Changes Industrial Revolution.

Victorian England and the Age of Mass Politics

The Victorian Era Family Structure, Industrialization, and the Status of Women.

19 th century English literature and culture. Aims of the course Learn about the history of the 19 th century England against the background of literature.

Introduction to Jane Eyre

3 kinds of poetry: lyric: a short poem, uttered by a single speaker, which expresses the thoughts and emotions of that speaker dramatic poetry: drama written.

Great Expectations. Charles Dickens’ bio Portsmouth, England February 7, 1812 Second of 8 children When he was 12 they moved to London, father was imprisoned.

The Victorian Period (An Introduction)

The Victorian Period A Time of Change London becomes most important city in Europe Population of London expands from two million to six million.

Changing/Conflicting Attitudes p More Change As societies changed, individual and group attitudes and values changed. Traditional ideas were challenged.

The Victorian Period A Time of Change London becomes most important city in Europe Population of London expands from two million to six million.

THE VICTORIAN PERIOD. TIMELINE 1832 First reform Bill 1837 Victoria becomes Queen 1846 Corn Laws Repealed 1850 Tennyson replaces Wordsworth.

Division, Reconciliation, and Expansion

The Victorian Period A Time of Change London becomes most important city in Europe Population of London expands from two million to six million.

Lecture 1: THE VICTORIAN POETRY Objectives: By the end of the lecture, the student is able to: Connect the Victorian poetry with the Features.

 Who sat on throne  Married her cousin Prince Albert  She was hearted broken after his death  She died at 80 years of age  Queen Victoria.

Victorianism ( ). The Period in Time ( ) 1836: The Alamo 1837: Morse invents telegraph 1843: Typewriter invented 1845: Beginning of Potato.

  London becomes most important city in Europe  Population of London expands from two million to six million  Shift from ownership of land.

The Victorian Era Ushered in with the death of Sir Walter Scott Out with the death of Queen Victoria, England’s longest reigning monarch Often.

The Victorian Age Developments during the Victorian Period Rapid growth of cities, including London, indicating a shift from owning and working.

The Victorian Period

THE VICTORIAN PERIOD The Victorian Period Named for the reign of Queen Victoria, Britain’s longest reigning monarch from 20 June 1837 until.

Victorian Literature. Victorian era Refers to the time during the reign of Queen Victoria

The Age of Anxiety Disillusionment following the First World War Psychological shock Generation gap Dissolution of the British Empire Failure of positivism.

Romantic Literature. Romanticism is a literary- historical classification which labels certain writers and writings of the later eighteenth and early.

The Victorian Period By Dr. Carter. Queen Victoria One of England’s powerful, long-reigning queens who support social moral standards. Married.

The Victorian Age Introductory Notes AP English 12.

Chapter 5 The Victorian Age Bilde inn. Britain in the Victorian Age Industrialisation and urbanisation transforms Britain “The workshop of the world”

The Victorian Age Historical Context Period named for Queen Victoria She ruled for 64 years! Great economic growth Probably the richest country.

The Victorian Period A Time of Change London becomes most important city in Europe Population of London expands from two million to six million.

The Victorian Period A Time of Change London becomes most important city in Europe Population of London expands from two million to six million.

Sambourne House, London. The Victorian Age ( 1830 – 1901) Ms I. Marinaro.

The Victorian Period

The Victorian Period

British Literature The Victorian Era

The problem with Victorian literature

The Victorian Period

Victorian Period

The Victorian Period

Era of Contradictions The Victorian Period Era of Contradictions.

Remember to: Balance clarity & mystery

The Victorian Period

The Victorian Period

The Victorian Period

#___: "Porphyria's Lover"

The Victorian Novel/Fiction*

Keats 31st October rd February 1821

Presentation transcript:

The Victorian Period

A Time of Change Age of Industry – prosperity and change Science is on the rise World’s foremost imperial power Changes occurred in political and social life Literature becomes a prominent culture

Queen Victoria and the Victorian Temper Ruled England at age 18 from Exemplifies Victorian qualities: earnestness, moral responsibility, domestic propriety Role modeled a high moral purpose

An Age of Reform Transformed English class structure Abolished slavery Working class begin to stand up for their rights as citizens Injustices continued to exist, but Victorians made efforts to improve their society

The Time of Troubles 1830’s and 1840’s UnemploymentPovertyRioting Slums in large cities Working conditions for women and children were terrible

British Imperialism and Progress Britain begins to expand all over the world Scientific progress was at an all time high Mass production, engineering, and the development of more effective tools Materialism as a byproduct of expansion and progress

Science, Philosophy and Religion Science affects the physical world as well as Victorian thought Science clashes with religion – Darwinism Naturalism – scientific principles detached from human beings

Popular Culture Centered around the ideals of the middle class Middle class Victorian was preoccupied with the comforts of home Public entertainment: music halls, seaside resorts, golf courses, and bicycle paths Home and family are a priority for the middle class

Victorian Women and the Home Queen was a role model for women The role of women was to create a home Expectations of women were to take care of their husbands

Literacy, Publication, and Reading By the end of the century, literacy was almost universal. Compulsory national education required to the age of ten. Explosion of things to read Newspapers, periodicals, and books. Novels and short fiction were published in serial form. Literature illuminated social problems.

The Victorian Novel The novel was the dominant form in Victorian literature. Victorian novels recognized a variety of social classes. Victorian novels are realistic – they portray real life For the first time, women were major writers: the Brontes. Elizabeth Gaskell, George Eliot. The Victorian novel was a principal form of entertainment.

Victorian Poetry Victorian poetry developed in the context of the novel. Poets sought new ways of telling stories in verse Dramatic monologue – the idea of creating a lyric poem in the voice of a speaker. Poets use detail to construct visual images Represent the emotion or situation the poem concerns.

Sources The Victorian Period - english2.mnsu.edu/johnston/The20Victori an20Period.ppt