Raise your hand if you have a question and be silent during explanations of me/student.
Participate!!
Bags are on the ground, phones in your bags.
No eating in the classroom (gum included), drinking water is allowed.
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EngelsMiddelbare schoolvwoLeerjaar 6
This lesson contains 20 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 2 videos.
Lesson duration is: 70 min
Items in this lesson
What do I expect of you?
Try to speak as much English as possible.
Be mindful, respectful & communicate!
Be on time: more than 5 minutes = too late.
Raise your hand if you have a question and be silent during explanations of me/student.
Participate!!
Bags are on the ground, phones in your bags.
No eating in the classroom (gum included), drinking water is allowed.
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learning goals
- I know the circumstances for women during the Victorian Age
- I know the plot of Jane Eyre
Slide 2 - Slide
expectations during literature hours
you read the literature before the deadlines
you participate during the discussions
you take notes during the lessons
lessons will be more lecture style, so you are also expected to be silent for longer.
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Romanticism
Victorian
pessimism
Nature =
godlike
symbolism
Bildungsroman
inspired by the
Renaissance
concern
for outcasts of society
daily life
visually
descriptive
supernatural
Slide 4 - Drag question
Brontë sisters
Slide 5 - Mind map
Characteristics of Victorian Novel:
1. Standard middle-class (bourgeoisie) habits and standards of behaviour.
2. The most popular topic is the adaptation of the individual to society.
3. Emphasis on the way that characters develop.
(lower class described in a boring manner, aristocracy portrayed in a jealous/arrogant manner).
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Why was the novel successful?
1. intended for middle class
2. flexible
3. escapism
4. realistic
5. solutions to complex issues
Slide 7 - Slide
Bildungsroman
A Bildungsroman is a literary term describing a formative novel about a protagonist’s psychological and moral growth from their youth into adulthood. Bildungsroman novels are generally written in the first-person and often feature the name of the protagonist directly in the title, such as Emma, Jane Eyre, and David Copperfield.
The Bildungsroman literary genre originated in Germany. The German word “bildung” means education” and the German word “roman” means “novel.” Thus, “Bildungsroman” translates to “a novel of education” or “a novel of formation.”
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Gothic novel
The adjective gothic describes something that is characterized by mystery, horror, and gloom — especially in literature. Gothic literature combines the genres of romance and horror. Some famous writers of Gothic fiction include Charlotte Bronte, Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe.
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Types of jobs for poor women
servants
nannies
governesses
prostitutes
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Position of women in Victorian Times
*Poor women had to work
*Bad living conditions
* no rights to vote, husband was the boss
Difference between the classes:
*Rich women were supposed to be "the Angel of the House"
*Well-furnished houses & enough food, servants
* no rights to vote, husband decided on everything
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Women's rights
Emancipation: women's rights
in GB called Sufragettes: rights & votes for women
1918 :allowed to vote if 30 years old
1928: vote at 21 years old
Rights to vote for women & lower classes
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Male pseudonyms
no prejudice
freedom of anonymity
to encourage male readership
"We did not like to declare ourselves women, we had a vague impression that authoresses are liable to be looked on with prejudice"