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Victorian Age(from a male perspective)
Siem, Harm and Tom 

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It is important to know about the Victorian age and the Victorian literature
- spirit of time
- characteristics literature
- relevance today
- book
- criticism
- opinion
- conclusion

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Victorian age

Slide 3 - Mind map

Spirit of time 
  • 1820-1914
  • powerful nation

  • economic growth

 



1837-1901

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Changes Victorian era
  • industrialization 
  • scientific inventions 
  • transport 

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Gender

Class

'separate spheres'
men: public
women: private




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Victorian literature
romantic & realism
novel
portrait

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Characteristics literature
- realistic (daily life)
- entertainment
- industrialization
- class
- nostalgia
- utilitarianism
- progress
'What makes the most people the most happy'

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relevance victorian literature
  • the beginning of science fiction
  •  change from romance to realism

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opinion: Without the victorian age, the science fiction /horror as we know it today would be a lot different
agree
disagree

Slide 10 - Poll

Charles Dickens 
the beginning of social security

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what is also still relevant from the victorian age?
A
The dream to go to space
B
In the victorian age, Russia also threatened war
C
the most books were novels
D
The writers wrote a lot about trading

Slide 12 - Quiz

Oscar Wilde
  • Born in Ireland
  • Playwright, poet and writer
  • Homosexual
  • Imprisonment
  • The Importance of Being Earnest 

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Oscar Wilde was innovative for its time?
agree or disagree? why?

Slide 14 - Open question

Slide 15 - Video

The picture of Dorian Gray
  • Science fiction 
  • Chronological order

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How do you think that the book reflects the Victorian age?

Slide 17 - Open question

How does the book reflect the victorian era? 
  • Middle class: moral and hard working 
  • upper class: extravagant and lazy

How does the book reflect the victorian age

  • middle class: hard working and moral
  • upper class: extravagant and lazy

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criticism 
criticism 

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high victorian period(1820-1880)

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From whom Charles Dickens get the most criticism?
poor people
rich people

Slide 21 - Poll

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The late Victorian period(1880-1914)

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why did the Victorian age ends in 1914
A
Oscar Wilde died in 1914
B
WOI started in 1914
C
Queen Victoria died in 1914
D
The first TV was invented in 1914 so no one reads anymore

Slide 24 - Quiz

Opinion book


use of language 
excitement 
Dorian gray (two personalities)

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It is important to know about the Victorian age and the Victorian literature
- industrial revolution
- class based society
- novels nowadays

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Questions?
QUESTIONS?

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