Presentation

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

Victorian Age(from a male perspective)

Siem, Harm and Tom 

It is important to know about the Victorian age and the Victorian literature

- spirit of time

- characteristics literature

- relevance today

- book

- criticism

- opinion

- conclusion

Victorian age

Spirit of time 

• 1820-1914
• powerful nation

• economic growth

 

1837-1901

Changes Victorian era

• industrialization 
• scientific inventions 
• transport 

Gender

Class

'separate spheres'

men: public

women: private

Victorian literature

romantic & realism

novel

portrait

Characteristics literature

- realistic (daily life)

- entertainment

- industrialization

- class

- nostalgia

- utilitarianism

- progress

'What makes the most people the most happy'

relevance victorian literature

• the beginning of science fiction
•  change from romance to realism

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

agree

disagree

Charles Dickens 

the beginning of social security

what is also still relevant from the victorian age?

1. The dream to go to space
2. In the victorian age, Russia also threatened war
3. the most books were novels
4. The writers wrote a lot about trading

Oscar Wilde

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

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

The picture of Dorian Gray

• Science fiction 
• Chronological order

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

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

criticism 

criticism 

high victorian period(1820-1880)

From whom Charles Dickens get the most criticism?

poor people

rich people

The late Victorian period(1880-1914)

why did the Victorian age ends in 1914

1. Oscar Wilde died in 1914
2. WOI started in 1914
3. Queen Victoria died in 1914
4. The first TV was invented in 1914 so no one reads anymore

Opinion book

use of language 

excitement 

Dorian gray (two personalities)

It is important to know about the Victorian age and the Victorian literature

- industrial revolution

- class based society

- novels nowadays

Questions?

QUESTIONS?