Literature chapter 6

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

Homework check

age of reason

the poet as a philosopher

first sonnet

evolution theory

theocentric

Charles II

renaissance

medieval period

restoration period

enlightenment

romantic period

victorian period

Which is the odd one out?

1. poetic language
2. reason
3. interest in children
4. general truths

Which is the odd one out?

1. natural language
2. use of the heroic couplet
3. supernatural elements
4. nature as a poetic theme

Which is the odd one out?

1. Alexander Pope
2. William Wordsworth
3. John Keats
4. Lord Byron

'The Lamb' was one of the poems in the booklet called:

Victorian Times 

What about children?

The following fragment sketches just one of the many hard jobs children in the Victorian era had to do.

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

Rich children

• raised by a nanny & spoiled 
• hardly any contact with their parents
• not allowed to eat at the same table
• educated
• needed to marry a person from the same class

Charles Dickens

The following video gives background information about Charles Dickens. Please take notes.

Special for Dickens' novels 

• serialized stories in journals (= installments)
• cliffhangers / some characters are forgotten / influence of the public
• literature available for a wider audience 
• cheap 
• ironical/satirical
• absurd characters and absurd names

Special for Dickens's novels 

• flat and vivid characters
• most of the novels took place in the busy city
• workhouse, child labour
• mostly male characters