ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Edgar Allan Poe, William Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor and Carson McCullers all cited Dickens as having influenced their works and they utilized archetypal characters created by him as springboards for their own creations.

Detailed explanation-2: -The term Dickensian most literally describes something that has the attributes of a story written by Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens wrote prolifically, but he is best known for his novels such as The Pickwick Papers, A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist and A Tale of Two Cities.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dickens was a master of high humor-satire, puns, wordplay, and a curious method of characterizing that poked fun at his own creations even as he fleshed them out with life and a persona all their own. The satire Dickens lavishes on the upper class in Bleak House is often laugh-out-loud funny.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dickens is perhaps most famous for his novella, A Christmas Carol. Although it is a glorious story about the power of change and redemption, as well as a very warming tale of festive tradition, it was not at all what Dickens initially set out to write.