LITERATURE QUESTIONS
THE VICTORIAN NOVEL
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Victorian novels, particularly those by Charles Dickens, influenced Darwin’s
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Scientists tend to see their fields in complete isolation from art and culture.
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Since the coming of Romanticism in the late 18th century, many poets, such as Blake and Keats, have tended to oppose science and technology to the arts.
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The development of cinema, television, video, and digital information technology has provided a kind of intellectual distance.
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Detailed explanation-1: -He did not approve of the Victorian class system as he believed that all people were equal and that the stratification of society was unfair. Through his works, Dickens campaigned on different aspects of class inequality and injustices that the poor suffered, such as workhouses or child labour.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dickens was immensely popular during his time. His novels had all the features that the Victorian readers wanted-melodrama, pathos, sensation, sentiment and romance. But he transcended these qualities by his creative vitality and humour.
Detailed explanation-3: -The realistic Victorian novel focused on characters and themes such as the plight of the poor and social mobility that was being afforded to a new middle class and the rising middle class were eager to consume these novels.
Detailed explanation-4: -Victorian era literature was characterized by depictions of everyday people, hard lives, and moral lessons. They were meant for more than just entertainment. Victorians were interested in the hero as well as folk art. Victorian novels often focused on these themes.