LITERATURE QUESTIONS
THE VICTORIAN NOVEL
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Bildungsroman, feminist novel, anti-bellum novel
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Sensation novel, adaptation, superhero novel
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Detective novel, new woman novel, gothic Novel
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Empty-center novel, magical realism novel, poetic novel
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Detailed explanation-1: -David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (1849) You can’t have a list of Victorian novels without Dickens, and David Copperfield is his most humane work. At least partly autobiographical, it’s the story of a young boy’s life as he grows towards maturity, narrated by David Copperfield himself.
Detailed explanation-2: -Poetry was one of the most popular genres of the Victorian period. The Romantic poets, particularly William Wordsworth (who lived through the beginning of the period, dying in 1850) were revered and widely quoted.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most popular novels of the Victorian age were realistic, thickly plotted, crowded with characters, and long. Describing contemporary life and entertainment for the middle class.
Detailed explanation-4: -What is gothic literature? Gothic literature is a genre of literature that combines dark elements, spooky settings, conflicted and disturbed characters into a whimsically horrific, often romantic, story. It’s the darkest portion of Dark Romanticism, emerging soon after the Romantic literary era.