Victorian age literature

VICTORIAN AGE LITERATURE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………….….….3
CHAPTER I. THE VICTORIAN AGE……………………………………….…6
1.1. Prose fiction………………………………………………………………...…6
1.2. Victorian Literature and Culture………………………………………….10
CHAPTER II. PERIOD IX. THE VICTORIAN PERIOD, ABOUT 1830 TO 1901 GENERAL CONDITIONS………………………………………………..12
2.1. Victorian age characteristics of the epoch…………………………………12
2.2. George Meredith. Thomas hardy. Stevenson. Rudyard Kipling……...…18
CONCLUSION.……….…………………………………………………………26
REFERENCE……………………………………………………………….…...27


INTRODUCTION
The Victorian era, which spanned Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901, is characterized by an expansion of the horizons of education and literacy, as well as an increase in people’s skepticism about religion and politics. During this period, publications such as Marx's and Engles' Communist Manifesto in 1848 and Darwin's On the Origin of Species in 1859 served as catalysts for political and religious conflicts. These new ideas about government and science marked the transition from the idealism of the Romantics to a more empirical worldview. The Victorian era also marks a period of great economic growth, technological discovery, and industrialization. Many writers have commented on both the wonders of this industrial revolution and the problems of industrial society. Also, in the Victorian era, the influence of literature became more widespread in society as reading became a social pastime, indicating an increase in the level of literacy. It is estimated that at the beginning of the 1837 period, about half of the adult male population was somewhat literate. Standard literacy became more or less universal by the end of the century due to new practices, compulsory education, and technological advances in printing that led to widespread reading materials Greenblatt 993.
Actuality of the course work: As reading became more of a pastime for ordinary British citizens than a privilege for the wealthy, publications such as periodicals flourished. These magazines published monthly news, satirical essays, poems, and fiction. The publications in this series have made it easy for many authors to share their work with the public and help start the careers of well-known Victorian writers such as Dickens, Eliot, Tennyson and Brownings Norton. Since literature is an ubiquitous part of Victorian society, its study is crucial to understanding the views and concerns of the people who lived at that time. Much of what was written during this period was in response to the rapidly changing ideas of science, ethics, and society.