Charles Dickens as Novelist

 Assignment: Charles Dickens as 

Novelist 

Paper No : 104 literature of the victorian 

Topic : Charles Dickens As Novelist 

Name : Sangita Kantariya 

Roll No: 20

Enrollment No: 4069206420210015

Semester: 01 

Year : 2021-22 

Submitted by: S.B. Gardi 

  Department of English, MKBU 

Introduction  

The victorian age

The victorian age is believed to be from 1850 - 1900 when Victoria became queen in 1837 ; English literature seemed to have entered upon a period of lean years in marked contrast with the poetic fruitfulness of the Romantic age.   victorian age is regarded as a very important period of English literature.  Many writers gave their unique contribution in making this age important. 

 

Salient features 

An era of peace

Conflict between science and Religion 

Material development 

Morality

The revolt 

The new  Education 

International influence  

The Achievement of the age

The victorian era is especially marked because of its rapid progress in all the arts and science and in mechanical invention. This age can be called as the Age of compromise.  In other words, we can say, there was death of agriculture.  Workhouse were getting full as people were in search of job to earn money. 

MAJOR WRITERS OF THE AGE 

ALFRED TENNYSON  (1809-92)

TENNYSON life is a remarkable one in this respect, that from beginning to end he seems to have been dominated by a single impulse, the impulse of poetry.

 poem 

The princess

Dora

The memoriam

Crossing the bar

Plays 

Queen Mary (1875)

Harold (1876)

The falcon (1879)

The cup (1881)

The forester (1892)

ROBERT BROWNING  

He was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost victorian poets. He is better known today for his shorter poems such as The pied piper of Hamelin and How They Brought the good News from Ghent to Aix. 

Poems 

Parcells

Pauline

Men &women 

The Ring and the book 

CHARLES DICKENS   (1812-70)

 Charles Dickens was the most influential Novelist of this age. More ever he was a social reformer. Dickens is one of our greatest artists.  His many volumes include such works as A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Bleak House, A Tale of Tow Cities, Great Expectations, and our Mutual friends. 

Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity during his lifetime than had any previous  author.  His long career saw fluctuations in the reception and sales of individual novels, but none of them was negligible or uncharacteristic or disregarded, and though he is now admired for aspects and phases of his work that were given less weight by his contemporaries, his popularity has never ceased. The range, compassion, and intelligence of his apprehensive of his society and its shortcomings enriched his novels and made him both one of the great forces in 19th century  literature and an influential spokesman of the conscience of his age.

Beginning of a literary career 

Mush drawn to the theater, Dickens nearly become a professional actor in 1832.  In 1833 he began contributing stories and descriptions essays to magazines and newspapers;  these attracted attention and were reprinted as Sketches by "Boz."  The same month, he was invited to provide a comic serial narrative to accompany engravings by a well - known artist; seven weeks later the first installment  of The Pickwick papers appeared. 

Charles Dickens works 

Charles Dickens ĺoved the Gothic Romance of the 18th century.  His writing style was florid, poetic and it had a powerful comic touch. Charles Dickens was famous for his novels  which portrayed the difficult life of the working class and his characters.  The characters like Tiny Tim , Oliver Twist, pip, David Copperfield and many others were so beautiful portrayed as if they really existed. 

Major works  of Charles Dickens like Oliver Twist , Nicholas Nickleby, The old  curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge: A TALE of the Riots of Eighty were first written in weekly or monthly installment and were later on printed as books. 

  

A noted philanthropist, he helped raise funds for charities, such as Great Ormond Street and also helped to set up a home for ' fallen women.' Redemption was  an important aspect of Dickens philosophy and he often criticized harsh and punitive punishment, such as solitary confinement.

 

Writing style of Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens is one of the most popular writers in English.  In particular, his novels are brimming with colorful and eccentric characters which leave a lasting impression.  He was a keen and observant writer, incorporating the characters that he met and interacted with in his life, adding a touch of fantasy and exaggeration with his vivid descriptive style.

There are various themes which run throughout his writings. Which often reflects various degrees of his own life stories.  Dickens loved the 'rags to  riches stories ,' exemplified by Oliver Twist and David  Copperfield.  He frequently highlights the worst excesses and social evils of Victorian society and highlighted his views in a wonderfully witty way.

Charles Dickens Death 

On 8th June 1870, Charles suffered another stroke. He died the next day, on 9th June at Gads Hill place. 

Charles had expressed that he should be buried at Rochester cathedral in an inexpensive, unostentatious, and strictly private manner but, was instead buried at poets corner of Westminster Abbey.