Romanticism vs. Victorianism

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Romanticism vs. Victorianism

• Comparing/Contrasting Charles Dickens Victorian
  Era with Great Expectations Romantic Period

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Charles Dickens Great Expectations

• The setting of Great Expectations takes place
  between 1812 and 1840 in England, and yet it was
  not until 1860-1861 that Charles Dickens worked
  on and published the novel.
• Great Expectations, then, is a Victorian novel
  that takes place in a pre-Victorian time, known
  as the Romantic Period.

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Sample 1On your paper, write words that come to
mind when you look at this illustration.
Title A Portrait of Two Girls with their
Governess
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Sample 2On your paper, write words that come to
mind when you look at this illustration.
Title Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
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Sample 3 On your paper, write words that come
to mind when you look at this illustration.
Title Titanias Awakening
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Sample 4On your paper, write words that come to
mind when you look at this illustration.
Title Second Class The Parting
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Sample 5On your paper, write words that come to
mind when you look at this illustration.
Title Queen Victoria
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Sample 6 On your paper, write words that come
to mind when you look at this illustration.
Title Liberty Leading the People
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Romanticism vs. Victorianism

• 1785-1830

• 1830-1901

• Early, Middle and Late Victorian Era

• The Age of Revolution

• Revolt against aristocratic, social, and
  political norms of the early 1700s.

• Focus on social satire and adventure fulfillment
  of human condition

• nature of women

• love of nature

• importance of emotion/imagination

• realistic portrayals of life

• Victorian novel was a principal form of
  entertainment

• rejection of classic art forms

• focus on social classes (hierarchy)

• rebellion against society

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1785-1830 1830-1901
The Age of Revolution Early, Middle and Late Victorian Era
Revolt against aristocratic, social, and political norms of the early 1700s. Focus on social satire and adventure fulfillment of human condition
love of nature nature of women
importance of emotion/imagination realistic portrayals of life
rejection of classic art forms Victorian novel was a principal form of entertainment
rebellion against society focus on social classes (hierarchy)
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ACTIVITY

• Lets review the illustrations.
• Which illustrations are Victorian? Which
  illustrations are Romantic?

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Sample 1Does this illustration come from the
Romantic or Victorian Era?

• Answer Victorian
• Artist
• Abraham Soloman
• Oil Canvas 1824-1862
• A Portrait of Two Girls with their Governess

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Sample 2Does this illustration come from the
Romantic or Victorian Era?

• Answer Romantic
• Artist
• Kunsthalle Hamburg
• Oil Canvas1818, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

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Sample 3Does this illustration come from the
Romantic or Victorian Era?
Answer Romantic Artist Henry Fuseli Oil
Canvas1785 Titanias Awakening
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Sample 4Does this illustration come from the
Romantic or Victorian Era?

• Answer Victorian
• Artist
• Abraham Soloman
• Oil Canvas 1824-1862
• Second Class The Parting

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Sample 5Does this illustration come from the
Romantic or Victorian Era?

• Answer Victorian
• Oil Canvas 1842
• Queen Victoria

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Sample 6Does this illustration come from the
Romantic or Victorian Era?

• Answer Romantic
• Artist
• Eugene Delacroix
• Oil Canvas 1830
• Liberty Leading the People

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The Complexity of Great Expectations

• The novel will contain various themes/motifs,
  symbols, and tone.

• Themes/Motifs (reoccurring elements)
• Ambition and self-improvement
• Maturation and growth from childhood to adulthood
  (Bildungsroman genre)
• Guilt, criminality, and innocence
• Social class
• The importance of affection, loyalty, and
  sympathy over social/class advancement

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Discover the Symbols as You Read

• Symbols
• Stopped clocks _______________
• Objects that symbolize the theme of guilt and
  innocence are _________________________
• Satis House ____________________
• Bentley Drummle _________________
• Joe ___________________
• The marsh mists __________________

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(Define each term)

• Tone
• Comical
• Cheerful
• Satirical
• Wry
• Critical
• Sentimental

• Dark
• Dramatic
• Foreboding
• Gothic
• Sympathetic

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Assignment for Great Expectations

• Read Class, Tradition, and Money by Sally
  Mitchell (522-530).
• What are three major/interesting facts you found
  about the working classes?
• the middle class?
• the aristocrats and gentry?