ENGL 216 Victorian Unit Exam Latest Update

ENGL 216 Victorian Unit Exam Latest Update Victorian Era - Answer -amorphous & falls into multiple categories \ -named after Queen Victoria -question of Domesticity -does not rally define anything, best called Victorian Literature Queen Victoria - Answer -no one expected to take the throne (10th in lin e) -takes throne 3 weeks after 18th bday -called grandmother of Europe -takes down image of royalties as divine and removed from her people -bid on Duty -Widow of Windsor (after Elbert dies) -produces image of domesticity Question of Domesticity - Answer -question of politics, fair labor laws, & connection of these things to literature -social problem literature (say something and do something about it) -lots of Romance & Gothic -medieval revival (King Author) Victorian Literature - Answer -domesticity -seeds of de-colonization -peak of Britain's empire -age of gender questions & early feminism -role of woman in society -marriage plot (love triangles) -Romantic influence -Gothic -Medieval revival -not as tidy, through line like Romanticism Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Answer -born 1806 to English wealthy family -abolitionist even though she comes from a family with slaves -oldest of 12, has frail health -popular/successful for "social problem" & political poems -social issues poet -marries Robert Browning (penniless poet) -supports Italian unification Aurora Leigh - Answer -Italy as foil to England -9 books -Aurora sees poetry as her work -Incomplete with both identities as woman/poet -poets as legislators -epic about now, not the past like Homer Social Problem Literature - Answer -Browning & Dickens have profound belief that literature can/should address the problems of the day -literature should inspire -Job of artist = critic, challenge, push (Art for Art's Sake) -Goal = exposing info that isn't widely available 2 Critiques of Social Literature - Answer 1) Factory Act (1833) 2) New Poor Law (1834 Bildungsroman - Answer -chronological narrative from childhood to maturity Fictional Autobiography - Answer -always a 1st person perspective