PriyankaSR Posted May 18, 2013 Posted May 18, 2013 So, my vacations started today and my English holiday homework is a pretty interesting one. I have to compare novels from the Victorian era and the Modern era on the basis of narrative technique, writing style etc. So If anybody can help me and suggest me some good novels to compare, I'd be really thankful!:icflove: I've read some classics like Gone with the wind, The Iliad, The odyssey, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and sensibility. So that might help a bit.
Sachin=GOD Posted May 18, 2013 Posted May 18, 2013 here are some useful links: http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/entertainment/english-literature-the-victorian-age.html http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2163107 http://voices.yahoo.com/the-victorian-era-influence-modern-times-11754.html http://teachers.ewrsd.k12.nj.us/savedoff/humanities_9/victorian/characteristics_of_victorian_era.htm http://faculty.winthrop.edu/kosterj/engl203/overviews/twentiethoview.htm http://www.online-literature.com/periods/modernism.php http://www.slideshare.net/jeaguirre/timeline-and-characteristics-of-british-literature-5512725 some of the best Victorian era novels are Jane Eyre, Great Expectations, Middlemarch, Vanity Fair, Dracula, Wuthering Heights, The Woman in White etc. If you read ebooks then check out gutenberg.com - you will find all of these books legally available in different formats there.
Crookbond Posted May 18, 2013 Posted May 18, 2013 Most such books will be available for free at Gutenberg for different reading devices as well.
PriyankaSR Posted May 18, 2013 Author Posted May 18, 2013 here are some useful links: http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/entertainment/english-literature-the-victorian-age.html http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2163107 http://voices.yahoo.com/the-victorian-era-influence-modern-times-11754.html http://teachers.ewrsd.k12.nj.us/savedoff/humanities_9/victorian/characteristics_of_victorian_era.htm http://faculty.winthrop.edu/kosterj/engl203/overviews/twentiethoview.htm http://www.online-literature.com/periods/modernism.php http://www.slideshare.net/jeaguirre/timeline-and-characteristics-of-british-literature-5512725 some of the best Victorian era novels are Jane Eyre, Great Expectations, Middlemarch, Vanity Fair, Dracula, Wuthering Heights, The Woman in White etc. If you read ebooks then check out gutenberg.com - you will find all of these books legally available in different formats there. Most such books will be available for free at Gutenberg for different reading devices as well. Thank you
Magneto Posted May 18, 2013 Posted May 18, 2013 So, my vacations started today and my English holiday homework is a pretty interesting one. I have to compare novels from the Victorian era and the Modern era on the basis of narrative technique, writing style etc. So If anybody can help me and suggest me some good novels to compare, I'd be really thankful!:icflove: I've read some classics like Gone with the wind, The Iliad, The odyssey, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and sensibility. So that might help bit. Ummm ... just hope you are clear that the 5 books you mentioned neither belong to Victorian Literature nor Modernist Literature.
Clarke Posted May 18, 2013 Posted May 18, 2013 You don't need to know so much English to write java :dontknow:
PriyankaSR Posted May 18, 2013 Author Posted May 18, 2013 Ummm ... just hope you are clear that the 5 books you mentioned neither belong to Victorian Literature nor Modernist Literature. Frankly, I am a bit confused on the concept of Victorian literature. I assumed that these classics could belong. :cantstop:
Sachin=GOD Posted May 18, 2013 Posted May 18, 2013 Frankly' date='[b'] I am a bit confused on the concept of Victorian literature. I assumed that these classics could belong. :cantstop: Victorian era was from 1837 to 1901 (i.e. the reign of Queen Victoria in England) - books written between these years belong to the Victorian era.
Mariyam Posted May 18, 2013 Posted May 18, 2013 So, my vacations started today and my English holiday homework is a pretty interesting one. I have to compare novels from the Victorian era and the Modern era on the basis of narrative technique, writing style etc. So If anybody can help me and suggest me some good novels to compare, I'd be really thankful!:icflove: I've read some classics like Gone with the wind, The Iliad, The odyssey, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and sensibility. So that might help bit. The novels you've listed are from neither era. Some good authors form the Victorian Era would be: Dramas/Plays and Novels: Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Charlotte Bronte Poems: Yeats, Tennyson, Swinburn, Hardy Most of the work pertaining to the Victorian era talks either as a parody and/or in an allegoric way about the strark class divide in the then British society. Some good authors from the Modern era: Dramas/Plays and Novels: George Orwell, HG Wells, Aldous Huxley, Forster Poets: Roald Dahl, Ogden Nash (can't think of any more now) A lot of writing of the Modern era ( and I'm assuming you are talking of British writers) deals with the general idea that Utopia may be just a dream, and different political systems may appeal in theory but in the end they are just as bad as the earlier systems they've replaced.
Magneto Posted May 18, 2013 Posted May 18, 2013 Frankly' date=' I am a bit confused on the concept of Victorian literature. I assumed that these classics could belong. :cantstop:[/quote'] 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' are actually ancient Greek epics written in verse attributed to Homer. :(( You obviously have read their English translations in prose, but they are still ancient epics. :((
PriyankaSR Posted May 18, 2013 Author Posted May 18, 2013 The novels you've listed are from neither era. Some good authors form the Victorian Era would be: Dramas/Plays and Novels: Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Charlotte Bronte Poems: Yeats, Tennyson, Swinburn, Hardy Most of the work pertaining to the Victorian era talks either as a parody and/or in an allegoric way about the strark class divide in the then British society. Some good authors from the Modern era: Dramas/Plays and Novels: George Orwell, HG Wells, Aldous Huxley, Forster Poets: Roald Dahl, Ogden Nash (can't think of any more now) A lot of writing of the Modern era ( and I'm assuming you are talking of British writers) deals with the general idea that Utopia may be just a dream, and different political systems may appeal in theory but in the end they are just as bad as the earlier systems they've replaced. Sorry, I was a bit confused. My bad. :cantstop: Will negative points be appreciated in a comparison? :nervous:
PriyankaSR Posted May 18, 2013 Author Posted May 18, 2013 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' are actually ancient Greek epics written in verse attributed to Homer. :(( You obviously have read their English translations in prose, but they are still ancient epics. :(( I know that! I know it was an epic sung by Homer around 3 millinea ago, I guess. In fact, Greek Mythology and stories interest me the most. :--D Its just that I thought, due to lack of knowledge on the subject, that old classics could belong to this list.
Mariyam Posted May 18, 2013 Posted May 18, 2013 Sorry, I was a bit confused. My bad. :cantstop: Will negative points be appreciated in a comparison? :nervous: Negative points? Those really aren't negatives. That's how literature of the era was/is perceived. I'd suggest you read: Victorian Era: Importance of Being Earnest, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Oliver Twist and the poem 'The charge of the ligt brigade'. Modern Era: 1984, Animal Farm, A brave new world, A passage to India. And any Ogden Nash poem. You'd get a good idea about the general difference in styles. I'd say, by and large, the Victorian authors wrote on how Britain should metamorphose into an egalitarian society. The Modern Authors, were disillusioned by Communism (the biggest egalitarian movement of the 1st part of the 20th century) and wrote about the futility of expecting an Utopian Society.
Magneto Posted May 18, 2013 Posted May 18, 2013 I know that! I know it was an epic sung by Homer around 3 millinea ago, I guess. In fact, Greek Mythology and stories interest me the most. :--D Its just that I thought, due to lack of knowledge on the subject, that old classics could belong to this list. :wall: :wall: :((
CandyFloss Posted May 18, 2013 Posted May 18, 2013 holiday homework? priyanka, how old are you? :hmmm:
PriyankaSR Posted May 18, 2013 Author Posted May 18, 2013 Negative points? Those really aren't negatives. That's how literature of the era was/is perceived. I'd suggest you read: Victorian Era: Importance of Being Earnest, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Oliver Twist and the poem 'The charge of the ligt brigade'. Modern Era: 1984, Animal Farm, A brave new world, A passage to India. And any Ogden Nash poem. You'd get a good idea about the general difference in styles. I'd say, by and large, the Victorian authors wrote on how Britain should metamorphose into an egalitarian society. The Modern Authors, were disillusioned by Communism (the biggest egalitarian movement of the 1st part of the 20th century) and wrote about the futility of expecting an Utopian Society. Great. Thanks a lot. :icflove:
PriyankaSR Posted May 18, 2013 Author Posted May 18, 2013 holiday homework? priyanka' date=' how old are you? :hmmm:[/quote'] I am seventeen. Eleventh grade. :--D
CandyFloss Posted May 18, 2013 Posted May 18, 2013 I am seventeen. Eleventh grade. :--D oh okay :icflove:
punjabi_khota Posted May 18, 2013 Posted May 18, 2013 Candy aunty how old are your kids ? same as priyanka ? :dontknow:
CandyFloss Posted May 18, 2013 Posted May 18, 2013 Candy aunty how old are your kids ? same as priyanka ? :dontknow:
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