PPT-Teaching Dickens and Victorian

Afterlives Natalie B Cole Oakland University PICKWICKIAN ENDEAVORS the BiAnnual North American Dickens Conference Salem State University 26 September 2014 I Why Focus on the VICTORIAN ERA to Study. Dickens and Victorian . Afterlives. Natalie B. Cole, Oakland University. PICKWICKIAN ENDEAVORS: the Bi-Annual North American Dickens Conference. Salem State University. 26 September 2014. I. Why Focus on the VICTORIAN ERA to Study. Karenward@clovisusd.k12.ca.us. The Inimitable. What can we learn from Dickens and his work?. How can we apply what we learn to our lives today?. View the next 7 slides then predict the setting (time and location) in which Dickens lived.. Charles John . Huffan. Dickens. early alias: . Boz. Born: February 7, 1812 . Portsmouth England. Charles Dickens. Married: Catherine (Hogarth) Dickens. April 2, 1836 in St. Luke's Church, Chelsea. 10 Children. Humor, Irony, and Language Play. by Don L. F. Nilsen. and Alleen Pace Nilsen. Charles Dickens (1812-1870). Dickens has a special talent for evoking strong emotions that result in laughter, terror, and/or pathos. These emotions are used to support his dominant themes and effects, and although the earlier novels tend to be lighter in tone and the later novels more serious, there is a seriousness in his humor . Hero or Villain?. Is Dickens a villain….. When Charles was younger he and his family ate bread very well but had to pay for it for over six weeks! He had to pay debt as well!!!. Or was he a hero?. A Tale of Two Cities. Background . Charles Dickens (1812-1870). The most famous English writer of his time, and one of the most celebrated of ours. . Focused on social injustice and the effect of the industrial revolution on the middle class.. Ch. . Dickens, a . Coketown. , in “Hard . Times. ”. Environmental. . problems. : . nowadays. . pollution. in China and in . Italy. , in . . comparison. to Victorian Great Britain, . like. . Afterlives. Natalie B. Cole, Oakland University. PICKWICKIAN ENDEAVORS: the Bi-Annual North American Dickens Conference. Salem State University. 26 September 2014. I. Why Focus on the VICTORIAN ERA to Study. Ch. . Dickens, a . Coketown. , in “Hard . Times. ”. Environmental. . problems. : . nowadays. . pollution. in China and in . Italy. , in . . comparison. to Victorian Great Britain, . like. . 1812-1870. His Life. Dickens wrote during the Industrial Revolution, so his stories brought out . concerns with . i. njustices in the justice system (and capital punishment). child labor. poor . houses . First published 1860-1861. Serially. Do Now: 14 March 2012. Choose an important person (or people) in your life who has (have) expectations for you—parents, teachers, friends, coaches etc. What are others’ expectations of you? . period of Queen Victoria's . reign. June . 1837 until her death . January 1901. It . was a long period of peace, prosperity, "refined sensibilities" and national self-confidence for the United . Kingdom. SOW: . AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 Section B . Date: . Autumn Y11. This novella prioritises:. The joy of family. The importance of the Christmas spirit. Light and happiness in the darkest of places.. 1837-1901. In their day, the Victorians were on the cutting edge. All the gadgets we're always improving on? The Victorians saw them being invented—things like railways, photography, electricity, & the telegraph. Okay, so the mobile phone pretty much blows the telegraph out of the water, but it was still a huge improvement on hand-delivering letters. .