ENGL-3327EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, George Orwell
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Story of manner: hypocrisy of people and overlooked virtues of them. Emphasis on the virtue of nature and childhood, people are good until the. Value imagination over reason, emotion over intellect, strong emphasis on. The narrative is extraordinary, the character progresses through large events, Romantic period industrial corrupts them individual freedom epic events, etc. Period of large social changes, period of upheaval. Moving into the 19th century, abolitionism is a hot topic in the british empire. Queen victoria, reigned for 40 years and oversaw the most powerful period for. Emphasis middle class virtues, man is basically good but goes astray. Conformity is rewarded, hero is rational and virtuous. Realism is depicted, ordinary and everyday events. Stereotypically this era is more concerned with telling of true tales, virtue, quite long and how personalities and characters develop. Moral earnests and believing in the truth of goodness, lots of truth and exposition.
