VICTORIAN CULTURAL LIFE AND ITS REFLECTION IN LITERATURE / LA VIDA CULTURAL VICTORIANA Y SU REFLEJO EN LA LITERATURA

Ognjen Kurteš

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The paper aims to discuss the main themes of Victorian society and their reflection in literature, particularly the novel. It is of crucial importance to understand cultural and social life in 19th-century England in order to see and understand all the social layers of the Victorian novel. Reflections of social life in the Victorian novel are evident, and in most cases, constitute the principal sources of conflict and drama. Social order is one of the most important aspects of the Victorian novel and is a principle closely related to the most important layers within the novels: public and private spheres, property, revenge, social power, social position and (in)equality. 


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Victorian culture, Victorian novel, history, “Angel in the House” / cultura victoriana, novela victoriana, historia, «El ángel del hogar»

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.46827/ejlll.v10i2.716

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