Essays about: "dickens"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the word dickens.

1. 1. Capitalism, Industrialism, and Hard Times : Satire and Social Critique in Charles Dickens’ Hard Times

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Seth Blohm; [2023]
   Keywords : Marxism; Satire; Hard Times; Class Struggle; Social Stratification; Alienation; Mechanization; Capitalism;

   Abstract : This essay will analyze a selection of characters from Charles Dickens’ novel Hard Times. Characterizations will be analyzed by using a Marxist theoretical framework, e.g., characters’ relations to Marxist concepts such as class struggle, alienation, and stratification will be studied. READ MORE

3. 2. Societal critique in Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist : A Ricouerian Analysis

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Nohan Zainudini; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This essay investigates social critique and commentary in Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist, applying a Ricoeurian hermeneutics in order to determine whether the novel simultaneously affirms certain viewpoints while subtly undermining these. If such cases can be found, the analysis will then endeavor to determine how this serves to influence the reader’s perception of the various social issue presented in the novel. READ MORE

4. 3. Accommodating Perspectives on Religious History : A Study of Satire and Narrative Structure in Aldous Huxley’s Crome Yellow

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Christian Fehn; [2023]
   Keywords : Huxley Religion Satire Narratology;

   Abstract : This essay is an analysis of Aldous Huxley’s novel Crome Yellow and how it can be read as exposing social hypocrisy and tracing social flaws through England’s religious history. The analysis uses narratology as a tool for exploring how the author can be perceived as offering a perspective on religious history that might have been controversial in his day. READ MORE

5. 4. Revenge, Compensation, and Character Change in Dickens's Great Expectations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Mathilda Solid; [2022]
   Keywords : revenge; vengeance; vengefulness; agents of revenge; compensation; character change; character development; Charles Dickens; Great Expectations; Magwitch; Miss Havisham; Orlick; Pip; Estella; injustice; betrayal; nineteenth-century novels; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Revenge is a theme which has fascinated people for thousands of years and which is present in a wide range of genres. Revenge also plays a central role in the nineteenth-century novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. READ MORE

6. 5. The portrayal of class and social mobility in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Elina Helleberg; [2022]
   Keywords : Dickens; Great Expectations; Victorian society; class; Pip; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Pip’s transformation to become a gentleman in manners and behaviour in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations illustrates the difference and importance of class in the Victorian society. Through an unknown benefactor, Pip makes a journey from working-class blacksmith apprenticeship in the countryside to gentleman life in the upper-middle class London, with access to economic, cultural and social capital. READ MORE