Context, Authorial Purpose, and Victorian Values (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Flashcards
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When Great Expectations was written
When Great Expectations was written
Late 1860 to mid-1861
What 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act created
What 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act created
Harsh workhouse system discouraging poor from seeking aid
Dickens's childhood trauma (1824)
Dickens's childhood trauma (1824)
Father imprisoned; worked in blacking warehouse aged 12
Industrial Revolution's main effect
Industrial Revolution's main effect
Rapid urbanisation, overcrowded slums, child labour, poverty
Bildungsroman
Bildungsroman
Coming-of-age story of moral & psychological development
Dickens's didactic purpose in novel
Dickens's didactic purpose in novel
Teach moral lessons, expose social hypocrisy
Serialised novel
Serialised novel
Published in instalments, accessible, builds suspense
'Separate spheres' ideology
'Separate spheres' ideology
Men: public/work realm. Women: domestic/home sphere
Joe Gargery represents
Joe Gargery represents
Genuine working-class virtue: loyalty, forgiveness, authenticity
Pumblechook represents
Pumblechook represents
Middle-class hypocrisy using morality for personal gain