PENTRU SUBIECTUL 1

Victorianism general presentation

Victorianism division into periods
General features of the Victorian novel
Ch. Dickens the consciousness of an age
Themes in Dickens Novels
The form of Dickens Novels
WM Thackeray main themes in his novels
Bronte sisters - Literary Themes in Jane Eyre
Stages in Wuthering Heights
Gothic and Romantic Motifs in the Work of the Brontes
Main influences in the works of George Eliot
George Eliot Literary career
Th. Hardy
CHARLES DICKENS OLIVER TWIST
Dickens Art as a Portrait Painter - Study of Characters
Dickens as a Critic of Victorian Society
Afflicted Children in Dickens Novels
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY VANITY FAIR
Vanity Fair A Novel without a Hero; Sources of Inspiration
Social Fresco in Vanity Fair (Social Classes, Money, Capitalism,
Marriage, Inheritance, History, Geography, Politics)
Narrative Techniques in Vanity Fair Tradition and Innovation (Before
the Curtain)
Thackeray as a Satirical Moralist
Social Climbing in Vanity Fair
EMILY

BRONTE WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Wuthering Heights Study of Characters
Gothic Influences in Wuthering Heights
Psychiatric Issues in Wuthering Heights (Id, Superego, Ego, Anima,
Animus, Monomania, Antisocial Disorder, Sadism, Masochism,
Paranoia, Schizophrenia, Split Identity)
Love and Revenge in Wuthering Heights
Narrative Techniques in Wuthering Heights
Antithetic Issues in Wuthering Heights
Possible topics: Violence in WH, Religion in WH, Relationships in WH,
The status of women in WH

GEORGE ELIOT - THE MILL ON THE FLOSS

Study of Characters in The Mill on the Floss

Feminist Issues in The Mill on the Floss

The Mill on the Floss as a Realistic Panorama of Provincial Life
Drama of Inadaptability in The Mill on the Floss

OSCAR WILDE THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

Aesthetic Issues in The Picture of Dorian Gray
Sources and Influences
Themes
Study of Characters in The Picture of Dorian Gray
Tormenting Selves in The Picture of Dorian Gray
Drama of Respectability in The Picture of Dorian Gray (Life versus Art)
OSCAR WILDE LADY WINDERMERES FAN
Oscar Wilde as a Master of Paradox and Witty Language in Lady
Windermeres Fan

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW DEVILS DISCIPLE

G.B. Shaw and the Play of Ideas: Devils Disciple Parody of Melodrama
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Ch. Dickens Great Expectations

Th. Hardy Tess of the DUrbervilles
O. Wilde The Ballad of Reading Gaol
O. Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
G.B. Shaw Pygmalion
R.L Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
H.G. Wells The Island of Doctor Moreau