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Great Expectations

Great Expectations. Mr. Czarnecki British Literature. What Does It Mean to Be “Dickensian”?.

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Great Expectations

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  1. Great Expectations Mr. Czarnecki British Literature

  2. What Does It Mean to Be “Dickensian”? • Charles Dickens’ work continues to be so influential that the adjective “Dickensian” is used today to describe something “of or like the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with regard to poor social and economic conditions),” according to WordNet. • For example, a 2008 article in The New York Times describes Mumbai, India this way: “For the writer, the Dickensian lens offers an easy view of Mumbai: wealthy and poor, apartment-dwelling and slumdwelling, bulbous and malnourished.”

  3. What contemporary work—novel, film, television series, blog, Web site—do you consider “Dickensian” in tone and/or content? What specific traits of the work do you find especially Dickensian?

  4. The Dickensian Style • Aside from a lens through which you can read literature and media, the word “Dickensian” can refer to writing style. • This can be applied to setting, characterization, description, and syntax.

  5. Setting, Mood, and Imagery Page 5 final paragraph. What are some key words or phrases that help construct a mood to the novel?

  6. Pip’s Tone • Tone is defined as the apparent attitude to the narrative voice. • How would you describe Pip’s tone in the following passages? • After the convict threatens to eat Pip’s face, he tells the reader: “I earnestly expressed my hope that he wouldn’t” (3). • When describing his sister Pip tells us that she “had such a prevailing redness of skin that [he] sometimes used to wonder whether it was possible she washed herself with a nutmeg-grater instead of soap” (6).

  7. Pip’s Tone How does his tone compare to the mood of the book? Handout time.

  8. Characterization • Dickens also had a unique way of building his characters. • According to Everyone in Dickensby George Newlin (GreenwoodPress, 1995),Dickens created 13,143 separate characters. • Each, no matter how minor, is delineated by some idiosyncrasy of speech, dress, or manner. • To examine his craft more closely, do the following:

  9. Characterization • 1. Choose a character from a Dickens GE and find 1–4 lines of description about him or her.Write this description at the bottom of a blank sheet of paper. • 2. Exchange papers with your partner. • 3. On the sheet you receive, sketch a drawing, cartoon, or caricature to illustrate the character described. • 4. When you are finished, post your drawing with the bottom folded so that the writing doesn’t show. • 5. The other groups will then guess which character has been drawn.

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