Victorian Literature..
Answer the following questions on your blog. 01. Which 2 readings did you select from the list? I chose The legend of The Sleepy Hollow , by Irving, W and Heart of Darkness, by Conrad Joseph 02. Using these readings, compare (3 examples) and contrast (3 examples) the works with the ppt presentations on Victorian Literature and Culture given in class. Comparissions and Contrasts: 1. Literature of this age tends to come closer to daily life which reflects its practical problems and interests. It becomes a powerful instrument for human progress. Example of Comparission: “In this by-place of nature there abode, in a remote period of American history, that is to say, some thirty years since, a worthy wight of the name of Ichabod Crane,….” Ex. of Contrast: And farther west on the upper reaches the place of the monstrous town was still marked ominously on the sky, a brooding gloom in sunshine, a lurid glare under the stars. "And this also," said Marlow suddenly, "has been one