ENG324Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Industrial Revolution, Social Class
Document Summary
Vast increase in the amount of reading material and readers in the victorian period (19 th. Fiction became an integral part of everyday life. Capitalism, electricity, modes of communication print and telegraph, modes of transportation (the railway), the camera, visual technologies all developed in the 19 th century. Idea that there is a difference from your public and private self. Resulted in the industrial revolution in england after the invention of the steam engine. Transformed the landscape moved from rural areas to urban centers. Growth of mega cities - cities that became financial centers. Notion of work changed went from working in the home to working in a factory. Social class was important in this time period. Born into social class, it was thought that class was god given. Idea of self making not knowing who you are and have to discover who you are. Important aspects of identity move from the outside to the inside.
