CRITICA VERSO LA
SOCIETA' IN DICKENS, WILDE E JOYCE
DICKENS BELONGS TO THE II^ GENERATION OF VICTORIAN NOVELISTS ; LIKE THEM,
HE IS CONSCIOUS OF HYPOCRISY OF THEIR OWN TIME AND HE CRITICIZES ALL THE
ASPECTS OF SOCIETY. HIS NOVELS MIRROR THE SENSE OF FEAR AND GUILT OF THE MIDDLE
CLASSES, BUT IN THIS SENSE, THEY ARE THE
MIRROR OF THE CONTRADICTORY VICTORIAN BOURGEOIS IDENTITY. THE NOVELS ARE ALSO
AN EXPRESSION OF THE MORAL PURITAN OBBLIGATION FELT BY THE MIDDLE CLASSES AS
THE NEED TO SOLVE THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS RAISED BY INDUSTRIALIZATION. IN WILDE
THE CRITICISM TOWARDS SOCIETY IS PRESENT IN THE PLAY "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING
EARNEST" : THIS PLAY IS A SATIRE OF VICTORIAN SOCIETY STARTING FROM THE
LACK OF EARNESTNESS OF THE PROTAGONIST AND INVESTING ALL THE PILLARS OF THE
VICTORIAN SOCIETY SUCH AS MARIAGE, CHURCH, RESPECTABILITY AND THE ROLE OF THE SEXES. IN JOICE DUBLIN IS
REPRESENTED THROUGH ITS INHABITANTS, CHILDREN, YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS. THE
REALITY DESCRIBED BELONGS TO ALL THE SOCIETIES OF THE WORLD OF THAT PERIOD.
WITH THE WORD PARALYSIS JOYCE REFERRES TO THE STATE OF MIND OR HIS OWN
COUNTRY : HE REFERRES TO SOME ASPECTS OF THE DUBLINERS THAT HE CAN'T
ACCEPT, SUCH AS BIGOTRY, ASSOCIATED TO THE PURITAN WAY OF LIFE, NARROWMINDNESS
AND IMPOSSIBILITY FOR AN IRISH MAN TO
CHANGE HIS OWN LIFE, TO ESCAPE FROM A LIMITED MENTALITY.
STILE DI WILDE, JOYCE
E JANE AUSTEN.
WILDE :AS REGARD THE PICTURE OF
DORIAN GRAY IT CAN BE READ AS A LATE OFFSPRING OF THE GOTHIC NOVEL BECAUSE
OF ITS SUPERNATURAL PLOT: IN FACT THE SUSPENCE IN THE READER, THE SENSE OF MISTERY AND THE UNSPEAKABLE CRIMES
UNRESOLVED REMIND US OF THE GOTHIC NOVEL. INSTEAD IN THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST THE LANGUAGE IS VERY INVENTIVE AND
THE COMICAL EFFECT AND THE IRONY ARE OBTAINED BY THE USE OF PARADOX, APHORISM AND WIT. JOYCE : HIS STYLE TECHNIQUE AND THE LANGUAGE DEVELOPES
FROM THE REALISM AND THE DISCIPLINED PROSE OF THE DUBLINERS, THROUGH AN
EXPLORATION OF THE CARACTERS' IMPRESSIONS AND POINTS OF VIEW, TO THE STREAM OF
CONSCIOUSNESS TECNIQUE, USED TO GIVE A REALISTIC FRAMEWORK TO THE CARACTERS'
FORMLESS THOUGHTS. HE USES IN HIS WORKS NEW TECNIQUES SUCH AS THE IMPERSONALITY
OF THE AUTHOR, THE SYMBOLISM, THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND THE EPIPHANY. JANE
AUSTEN DEALS WITH LOVE IN A VERY CLASSICAL WAY, WITHOUT ROMANCE, IN
OPPOSITION TO GOTHIC NOVELS SHE USES A SIMPLE LANGUAGE AND THE CARACTERS ARE
ROUND, WHILE IN GOTHIC N. THEY WERE FLAT. AS REGARDS CONTENTS SHE TAKES
INSPIRATION BY FIELDING AND RICHARDSON. IN PARTCULAR FROM TOM JONES SHE TAKES THE INTRICACY OF THE PLOT AND FROM RICHARDSON
THE DOMINANT FEMALE ROLE IN THE NOVEL AND THE EPISTOLARY FORM. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE IS NARRATED BY
A THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT NARRATOR, EVEN IF THE NARRATOR OFTEN IDENTIFIES WITH
ELISABETH'S POINT OF VIEW OR HE SHARES THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE VILLAGE LIKE IN
THE SCENE OF THE BALL.
