MA Semester 1 Presentation

2. ★ Presented By:- Hiral Vaitha
★ Roll No:- 17
★ Enrollment No:- 5108230046
★ Semester:- 01
★ Paper No:- 104
★ Paper Code:- 22395
★ Paper Name:- Literature of the
Victorians
★ Topic:- Fact vs Fancy in ''Hard Times''
★ Submitted To:- Smt. S.B. Gardi.
DOE,MKBU
★ Email:- hiralvaitha2@gmail.com

3. Points To Ponder
Introduction
Of “Hard
Times”
Fact Vs Fancy
In “Hard
Times”
Conclusion
Education
In “Hard
Times”
01 02 03 04

4. Introduction Of “Hard Times”
❏ Characters:
Gradgrind and
Stephen
Blackpool.
(“Hard Times”)
❏ Critique:
Utilitarianism,
industrialization,
neglecting
individual well-
being.
❏ Themes: Social
injustice,
imagination, call
for a more
humane society.
(“Hard Times”)
❏ Commentary:
19th-century
challenges,
compassion,
and empathy
advocacy.
❏ Focus:"Hard
Times" societal
issues,Intensify
compassion
and empathy.
(“Hard Times”)
❏ "Hard Times"
by Charles
Dickens 19th-
century
Coketown

5. Fact vs Fancy
❏ Fact:
❏ Thomas Gradgrind
❏ Educational
Philosophy
❏ Impact on His Own
Childrens.
❏ "Facts, sir, nothing
but facts"
(Dickens 3)
❏ Fancy
❏ Josiah Bounderby
❏ Self-Made Man
❏ Arrogant,Monster Of
Novel
(“A Self-Made
Man: Hard Times and
the Dickensian
Impostor”)
❏ Boasting Natured
person

6. Education In “Hard Times”
He saw the lack of elementary
education for the laboring
classes and encouraging what
he called a natural
progression of barbarous
habits.
❏Sissy Jupe and
Contrasting
Education
❏Coketown Schools
❏Critique of Education
❏Dehumanizing
Effects

7. ❏ "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens
highlights 19th-century societal
challenges, exposing the dehumanizing
effects of utilitarianism and
industrialization.
❏ The novel champions compassion and
empathy as vital antidotes to the neglect
of individual well-being.
❏ Through characters like Josiah Bounderby
and Sissy Jupe, it underscores the value of
a balanced, humane approach to life.
❏ The critique of the educational system in
"Hard Times" advocates for a society that
embraces empathy and imagination.

8. Resources:-
Dickens, Charles. Hard Times: An
Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism.
Edited by Fred Kaplan, W.W. Norton,
2017,https://www.amazon.com/Times-
Fourth-Norton-Critical-Editions-
ebook/dp/B01LXS2ZBU. Accessed 2
November 2023.
“EDUCATION IN VICTORIAN FACT
AND FICTION: KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH
AND DICKENS'S "HARD TIMES."”
ANNE HIEBERT ALTON, 2 October
2022,
https://www.jstor.org/stable/45291398?r
ead-
now=1&seq=4#page_scan_tab_content
s. Accessed 2 November 2023.
“Hard Times.” HarperPerennial Classics, 07 February 2012,
https://www.amazon.in/Hard-Times-Charles-Dickens-
ebook/dp/B0073FTI0I#detailBullets_feature_div. Accessed
2 november 2023.
“A Self-Made Man: Hard Times and the Dickensian
Impostor.” 2019,
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/
zaa-2019-0027/html. Accessed 2 November 2023.