Victorian Drama

1. Done by
Eesa Al-Jobouri
Karabuk
University
M.A. Student
Victorian Drama

2. English Language and Literature
By:- Eesa Aljobouri
M .A Student
Supervisor
Dr. Ozkan kirmizi
2019
Karabuk University

3. Victorian Age
• ABSTRACT
• Famous Musicians from Victorian times
• Famous Victorian Dramatists
• Influential Victorian Poets
• What Is Drama ?
• In literature
• Types of Drama
• Images of the Victorian Period
• The Role of Women
• George Bernard Shaw
• Pygmalion
• Symbolism
• Main Characters
• Plot
• Pygmalion the Myth
• Conclusion
• References

4. ABSTRACT
• The study of Victorian drama has behind
other Victorian genres considerably. This
paucity of attention makes Victorian drama
both an exciting and a difficult topic because
practically, any Victorian play one chooses
(beyond classics such as those written by
Bernard Shaw Teaching .

5. Victorian Age
. The artists during the Victorian
period can be classified into
painters , musicians, dramatists,
Writers , and poets The research
of the social, religious, and
problems of women, Shaw’s
directing specifications and
features he used in his plays.

6. Some of the famous painters of the Victorian era
were William Blake, Thomas Cola, Auguste
Rodin, Camille Pissarra, Albert Bierstadt, Mary
Cassatt and Edgar Degas. William Blake was not
only a painter but also a poet of the Romantic
Age. These eminent painters belonged to the
19th century Romantic period in Victorian
England.(Leps, M. C. (2004),p:102)

7. Famous Victorian Dramatists
• During the Victorian era, the drama was a
developing form of art. Some of the popular
figures in this field were Sir W.S.Gilbert,
Sullivan, George Shaw and Oscar Wilde. Sir
Gilbert was a dramatist, poet, and illustrator
best known for his fourteen comic operas
produced with Sir Sullivan.(.(Berst Charles A.
1973 ,p:28)

8. What Is Drama ?
• Drama. You've heard the word. In fact, you've
probably used the word yourself. Maybe
you've said, 'Oh, she's just a drama queen,'
or, 'I'm sick of all this drama.' In that context,
the word 'drama' is something that has been
blown out of proportion. Usually, a 'drama
queen' is someone who is over the top, an
over actor. (Abeltina R. 1976 ,p:31)

9. In literature
In literature, the word drama defines a genre,
or style of writing. Drama is a play that can be
performed for theatre, radio or even television.
These plays are usually written out as a script,
or a written version of a play that is read by the
actors but not the audience. (Ibid)

10. characteristics of Victorian literature
focus on the writer of emotions nature,
beauty, and imagination; rejection of
industrialization, organized religion,
rationalism, and social convention;
idealization of women, children, and rural
life inclusion

11. Type Types of drama : of Drama
• Comedy – Comedies are lighter in tone than
ordinary writers, and provide a happy
conclusion. The intention of dramatists in
comedies is to make their audience
laugh. Hence, they use quaint circumstances,
unusual characters and witty remarks.
• Tragedy – Tragic dramas use darker themes such as
disaster, pain and death. Protagonists often have a
tragic flaw—a characteristic that leads them to their
downfall.(.(Barnet, Sylvan,et al. 1997 ,p:82)

12. The Role of Women
• Changing conditions of women’s
work created by the Industrial
Revolution
• The Custody Act (1839) – gave a
mother the right to petition the
court for access to her minor
children and custody of children
under seven and later sixteen.
• established a civil divorce court
• Married Women’s Property Acts

13. Characteristics of Victorian period
• Social classes
• morality
• Encourage hard working

14. Images of the Victorian Period

15. George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw was a dramatist and a literary
critic in addition to being a socialist spokesman. His
valuable contributions to literature won him the
Nobel Prize for literature in 1925. who advocated
women's rights and equality on income.
• Bernard Shaw had no systematic education, but he
worked at self-improvement, learned shorthand
and studies languages.
• The play was a part based on his life and written as
a comedy but received as a love story.

16. Pygmalion
• Pygmalion came from ancient Greek legend
of Pygmalion . It is of the famous sculptor
named Pygmalion who could find nothing
good in women so he decided to live his life
unmarried. (Berst Charles A. 1973,p:144)

17. Main Characters
Eliza Doolittle
Professor Higgins

18. The plot
• Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw that
tells the story of a poor, young flower girl who has
been disrespected and overlooked because of her
appearance and the dialect she speaks.
• When given the opportunity, she decides to get
language lessons in order to gain the respect of
others and improve her overall status in life.
• the aim of the play is to reform society. Shaw
believed that any work of art should have a social
function. And should create human citizens instead
of slaves.

19. Symbolism
• transformation
• Flower shop
• Mirror
• Clothing

20. Pygmalion the Myth
• The myth of Pygmalion talks about a sculptor
who fell in love with his own creation. He was
transfixed with his creation that he prayed to the
gods that it would be a real human being. This
prayer was answered by the gods.
• Keeping the Greek myth in mind, Shaw also
wrote a play along similar lines. The story of the
play is as follows.
• A professor is always seen to be emphasizing on
the way different people speak.

21. Conclusion
The era ended in 1901, when Queen Victoria
died. The Victorian age still lives on today
through music, literature, and art.
This era will always be remembered as a great
time in history when Queen Victoria ruled.

22. References
• Purdom, C. B. (1963). A Guide to the Plays of Bernard Shaw.London:
Methuen.
• Leps, M. C. (2004). Critical Productions of Discourse:
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• Barnet, Sylvan,et al. 1997, Types of Drama: Plays and Context. Longman,
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• Styan, J.L. 1981, Modern Drama in Theory and Practice 2: Symbolism,
Surrealism, .Cambridge Univ. Press..
• Abeltina R. 1976 English and American Literature. “Zvaigne”Publishing
House Riga.
• Berst Charles A. 1973 , Bernard Shaw and the Art of Drama. University of
Illinois Pres, London,