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jueves, 10 de mayo de 2012
First Discussion 2012
"The emerging middle class determined the rise of the novel in England in the XVIII century" Do you agree? Why/ Why not? Support your ideas with what you have read.
I agree with this because in the eighteenth century lower class people were illiterate and didn´t know how to read or write. Besides, books in those times were very expensive and not accesible to a family with low incomes : The price of a novel feeded a family for a week or two.But, in the case of middle class people, books were accesible to them, they could afford the price of novels, so they contributed to the rise of the novel. Apart from this, they were literate and knew how to read well, so it was clearly more handy for the middle class. What´s more, lower class people devoted most of their time to working in the fields or in factories, and the children left school at the age of six or seven. This schooling was also very rudimentary and an educational system hardly existed so, opportunities to learn were very limited for poor people.As regards the middle class reading public, it was mainly women who read novels, because they had more free time and lead a more sedentary life.
I agree with this because in the eighteenth century lower class people were illiterate and didn´t know how to read or write. Besides, books in those times were very expensive and not accesible to a family with low incomes : The price of a novel feeded a family for a week or two.But, in the case of middle class people, books were accesible to them, they could afford the price of novels, so they contributed to the rise of the novel. Apart from this, they were literate and knew how to read well, so it was clearly more handy for the middle class. What´s more, lower class people devoted most of their time to working in the fields or in factories, and the children left school at the age of six or seven. This schooling was also very rudimentary and an educational system hardly existed so, opportunities to learn were very limited for poor people.As regards the middle class reading public, it was mainly women who read novels, because they had more free time and lead a more sedentary life.
ResponderEliminarThanks for your contribution, Flavia.
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