“Decline of Idealism in Victorian and Modern Literature: A Study of Loss of Faith in Human Progress”

Prompt
One of the major commonplaces about the Victorian and Modern eras is that they mark a decline in idealism in comparison to earlier eras. Discuss 3 works that demonstrate a sense of loss of faith in the progress of humanity.
Objectives
-Apply appropriate literary criticism (perspectives) for effective literary analysis
-Use evidence from literary texts and secondary texts to compose original and insightful literary analysis
-Pose questions and analyze themes that reflect the human condition, such as economic, —ethical, historical, personal, political, and/or social issues discovered in literature
-Analyze how literature reflects human values and thus has relevance to today’s world
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