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EXTEND – J M. Baumgarten on Dickens and the city

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Lingua inglese

STEP 1 A passage from the essay 'Fictions of the City' by Murray Baumgarten
Read the passage and decide if the statements are true or false.
A:
The passage suggests that London operates less as a backdrop and more as an organising principle within Dickens's fiction.
B:
According to the passage, rural and pastoral episodes in Dickens's fiction primarily function as an idealised alternative to urban modernity.
C:
The author believes Dickens uses theatrical imagery to create distance between the reader and the social realities of London.
D:
Dickens presents London as both a concrete historical space and a network of metaphors.
E:
Dickens's depiction of lower-class characters differs from that of his contemporary writers because he allows them moral and social mobility.
F:
The serial form of Dickens's novels mirrors the repetitive experience of city life.
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Lingua inglese

STEP 2 The making of Dickens's London
Select the sentence that best summarises the central idea of the passage.
A:
Dickens revolutionise the nineteenth-century novel by transforming London into a theatrical stage that reflects the energy of modern life.
B:
Dickens exposes the tensions produced by industrial expansion by contrasting the city with rural elements.
C:
Dickens presents London as a transforming and transformative force.
D:
Dickens portrays existing class divisions in London through the lens of emergent anthropology.
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