Research Paper on:
Literature and How It Has Evolved

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and takes place gradually over a period of time. Thus, it can be stated that while literature has evolved over the past millennium, bringing with it an evolution in form,  structure, and use of language, an abrupt change has not taken place and the same basic elements can still be found in all great works of literature today. Those things  that have undergone changes, it can be said, may have come about as a direct influence as to what was going on around the writer at the time. This could  include environmental factors, poverty level, existence of wartime conditions, or a social reform that was sweeping the nation at the time. In the time period which includes Charles Dickens, one  can see the use of superfluous language, extensive detail and attention to setting, props and characterization, while the plot structure itself, tends to be fairly weakened. Though he wrote about  that which he knew, it is also evident that Dickens work reflects the socio-economic structure of the time as well. There was a distinct upper class and lower, peasant class,  with very little middle class, though workmans guilds were coming into their own. Most literature of this era tends to ramble around a loosely constructed plot structure, much as the  politics of the time did. It seemed to be a time of little direction, and the writing of the period reflects this. It can be said that Dickens stories, were  he to submit them to an editor today, written as he had written them in his day and age, they would not have been given a second look. All genius  aside, the style of writing of that era would not, one could argue, appeal to the modern day audience, though the storyline might. Many writers used their writing as