THE REPRESENTATION OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN CHARLES DICKENS’S NOVELS: CLASS DIVISION, SOCIAL INJUSTICE, AND NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES

Abstract

Relevance of the Study. This study is relevant because social inequality remains a major problem in modern societies, influencing people’s life chances, education, health, and social mobility. Literature is an important source for understanding how inequality is experienced, justified, and criticized, and Charles Dickens’s novels provide one of the clearest artistic portrayals of these issues.