An Overview of Neo-classical Age
- 1. Presented by : Chandani Pandya Department of English MKBU Presentation Topic : An Overview of Neo-classical Age Paper no. - 102 : Literature of the Neo-classical Period. M.A Sem-1 Roll no. – 06 Batch – 2020-2022 Email ID : pandyachandani11@gmail.com
- 2. Introduction The age is known as classical age or age of reason. Neoclassical literature is characterized by order, accuracy and structure. It is period of Enlightenment. Literature of the age is concerned with human nature, supremacy of reason. Unity in the works of all writers. The age wished to understand not to imagine.
- 3. Definition of Neo-classical age : • The 18th century in English literature has been called the Neo-classical age, Augustan age and the age of reason. • The term “ the Augustan age” comes from the self conscious imitation of the original Augustan writers, Virgil and Horace by many of the writers of the period. • Specifically, the Neo-classical age was the period after the pest oration era of the death of Alexander Pope. • The major writer of the age were Pope and Johnson, Dryden in poetry and Jonathan swift and Joseph Addition in prose. • Neo-classical period ended on 1798 when Wordsworth published the Romantic ‘Lyrical Ballads’.
- 4. Characters of Neoclassical Literature • Neo-classical literature is characterized by order, accuracy, and structure. • In direct opposition to Renaissance attitudes, where man was see as basically good, the Neo-classical writers portrayed man as inherently flawed. •They emphasized restraint, self control and common sense. •This was a time when conservatism flourished in both politics and literature.
- 5. Some popular types of literature in Neo-classical age Letters Satire Essays Melodrama Fables parody
- 6. Three stages • Neo-classical period of literature can divided into three part : The Restoration period The Augustan period The age of Johnson
- 7. The Restoration period (1660-1700) • The Restoration of king Charles II to the English throne in 1660 after a long period of puritan domination in England brought a new change in English literature. previously closed theaters were opened again. New group of writers began to write plays. • Restoration literature continued to appeal to heroic ideals of love and honor, particularly on stage, in heroic tragedy.
- 8. The Augustan period (1700-1750) It is called Augustan because people was think like Augusts Caesar. This period is marked by the imitation of Virgil and Horace’s literature in English letters.
- 9. The Age of Johnson (1750-1790) This period marks the transition toward the upcoming Romanticism through the period is still largely Neo-classical. Much was happening around the world politically, such as both the American and French Revolutions. This time marked a transition in English literature from the structure and formality of the Neo-classical writers to the emotional, ungoverned writings of the Romantics.
- 10. Conclusion The Neo-classical era in literature brought a sense of decorum and stability to writes. There were rules to be carefully followed and there was structure to be uphold.
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