U7 L1 The Historical Background Of The Literature Flashcards
What were the problems faced as England become more industrialized?
- Political corruption
- wars
- Pollution
- slums
What is John Milton noted for writing?
- essays supporting Puritan govt actions
- wrote few political works after king’s restoration
- Paradise Lost
What is Puritan John Bunyan noted for writing?
Pilgrim’s Progress
What is Jonathan Swift noted for writing?
satires to belittle individuals/practices that represented to him: -political -moral -cultural decay
What is Oliver Goldsmith noted for writing?
- satires on greed/foolish political and personal practices
- results of agricultural/industrial revolution
What are Puritans also called?
Nonconformists
John Milton and John Bunyan emphasized their works on what?
importance of man’s understanding and devotion to God
What is Paradise Lost about?
God’s ways of dealing with mankind
What is Pilgrim’s Progress about?
- salvation of character called Christian
- example for readers needing spiritual support
What was French popular literature like?
- witty
- satire
- carefully structured drama
- lacking moral values
What is the period from 1660 to 1700 called?
Neoclassical Period
What is the characteristic of the Neoclassical literature?
writers/poets used knowledge of Greek and Latin lit to perfect literary forms
What is an example of a literary form perfected in the Neoclassical Period?
heroic couplet
What is the period/literature from 1688 to 1745 called?
Common Sense Literature/Period
What are the characteristics of the Common Sense literature?
- critical responsibility
- use of reason, logic, realism
- suspicion of emotionalism and expressing religious views
- believed God works in rational ways
What is the literature from 1745 to the end of the century called?
Literature of Sensibility
What are the characteristics of Literature of Sensibility?
- moral themes and sentimental tone
- interest in supernatural, melancholy
- lyrical movement
- emotional appeal
- emphasis on common man or the past
What were Periodicals which contained moral or satiric essays in the first half of the 18th century?
- The Tatler
- Spectator
- The Gentleman’s Magazine
What were early novels like?
- fictitious
- dealt with middle class people dealing with middle class problems
What did John Bunyan and Daniel Defoe pioneer?
realistic detail and lengthened narratives
What book did Daniel Defoe write?
Robinson Crusoe
Who were early novelists of the first half of the 18th century?
- Samuel Richardson
- Henry Fielding
- Tobias Smollet
- Laurence Sterne
- Daniel Defoe
Who were 2 authors who used satire to instruct the newly-educated masses?
Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift
What does lyrical mean?
- suitable for music
- expressing intense emotion
What does sensibility mean?
using emotionalism than rationalism
What does sentimental mean?
- overly emotional
- idealizing human nature
- enjoyment at the expense of emotions
