18.yy literary context in English Literature

LİTERARY CONTEXT OF EİGHTEEN CENTURY

From Classical to Romantic The Reading Public In Eighteenth Century;

Poetry,Drama,Prose Daniel Defoe Jonathan Swift

FROM CLASSİCAL TO ROMANTIC

Culmination of a neo-classical literature It was a variegated age. Prose was in its golden age. There was developments in the field of experimental

science

THE READİNG PUBLİC

The taste for reading was spreading. Female readers became increasingly important. A rising middle class hungry for knowledge

POETRY

Neo-classical and romanticism movements had an effect on the poetry of 18th century.

T.S Eliot, William Blake, Lord Byron,Daniel Defoe etc. There was a conflict between the intellect and emotions.

DRAMA

18th century was a barren period for drama. Sentimental comedy was a dramatic genre of the 18th

century. It aimed at producing tears rather than laughter.

PROSE

There was a strong domination of prose in this century. Many accomplish writers of the age wrote essays and

articles. The subjects dealt with in newspapers were

politics,literature, fashion, gossip, entertainment etc.

DANİEL DEFOE

Daniel defoe was an English trader,journalist and writer. Defoe is among the founders of the English novel. His most famous novel is Robinson Crusoe. Other important works are captain singleton,moll

flanders, colonel jack.

ROBINSON CRUSOE

Robinson Crusoe is based on the real life experiences of shipwrecked sailor.

This novel is regarded as the first novel in English language.

JONATHAN SWİFT Jonathan swift is satirist, essayist and political

pamphleteer(first for the whigs,then for the tories). His most important works are Gulliver’s travels, a

modest proposal.

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REFERENCES

http://www.articlemyriad.com/overview-romanticism-literature/

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/romanticism-in-literature.html

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/534900/sentimental-comedy

http://www.odessa.edu/dept/english/dsmith/rom.lit.char.pdf