Chapter 5 & 6 John Milton and Restoration Drama and Prose

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Advertisements

BRITISH LITERATURE AN OUTLINE (up to 18th cent.).

The Rise of the Novel Defoe and Swift. Dates 1660: Restoration of Charles II 1666: the Great Fire of London 1685: accession of James II : the Glorious.

The Renaissance: Literary Background Writers no longer believed in fixed ideas of truth and morality (imposed by the Church) but wanted to enquire about.

 The Tudors:  Henry Tudor (Henry VII) took the throne  Shrewd leader  Involved in commerce  Arranged for his son, Arthur, to marry.

Drama Terms Romeo and Juliet By: William Shakespeare.

When Charles II became King in 1660, it marked the beginning of the Restoration. From 1642 onward for eighteen years, the theaters of England remained.

Literary Techniques, Elements of a Drama, and Rhetoric

Neoclassicism Samantha Alvarado, Danexsy Duran, Liz Reynoso, Jacklyne Vargas, and Naomi Wong Period 6.

Chapter 3&4 Elizabethan Poetry, Prose and Drama

Chapter 1 & 2 Old and Middle English Literature

The Sonnet Adapted from

History and Anthology of English Literature Mickey Xu.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Widely regarded as the greatest writer in English Literature.

17th & 18th Centuries Poetry

RESTORATION AND 18 TH CENTURY ENGLISH THEATRE. King Charles IIKing Charles II –Restored to throne 1660 –Fashioned theatre after that in France Elizabethan.

Renaissance Theatre History Theatre 1-2. Renaissance Drama (1500 – 1700 CE) Renaissance means rebirth of classical knowledge.

The Restoration England 1660.

Aim: Who was William Shakespeare? What is Shakespearean drama? Do Now: Explain in 1-3 complete sentences something you know about William Shakespeare,

John Bunyan Life In 1628, John Bunyan (1628 ～ 1688) was born in a tinker's family, and he himself became a tinker, too. He didn't receive much.

Romeo and Juliet Forbidden Love and Family Loyalty.

JOHN MILTON ( ) It would be reasonable to divide Milton’s literary activity into three groups: 1)The first short poems written at Horton (After.

William Shakespeare April 11, Background Stratford-on-Avon, England wrote 37 plays about 154 sonnets started out as an actor.

Poetry Introduction: Sonnets. Italian (Petrarchan) Sonnet Created by Giacomo de Lentini. Includes two parts: octave and sestet. A-b-b-a, a-b-b-a, c-d-e-c-d-e.

Shakespeare’s Language. 4 Different Types of Language in Shakespeare’s Work Prose Prose Blank Verse Blank Verse Couplets Couplets Sonnets Sonnets.

John Bunyan ( 1628—1688 )  Born in a tinker’s family  Became a tinker himself  Have little education  Joined the Parliamentary army  Became a preacher.

SHAKESPEARE Emily Dwyer. The Renaissance ◦The Renaissance was a period of time that spread across Europe. It was a “rebirth” and it gave many people a.

Shakespeare’s Comedies A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM INTRODUCTION.

William Shakespeare. The Life and Times of Shakespeare! Born April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon (in England), died April 23, 1616 Never gave a single.

William Shakespeare Chernyshova Anna 9 «A» School 638

Chapter 7 English poets

An outline of English Literature Chapter 6. The main characteristics of Restoration Age ( )  Triumph of reason and tolerance over religious and.

Discussion  What kinds of topics from Shakespeare's work might still be important topics today?  Love, comedy, courage, and evil.

22 nd February 2011 III B. A. Literature John Dryden.

Romeo & Juliet Literary Terms Drama a story written to be performed by actors.

Drama Terms Romeo and Juliet By: William Shakespeare.

Neoclassicism Literary style that prevailed throughout the Restoration (of the monarchy) and Enlightenment (also known as the Age of Reason)

John Milton Life In 1608, John Milton (1608 ～ 1674) was born in a Puritan family and was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge

For 18 years theatre stayed in hibernation under the rule of the Puritan leader. When Charles II was restored to the throne, theatre was once again made.

Puritans Puritans : a group of people who believed in a direct relationship with God. They criticized Catholics and Anglicans because they need a religious.

Actor’s Studio II 7 th Block. A very brief lesson...

“Shakespeare’s plays”

Vocabulary 13 – 2 nd Semester N. Austin English 11.

BBL 3103 LITERARY THEORY FROM PLATO TO T. S. ELIOT DR. IDA BAIZURA BAHAR.

DRAMA NOTES. Basic requirements of the genre called drama:  A play is written to be acted out not read.  It is to be presented in a limited time. 

Shakespeare’s Life The man behind the legend.

William Shakespeare A bloody tale of the ambition and evil that imprisons men’s hearts. “Fair is foul and foul is fair.”

1 Ch. 14 Sec. 4 Life & Culture in the Middle Ages.

HENRIK IBSEN BY: Timeisha Liggins AND Theo Roberts.

Macbeth It’s a tragedy!. Tragedy A play or novel in which the main character struggles, loses control, and usually dies. There is always an unhappy ending.

British literature Работа выполнена учащимися 8 А класса.

Shakespeare’s Life Born April 23ish 1564 in Stratford upon Avon. His parents were middle class. At 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three.

4 th period Bolton.  Get a Gold Literature book.  Turn to page 58.  The picture is of Queen Elizabeth I, the quote is from her as well.  Write down.

W ILLIAM S HAKESPEARE ’ S W ORKS By Iman Ansar, Nashwa Awais, Sapna Abbi and Jeevan Aujla. ( )

Introduction to Drama Dr M. Fahmy Raiyah. What is drama? Drama is a type of literature telling a story, which is intended to be performed to an audience.

Life and Biography. William Shakespeare The great poet and dramatist William Shakespeare is often called by people “Our national bard” and “the great.

The Restoration Period & The Age of Enlightenment by Joceline Rodriguez.

The 17th Century The Period of Revolution and Restoration John Donne John Milton John Bunyan John Dryden.

Студент: Агафонова Марина Александровна. Отделение: «Дизайн», курс :2 Руководитель проекта: Ильющенкова Елена Николаева Written Word Lives for Centuries.

John Milton’s Paradise Lost. John Milton ( ) Studied independently for six years in order to become a great poet. Strong supporter of the Puritan.

OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE Old English, or Anglo-Saxon, was written from The greatest Old English poem is a long epic called Beowulf, whose author.

ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ( )

17th and 18th Century Poets British Literature

John Milton’s Paradise Lost

John Milton and His Time

John Milton’s Paradise Lost

Restoration Drama and Prose

The Restoration Period & The Age of Enlightenment

THE COMEDY OF MANNERS.

Presentation transcript:

Chapter 5 & 6 John Milton and Restoration Drama and Prose From An Outline of English Literature by Thornley and Roberts

John Milton Shorter poems at Horton “Lycidas” (1673) – p.54 a sorrowful pastoral on the death by drowning of Edward King, a student with Milton at Cambridge

John Milton -- Paradise Lost Paradise Lost (first printed in 1667) – p.56 1. setting: the whole universe, Heaven and Hell 2. written in blank verse 3. remarkable thoughts put into musical verse Paradise Regained (1671) –p.58 1. less splendid than Paradise Lost 2. occasionally shows the same use of names 3. add to the power and beauty of the sound

Restoration Drama Charles II became King in 1660 (p.63) Theatres opened again, new dramatists appeared. Tragic drama, mainly heroic plays 1. Men are brave, and the women wonderfully beautiful 2. shouting and nonsense 3. written in heroic couplets

Restoration Drama John Dryden (p.63) The Couquest of Granada (1670) Auregzebe (1676) 1. a struggle for empire in India 2. rhymed play and finest speeches Also wrote comedy, in blank verse 1. Marriage-a-la-Mode (1672) 2. All for Love (or The World Well Lost, 1678)

Restoration Drama William Congreve (p.65) 1.The Way of the World (1700) 2. A comedy, the drawing of women character is good. Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1. The School for Scandal (1777) 2. introduces three characters whose love of scandal is so great that they strike a character dead at every word 3. contains a famous drinking song (p.66)

Restoration Drama John Bunyan (p.67) – p.67 The Pilgrim’s Progress 1. allegory of Christian’s Journey to heaven through the evils (all types of people) of the world 2. influenced by his reading of the Bible, preaching Christian truths in the forms of allegory 3. not a novel but possesses some of the new form: lively dialogue and characterization

Restoration Prose John Dryden 1. Essay on Dramatic Poesie (1668) – p.67 2.compared English and French Drama, argued that the limitations which the French set themselves by keeping to the unities of time and place 3. defended the use of rhyme in drama, praised Shakespeare 4. important criticism, better critic led the way to a clear reasonable and balanced way of writing English

Restoration Prose John Locke (p.67) 1. clear, earnest and without ornament 2. “Essay on the Human Understanding” (1690) 3. gave a new direction to thought not only in England but in other countries of Europe “New Opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.”