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

2. The comparison between Milton and Bunyan Milton  Puritan poet  In prison  Wrote Paradise Lost after his blindness Bunyan  Puritan writer of prose  In prison longer than Milton  Wrote The Pilgrim’s Progress in prison and published after his release

3. The Pilgrim’s ProgressPilgrim’s  It is written in the old fashioned medieval form of allegory and drama.allegory  Plot: A man ----a Christian pilgrim A book--- the Bible Burden--- weight of worldly and cares and concernsconcerns

4. 《天路历程》 He preaches his religious views in The Pilgrim’s Progress.

5. Allegory Three great allegories: Spenser’s The Faerie Queene Dante’s La Divina Commdia (the Divine Comedy) Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress （ style of a ) story, painting or description in which the characters and events are meant as symbols of purity, truth, patience, etc.

6. Significance  Gives a real picture of how life was during the 17th century  A faithful panoramic reflection of Bunyan’s age  The most significant is his satire --- directed at the ruling classes.  The use of allegory makes his satirical pictures less direct and more difficult to see.  His books: a religious book ﹥ piercing exposures of social evils

7. Vanity Fair Symbolic picture of London at the time

8. John Dryden (1631—1700)  Born in a well-to-do Puritan family  Received education at Cambridge  An enthusiastic supporter of the revolution  Changeable person: From Cromwell to Charles IIFrom Anglican to Roman Catholic to Puritan

9. John Dryden’s achievements * A prolific writer as a poet, a playwright and a literary critic * Famous for his literary critics * Became poet laureate in 1668 * The most outstanding contribution is his literary criticism * As a poet he was known for his verse satires, which was written in heroic couplets.

10. Heroic couplets  A verse form widely adopted by the poets of the 18th century. It is a pair of rhyming iambic pentameter lines.

11. John Dryden’s Works An Essay of Dramatic Poesy 《论戏剧诗》 Form --- dialogue Topic --- merits of English and French drama merits of the old and the new English drama Favor --- the neoclassical rules