The Neoclassical Period
17th -18th Century
Match Writers With Works
1.Jonathan Swift A. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy （D） 2.Henry Fielding B. Tom Jones （B） C. A Dictionary of the English Language 3.Daniel Defoe （E ） 4.Alexander Pope D. Gulliver's Travels （F） E. Robinson Crusoe 5.Samuel Johnson （C） F. The Rape of the Lolse.
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1. The 18th century was an age of poetry. A group of excellent prose writers, such as Jonathan Swift, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, were produced.
Essay question
What’s the significance of the Robinson Crusoe? What are some of the author’s biases revealed in the novel if we examine it from a modern critic’s point of view?
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1. The yahoo are attacked by the writer named Jonathan Swift in his fantasy work bearing the title ______ ______. Gulliver's Travels
Key point: 1. it is an expression of bourgeois qualities of individualism and private enterprise. 2. in describing robinson’s life on the island, Defoe glorifies human labor. 3. this novel is an embodiment of the spirit of individual enterprise and colonial expansion of the rising bourgeoisie. Key point : This novel revealed the author’s colonialism and negroslavery in his book.
British neoclassicism
In English literature, the stylistic trend between the restoration and the advent of romanticism at the beginning of the 19th century is referred to as neoclassicism. The neoclassicists held that forms of literature were to be modeled after the classical works of the ancient Creek and Roman writers. The neoclassicists include Addision , Steele, and Pope of 18th century. They believed that the artistic ideals should be order ,logic, restrained emotion and accuracy, and that literature should judged in the terms of its service to humanity .
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Multiple choice
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1.In a series of pamphlets Jonathan Swift denounced the cruel and unjust treatment of Ireland by the English government. One of the most famous is ____. A. Essays on Criticism B. A Modest Proposal C. Gulliver’s Travels D. The Battle of the Books
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3.Essay on Man is a _____poem in heroic couplets. A. didactic B. satirical C. philosophical D. dramatic 4.The 18th century witnessed that in England there appeared two political parties, ______, which were satirized by Jonathan Swift in his Gulliver’s Travels. A. the Whigs and the Tories B. the senate and the House of Representatives C. The upper House and lower House D. the House of Lords and the House of Commons
(B) 2.Henry Fielding’s first novel ____ , knowing as the first realistic
novel in English fiction. written in connection with Pamela of Samuel Richardson. A. Tom Jones B. Joseph Andrews B. C. Jonathan Wild D. Amelia
2. Sheridan’s The School for Scandal has been called manner a great comedy of _____, giving a brilliant portrayal and a biting satire of English high society.
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3. Samuel Richardson’s first novel, Pamela, is the epistolary first _____ novel in English literature. 4. In describing Robinson’s life on the island, Defoe glorifies human _____. Labor
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1. Novel writing made a big advance in the 18th century. The main characters in the novels were no longer common people, but the kings and nobles.
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