BRITISH LITERATURE III

Revolution and restaurationEnlightment

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Historical background Charles I – problems Civil War

1642 theatres closed, 1649 Charles beheaded, Whigs X Tories

influence of social and cultural life, standard of culture lowered

Revolutionary authors FRANCIS BACON

father of English materialism, ‘Knowledge is power‘, protagonist of improvement in science, utopic work: ‘New Atlantis ’

JOHN MILTON (1608 – 1674) greatest poet, best educated (Hebrew, Greek, Fr, Sp, theology, science, travelling) admires Cromwell in the beginn. , then the opposite

‘Paradise Lost’ (Satan`s revolt against God)

‘Paradise Regained ‘

JOHN DRYDEN poet (satire), translator, playwright

‘Ode on Oliver Cromwell’

‘Stars are Returning’

‘Annus Mirabilis’ (1665- 6…plague, fire)

Paradise Lost

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John Milton

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Period of Enlightment = NEOCLASSICISM (17-18cent.) return to older styles, cultural development, changes (Bank of Engl.,

orientation to China, Arab countries)

journalism essays periodicals

intelect, rationalism, formalism, general truth, nature, wit X emotions

Significant writers ALEXANDER POPE (1700-1740)

satirical poems, critics

‘The Rape of the Lock’ - mock heroic epic

transl.: ‘Illiad and Odyssea ’

JONATHAN SWIFT (1667-1745) poems, prose born in Dublin fought for Irish rights ‘Gulliver`s Travels’ – 4 lands: Lilliput, Giants, flying island Laputa, Wise

Horse- Engl. society, corruption, Ireland, colonialism

Journalism DANIEL DEFOE (1659-1731)

a pioneer of economic journalism – network of correspondents, writer, spy, businessman

essayism, against Tory politics, prostitution

‘The True Born Englishman’ - poetry W. Orange – poem

‘Hymn to the Pillory ‘ - poem

‘The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe’ - novel

Daniel Defoe

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Thank you for your attention.

Autor DUM: Mgr. Darina Sikorová