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M.K.BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH Name :- Gohil Devangiba A M.A. Semester-1 Roll No.- 16 Email Id :- [email protected] Paper No. – 2 (The Neoclassical Literature) Topic :- Characteristics of Neoclassical Age Submitted to :- Department Of English
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M.K.BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITYDEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
Name :- Gohil Devangiba AM.A. Semester-1 Roll No.- 16Email Id :- [email protected] No. – 2 (The Neoclassical Literature)Topic :- Characteristics of Neoclassical AgeSubmitted to :- Department Of English
Introduction The Neoclassical period is the time when
people began to see the world in a different way. Rational thought and reason were
introduce into religion, and were detained in higher regard then earlier principles.
The public started to reject the monarchy and turned to an elected government.
It also introduced higher ideas in the arts, economics and literature.
The Neoclassical Age(1660-1798)
Neoclassical literature was written between 1660-1798. Time of Formality and Artificially. This is also known as The Enlightenment Period. Neoclassical writers tried to imitate the style of the Roman and Greek.
This time period is broken down intothree parts.
Three Ages1)
Restoration Age 2)The
Augustan Age
3)The Age of Johnson
Characteristics of The Age
Neoclassical characteristics include order, logic, restraint, accuracy and correctness.
Neoclassical literature was in direct opposition to its predecessor, the Renaissance period.
In contrast to the Renaissance, Neoclassicism saw man as inherently flawed; where as in the Renaissance man was basically good.
Neoclassical writers emphasized restraint
and self control. This was a and self control. this was
a time when conservatism flourished in literature.
Some popular type of literature includes :-
Parody
Essays
Satire
Letters
Melodramas
Imitation of classical form.Artificial and aristocratic society.Sophisticated sexual behavior.Honor comes from reputation, not
integrity.Style is polite, urban and witty.Instructive and entertaining.
Conclusion Neoclassical thinkers emphasized the
past as a guide for the present. Most Neoclassical thinkers and writers
believed that humanity remained constant and it
was unlikely that any new discoveries or technologies would be made writers aimed to express universal truth rather than unique and imaginative vision.
