An Overview of Neo- Classical

1. Welcome
Presented by: Vipul H. Parmar
Paper no: 2 The Neo Classical Literature
Topic: An Overview of Neo- Classical
age
Roll no : 40
Course: M.a (English) sem 1. MKBU
Enrollment no:. 2069108420200032
Batch: 2019- 21
Email id: vipul1996p@gmail.com

2. Definition of Neo Classical age
● Neo Classical Literature was written between
1660 and 1798. This time period is broken
down into three parts: The Restoration period,
the Augustan period, and the age of Johnson.
● The 18th century in English literature has been
called the neo classical age.

3. Characteristics of
Neoclassical Literature
● Neo Classical Literature is characterized by
order, accuracy, and structure.
● In direct opposition to Renaissance attitudes
where man was see as basically good, the
Neo- Classical writers portrayed man as
inherently flawed.

4. Some popular types of
Literature
● Parody Melodrama
● Essays Fable
● Letters Satire

5. Three Stages of Neo
Classical period
1. The Restoration period
1. The Augustan period
1. The Age of Johnson

6. The Restoration period
● English literature written
after the Restoration of the
monarchy in 1660.
● Historians speak of period
as bounded by the reign of
Charlesh II.
● Closed theaters were
opened again. New group of
writers began to write plays.

7. Famous Writers
John Dryden Samuel Pepys
Jean Baptiste John Locke
John Milton Sir William Temple

8. The Augustan Period
● It is called Augustan because
people were thinking like
Augusts Caesar.
● This period is marked by the
imitation of Virgil and Horace’s
Literature in English letters.
● Famous Writers:
● Alexander Pope
● Jonathan Swift
● Joseph Addison
● Francis Marie

9. Age of Johnson
● This period marks the transition
towards the upcoming Romanticism
through the period is still largely Neo
Classical.
● Much was happening around the
world politically, such as both the
American and Franch Revolutions.
● This time marked a transition in
English literature.

10. Famous Writers
1. Samuel Johnson 2. Edward Gibbon
3. Benjamin Franklin 4. William Cowper
5. Thomas Paine 6. Robert Burns
7. Thomas Jefferson 8. George Crabbe

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