my presentation sem 1

1. M.K.Bhavnagar University
 Name : SolankiAlpa H.
 Class : M.A.Part-1(sem-1)
 Roll no.: 36
 Year : 2015-16
 Paper no.: 2(The Neo-Classical Literature)
 Topic : Tom Jones as a Comic work
 Email Id : alpasolanki176@gmail.com
 Submitted : Department of English

2. Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
 Henry Fielding was
born April 22 ,1707 .
 He was a one of the
greatest artist , English
novelist and Dramatist
 His major novels are :
 Tom Jones (1749)
 Joseph Andrews (1742)

3. History of Tom Jones
 A foundling often known
simply as aTom Jones is
a comic novel.
 The novel is both a
Bildungsro man and
picaresque novel.
 Tom Jones is among the
earliest english prose
work describable as a
novel
 First published on 28
February 1749 in
London .

4.  Also contributed to the
development of the novel
from :
 Opposed to the didactic toneand
unrealistic character and situation of his
contemporaries.
Fielding infused the novel with
compassion ,comedy and a heightened
sense of realism.

5. He was also a
popular and
important play
wright :
An influential journalist .
One of England’s leading
judicial reforms.

6.  In all of his writing ,Fielding demonstrated a
concern with social and prime minister
Robert Walpole .
 Deal openly with serious social issues
whether in literary works or as a government
official .
 In this work author is going to look deeply in
one of the comic literary works .
 Now a days his novel and his humor become
popular again .