Topic:Dryden's View On Three Unites

1. Topic: Dryden’s view on Three
Unites
–Name : Chauhan Hetal m.
–Roll no.: 16
–Paper no. 3:Literary Theory and Criticism
–Email:hetalchauhan137@gmail.com
–Submitted to : M.K Bhavnagar University ,Department of English

3. About Dryden
–Dryden was born in 1631.
–He was died in 1700.
–He was prominent English poet, critic, dramatist, playwright and translator.
–He was also a leading figure of the restoration age.
–Walter Scotland called him as “Glorious John”
–Who dominated the literary life of the Restoration age ; therefore, the age is known as the Age of Dryden.
–He was a Cambridge scholar, literary genius and critic, and considering his extraordinary literary contribution. He was
credited with honors of poet Laureate of England in 1668.
–In 1668 Dryden wrote ‘An Essay of Dramatic Poesy’. Original Tital of the book is ‘Of Dramatic Poesy, an Essay’ for which
he is Known as ‘The father of English Literary criticism.
–His WORK :To His Sacred majesty,The Indian Queen ,Fables Ancient and Modern,Of Dramatic Poesy, an Essay ,The Hindu
and the ‘panther’

4. Dryden’s view on
Three Unites–Crites is a critic who Favors blank verse over a rhyme in writing. He
says that ancient are the root of drama and play. The ancient work
play in more effective manner by three Unity.
–The Three unities are the Spacial gift of the ancient.

5. Three Unities
THE UNITY Of
Action
The UNITY Of
Place
The UNITY Of
TIME

6. The Unity Of Action
–A play should have one single
plot or Action to sustain the
interest of the spectators and it
can also lead him to proper
purgation.

7. The Unity of time
–The Action in a
play should not
exceed the single
revolution of
sun.

8. The Unity of place
–A play should cover a single physical space
and Should not attempt to compress.
Geography, nor should the stage represent
more than one Place.

9. •Conclusion
–If these rules (to omit many other drawn from the precepts and
practice of the ancients) we should judge our modern plays, 'tis
probable that few of them would endure the trial: that which should
be the business of a day, takes up in some of them an age; instead
of one action, they are the epitomes of a man's life; and for one
spot of ground; which the stage should represent, we are
sometimes in more countries than the map can show us.’’

10. Thank You