1. Paper: 3
Literary Theory and Criticism; western
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Prepared by: Drashti Mehta
Roll No:10
P.G.Enrollment No:PG13101021
Seat no:11310009
Sem:1
Email id:drashti.mehta.111993@gmail.com
Submitted to: Smt S.B.Gardi
Department of English
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinghji
Bhavnagar University
Bhavnagar(Gujarat-India)

2. Introduction
• John Dryden (1631-1700) is
reputed as the father of English
literary Criticism .
• John Dryden was English poet and
playwright.
• He presented the two conflicting
claims of the two sides as a debate
among four friends.

3. “An Essay on dramatic poesy(1668)

4. Dryden
Poet
Ancient Plays
Modern
Plays
Debate
Critic
Playwright

5. Characters
Eugenius
Moderns
Crites
Ancients
Lisideius
French
drama
Neander
English
Drama

6. John Fletcher( 1579-1625)
• English poet and playwright.
• Best known for his collaborations with fellow
playwright Francis Beaumont.
• Most scholars acknowledge that Fletcher’s real
talent lay in Comedy, especially in the genre of
Tragicomedies.
• Write into lines of 11 and sometimes 12
syllables, and he frequently employs run- on
lines to achieve his goal.
• His work strongly influenced his contemporaries
as well as successors.

7. Francis Beaumont(1584-1616)
• Beaumont retired in 1614.
• These collaboration had helped establish both
men in the ranks of the best dramatists.

8. Dryden’s comment on Beaumont and
Fletcher
• Beaumont and Fletcher’s collaborative efforts are
characterized by ingenious plots, diversified characters and
realistic dialogues.
• Comedies -witty and sophisticated, foreshadow the
licentious comedies of the restoration.
• Imitated the conversation of gentlemen much better
whose debaucheries, quickness of wit can never be painted
by others.
• Comedies- delightful , Pathos- serious.

9. Popular Works
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Philaster (1609)
The Maid’s tragedy (1610)
A King and No King (1611)
The Coxcomb(1612)
The Captain (1613)
Cupid’s Revenge(1611)

10. Philaster ( 1609)

11. The Maid’s Tragedy (1610)

12. A King and No King

13. Thank You
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