The document presents an overview of the Neo-classical period in literature by Chandani Pandya of MKBU. It defines the Neo-classical age as occurring in the 18th century and being characterized by order, accuracy, structure and a focus on human nature and reason. The Neo-classical period is divided into three stages: the Restoration period from 1660-1700, the Augustan period from 1700-1750, and the Age of Johnson from 1750-1790, which marked the transition to Romanticism. Popular genres during this time included letters, satire, essays, melodrama and fables.

1.  Presented by : Chandani Pandya
 Department of English MKBU
 Presentation Topic : An Overview of Neo-classical Age
 Paper no. - 102 : Literature of the Neo-classical Period.
 M.A Sem-1
 Roll no. – 06
 Batch – 2020-2022
 Email ID : pandyachandani11@gmail.com

2. Introduction
 The age is known as classical age
or age of reason.
 Neoclassical literature is characterized
by order, accuracy and structure.
 It is period of Enlightenment.
 Literature of the age is concerned
with human nature, supremacy of reason.
 Unity in the works of all writers.
 The age wished to understand not to
imagine.

3.  Definition of Neo-classical age :
• The 18th century in English literature has been called the Neo-classical age,
Augustan age and the age of reason.
• The term “ the Augustan age” comes from the self conscious imitation of the
original Augustan writers, Virgil and Horace by many of the writers of the
period.
• Specifically, the Neo-classical age was the period after the pest oration era of
the death of Alexander Pope.
• The major writer of the age were Pope and Johnson, Dryden in poetry and
Jonathan swift and Joseph Addition in prose.
• Neo-classical period ended on 1798 when Wordsworth published the Romantic
‘Lyrical Ballads’.

4. Characters 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.
•They emphasized restraint, self control and common sense.
•This was a time when conservatism flourished in both politics
and literature.

5. Some popular types of literature in
Neo-classical age
Letters
Satire
Essays
Melodrama
Fables
parody

6. Three stages
• Neo-classical period of literature can divided into three part :
The Restoration period
The Augustan period
The age of Johnson

7.  The Restoration period (1660-1700)
• The Restoration of king Charles II to the English
throne in 1660 after a long period of puritan
domination in England brought a new change in
English literature. previously closed theaters
were opened again. New group of writers began
to write plays.
• Restoration literature continued to appeal to
heroic ideals of love and honor, particularly
on stage, in heroic tragedy.

8.  The Augustan period (1700-1750)
 It is called Augustan because people was
think like Augusts Caesar.
 This period is marked by the imitation of
Virgil and Horace’s literature in English
letters.

9. The Age of Johnson (1750-1790)
 This period marks the transition toward the
upcoming Romanticism through the period is
still largely Neo-classical.
Much was happening around the world
politically, such as both the American and
French Revolutions.
This time marked a transition in English literature
from the structure and formality of the Neo-classical
writers to the emotional, ungoverned writings of the
Romantics.

10. Conclusion
The Neo-classical era in literature brought a sense of decorum
and stability to writes.
 There were rules to be carefully followed and there was structure to be
uphold.

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