Literatura de Restauración (1660-1700) - Dryden, Butler y otros, Diapositivas de Literatura inglesa

¡Descarga Literatura de Restauración (1660-1700) - Dryden, Butler y otros y más Diapositivas en PDF de Literatura inglesa solo en Docsity! RESTORATION LITERATURE 1660-1700 Historical background  1660: Restoration of English monarchy: Charles II  1662: The Royal Society founded  1685-88: James II  1687: Newton’s Principia Mathematica  1688: The “Glorious –Bloodless-Revolution”: William of Orange  1702: Queen Anne Dryden’s drama  1663: The Wild Gallant (comedy)  HEROIC PLAYS: The Conquest of Granada (1669 & 1670)  BLANK-VERSE TRAGEDIES: All for Love (1678) Dryden’s prose  Essay of Dramatick Poesie (1668): A major piece of English literary criticism in the form of a discussion between four characters.  He evaluates the work of the Elizabethan dramatists (especially Shakespeare)  Dryden deals with the major topics which interested contemporary dramatists (rhyme, blank verse, etc.) He also compares French and English drama. Other Restorarion Poets  Samuel Butler (1612-80): Hudibras (first part 1663). A biting satire on the Puritans, modelled upon the adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.  John Wilmot, earl of Rochester (1647-80) Poems & Poems on Several Occasions OTHER COMEDY WRITERS  William Wycherley (1640-1715): The Country Wife (1674)  George Etheredge (1635-91): The Man of Mode (1676)  George Farquhar (1678-1707): He comes late among the Restoration dramatists. Clergiman, actor and soldier. The Recruiting Officer (1706) RESTORATION PROSE- WRITERS  John Bunyan (1628-88)  The Pilgrim’s Progress (1678): Allegorical work with allegorical characters  Samuel Pepys (1633-1703): Diary writer. Interesting information concerning public and personal affairs. Pepys’Diary opens on Jan.1, 1660, until May 31, 1669. Written in cypher and decoded in 1819.  John Evelyn (1620-1706): Diarist Aphra Behn (1640-89)  The first female professional writer  Oroonoko, or the Royal Slave (1688), a “short novel”. The first prose work in English to have a black hero.  She wrote short stories, translations, poetry and plays.