English Literary Studies (Fach) / Long 18th Century (1660-1785) (Lektion)
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Long 18th Century (1660-1785)
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- Long 18th Century (1660-1785) Development of scientific and philosophical writings Age of reason → writings reasonable Professional authorship (women and men) Large reading public → Bookmarket, bestsellers, newspapers and journals
- Long 18th Century (1660-1785) Prose Bestsellers are sermons (Predigten) and books of meditation Development: Novel as a genre Prose was considered lower form (but importance) increased
- Restoration (1660-1700) Court return form exile Great plague Great fire of London (1666) → London rebuild Genres: Comedy of manners Tragic comedy - Hybrid form Heroic drama - Exoctic settings
- Restoration (1660-1700) Drama Theatre reopned Indoor-theatre Curtain introduced Dailiy performances Introduction of Prologues, Epilouges, Asides and Interaction Women on stage Tragic and comic heroes wore dresses Ritualised stage behaviour Sexual convention mocked John Dryden "All for Love"
- Restoration (1660-1700) Poetry Age of Alexander Pope Katherine Phillips Aphra Behn
- Restoration (1660-1700) Prose Publication Milton John "Paradise Lost"
- Neoclassicsm (1770-1785) First English Dictionary(1755) introduced → Orthographical standards Horace → highest authority Imitation of classical writers/forms/rhet oric Genres: Georgian Sentimental„ gefühlsvoll“ comedy Middling characters turn into various types (viele Facetten) and becoming more important Express of emotions (Tears) Plots are driven by antagonist Burlesque comedy Satire of sentimental comedy → Anti- Sentimental comedy Pantomime Farce, ballad opera Age of sensibility emotions central role in human nature → empathy improved (introperspective focus)