General Characteristics of Neo-classic Age

Name: jumani pooja k.

Roll no: 08

Sem.: 3

Part: 2

Topic: general characteristics of Neo-classic the Age

Paper no: 02 Neo- classical Literature

Year: 2012-13

Submitted to

Dr. Dilip Barad,

Dept. of English,

Maharaja Krishnkumarsinhji Bhavnagar University,

Bhavnagar

General characteristics of Neo- classic the age

Meaning of neoclassicism:

Neo- classicism means a return to classic ideas of clearness, elegance symmetry and repose produced by attention to traditional form. It was sometimes synonymous with excellence or artistic quality of high distinction. Also, the term reform to the admiration and imitation of Greek and Roman literature, art, painting and architecture.

Neo-classiassim depends on most fundamentally is consensus about body of work that has achieved canonic states these all are classicisms ideally and neoclassicism is essentially and art of and ideal and artist. Even we can not say that neoclassicism menaces all thing but new things were return new ideas of writers and their works.

In here “neoclassicism” in each art or literature implies a particular canon of “classic” models.

In neo-classic period were new world came and writers were though difference way.

According to the neo-classicists, all forms of the literature were to be model after the classical works of the ancients Greek &Roman writers (Homer, argils,& so on) & those of the contemporary French ones. They were through that artistic should be order, logic. Restrained emotion & accuracy, that literature should be judge in the terms of its service to humanity. This belief led them to seek proportion, unity; harmony &grace in literary expressions, in an effort to delight instruct & correct human being, primarily as social animals. Thus, a polite, urbane, witty, & intellectual art developed.

Neo-classical Assumption and their Implications

In here neoclassical thinkers could use the part as a guide for the present because they assumable that human nature was constant essentially the same regardless of time and place they believe, should express their essential nature, they were representations of general nature. Some writer’s individual character was valuable for what he or she revealed of universal human nature

Selected writers and their works

Jonathan swift

Jonathan swift one of the best writer of the neo-classical age. An Excerpt from chapter 3 part 1 of Gulliver’s travels Gulliver’s travels Jonathan swift best fictional works, contain four part each about one particular voyage during which Gulliver has exeparticular

Adventures on some remote are land after he has met with ship week or piracy. Gulliver’s travels are also an artistic mast earpiece he fined that author of master of prose. Jonathan swift on of best a other of neo-classical age and he wrote so many good novels.

Alexander pope:

People is one of the for most satirist in world literature as well as a great poet. He wrote witty and polished verses ridiculing the behavior of his day. Pope mock heroic poem the Rape of the lock is one of the finest examples of English comic verse.

His major works

The Rape of the lock

His major work the poem is based on an actual incident in which young noblemen stole a lock of lady’s hair and other works are “An Essay on criticism the Dunciad.

John Bunyan:

John Bunyan is English writer &preacher born in Elson England, probably nov-28-1628, and died in London. England, aug 31 1688.

His major works. He wrote many major works the pilgrim’s progress (1678) is the outstanding 17^th century English reliouse literature.

Novels

In neoclassical period more effusive in literature works and at also novels. In this age’s novels written on satirical political when we refer the novels that time peoples got idea of colonies because English writer showed there image of colonies and they wonted put picture of power of the century of England. For example: “Gulliver travel” novel satirical novel and main power had European century. During neoclassical age most novels or novelist wonted put image of colonies and post colonies and can say that neoclassical period’s writer an audience even English peoples believed that their powerful word.

Some of the similarities between tragedy & comedy

Comedy and tragedy are founded on the some literary principles comedy tragedy masks on side of old church building image by Steve.

18^th century more mid-18^th century was turbulent time in world history. Women’s dress no exception and presented silhouettes in variety of thing.

Even Neo-classicism period is revival of the styles and spirit of classic antiquity inspired directed from the classical period deal with the faith, honor, and good evil and in each case, justice must be served. In neo-classical writer truth and near to reality because they had believed that audience and readers views changed and they able to accepted to reality. Even in world both through (menace) good and evil all there in universal. Domestic Tragedy  As people moved away from and leave out anything that is otherworldly or supernatural.

Social themes

In neoclassical writers saw themsetives as well as there readier and characters. That time peoples thought had limitation of human nature. They probably were but the individual who rubella against custom or as serial his superiority to hum kind we like Alcester in The Misanthrope presorted as presumptuous and absurd. Neo-classical artists expiated people to conform to established social norms that tome each and every people have individual opinion was for less liked to true than was the consensus of society developed over time and embodied in custom and tradition.

The Age of Reason

The classical ideas of modern which inspire this period conman people though had not conman but there idea was changed. Ad also got new knowledge of imagination. it is often know as the age of Reason had traditionally been assumed to be the highest mental faculty, but in this period many thinkers consider it a sufficient guide in all areas. Both religious believed and morality was ground on reason.