Sagarkumar G. LadhvaRoll No. 28

Semester – M.A. Sem. 1Year 2013 – 14

Enrollment no: 4101022

Topic:- The origin and Development of Novel and The Major Novelists of The Neo – Classical Age

Submitted to: Dr. Dilip Barad

Smt. S.B. Gardi Department of English

M.K.Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar.

The Neo Classical – Age (1700 – 1800)

(1) History of Period- The French Revolution of 1688 ,- Affected Literature,- It has Theme of war.

Concept of Revolution….

Overview of Neo-Classicism

Overview of Neo-Classicism Art produced in Europe and North America from the

mid-18c to the early 19c.

More than just an antique revival a reaction against the surviving Baroque & Rococo styles.

Linked to contemporary political events:

Revolutions established republics in France and in

America. [Neo-Classicism was adapted as the official art style].

Association with the democracy of Greece and the republicanism of Rome.

Napoleon used the style for propaganda.

The Neo Classical – Age (1700 - 1800)

(2) Social Development- Poetry and Drama were under French influence.- The prose was at the Highest point.- Political Party – Whig and Tory

French

RevolutionPompeii in 1748.

There were Four originators foe the development of the Novel, they are:-

Samuel Richardson

Lawrence Stern

Tobias Smallet

Henry Fielding

Novelist

Samuel Richardson

(1689 - 1761)

•Clarissa Harlowe, (1747-48)•Sir Charles Grandison (1753-54)•Pamela or Virtue Rewarded, (1740)

Henry Fielding(1707 - 1754)

•Joseph Andrews, (1742)•Tom Jones, (1749), the greatest novel•Amelia, 1751, last novel

Tobias Smollet

(1721 - 1771)

•The Adventures of Roderick Random, 1748•The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, 1751•The Adventures of Ferdinand, Count Fathom, 1753

Laurence Sterne

(1713 - 1768)

•The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent, 1760-67•A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, 1768

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

His Life • Born in Dublin. • Education on Kilkenny and

Trinity collage .• Main as a prose and Satirist.

• The Battle of the Book (1704)

• A Tale of Tub (1704)• A modest proposal (1729) • Gulliver’s Travels(1726)

A. Divided in four partsB. A satirist story C. A great novel

His Major Work

Some Other Novelist

Novelist

Horace Walpole

Maththew gregory lewis

Henry macknize

Frances burney

Thank you..