the development of novel and the major novelists of the neo – classical age
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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
• Clarissa Harlowe, (1747-48)• Sir Charles Grandison (1753-
54)• Pamela or Virtue Rewarded,
(1740)
Samuel Richardson
(1689 - 1761)
• Joseph Andrews, (1742)• Tom Jones, (1749), the
greatest novel• Amelia, 1751, last novel
Henry Fielding(1707 - 1754)
• The Adventures of Roderick Random, 1748
• The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, 1751
• The Adventures of Ferdinand, Count Fathom, 1753
Tobias Smollet (1721 - 1771)
• The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent, 1760-67
• A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, 1768
Laurence Sterne(1713 - 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..