U7 L1 The Historical Background Of The Literature

Question 1

What were the problems faced as England become more industrialized?

Answer 1

• Political corruption
• wars
• Pollution
• slums

Question 2

What is John Milton noted for writing?

Answer 2

• essays supporting Puritan govt actions
• wrote few political works after king’s restoration
• Paradise Lost

Question 3

What is Puritan John Bunyan noted for writing?

Answer 3

Pilgrim’s Progress

Question 4

What is Jonathan Swift noted for writing?

Answer 4

satires to belittle individuals/practices that represented to him:
-political
-moral
-cultural
decay

Question 5

What is Oliver Goldsmith noted for writing?

Answer 5

• satires on greed/foolish political and personal practices

- results of agricultural/industrial revolution

Question 6

What are Puritans also called?

Answer 6

Nonconformists

Question 7

John Milton and John Bunyan emphasized their works on what?

Answer 7

importance of man’s understanding and devotion to God

Question 8

What is Paradise Lost about?

Answer 8

God’s ways of dealing with mankind

Question 9

What is Pilgrim’s Progress about?

Answer 9

• salvation of character called Christian

- example for readers needing spiritual support

Question 10

What was French popular literature like?

Answer 10

• witty
• satire
• carefully structured drama
• lacking moral values

Question 11

What is the period from 1660 to 1700 called?

Answer 11

Neoclassical Period

Question 12

What is the characteristic of the Neoclassical literature?

Answer 12

writers/poets used knowledge of Greek and Latin lit to perfect literary forms

Question 13

What is an example of a literary form perfected in the Neoclassical Period?

Answer 13

heroic couplet

Question 14

What is the period/literature from 1688 to 1745 called?

Answer 14

Common Sense Literature/Period

Question 15

What are the characteristics of the Common Sense literature?

Answer 15

• critical responsibility
• use of reason, logic, realism
• suspicion of emotionalism and expressing religious views
• believed God works in rational ways

Question 16

What is the literature from 1745 to the end of the century called?

Answer 16

Literature of Sensibility

Question 17

What are the characteristics of Literature of Sensibility?

Answer 17

• moral themes and sentimental tone
• interest in supernatural, melancholy
• lyrical movement
• emotional appeal
• emphasis on common man or the past

Question 18

What were Periodicals which contained moral or satiric essays in the first half of the 18th century?

Answer 18

• The Tatler
• Spectator
• The Gentleman’s Magazine

Question 19

What were early novels like?

Answer 19

• fictitious

- dealt with middle class people dealing with middle class problems

Question 20

What did John Bunyan and Daniel Defoe pioneer?

Answer 20

realistic detail and lengthened narratives

Question 21

What book did Daniel Defoe write?

Answer 21

Robinson Crusoe

Question 22

Who were early novelists of the first half of the 18th century?

Answer 22

• Samuel Richardson
• Henry Fielding
• Tobias Smollet
• Laurence Sterne
• Daniel Defoe

Question 23

Who were 2 authors who used satire to instruct the newly-educated masses?

Answer 23

Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift

Question 24

What does lyrical mean?

Answer 24

• suitable for music

- expressing intense emotion

Question 25

What does sensibility mean?

Answer 25

using emotionalism than rationalism

Question 26

What does sentimental mean?

Answer 26

• overly emotional
• idealizing human nature
• enjoyment at the expense of emotions