Neoclassical literature

Question 1: Representative writers and their works of classical literature and neoclassical literature, (the difference between neoclassical literature and classical literature) Classical literature: classicism is the main literary trend of thought in Europe in the17th century. It formed and flourished in France, and then spread to other European countries. The trend of thought of classical literature is the product of political compromise between the emerging bourgeoisie and the feudal aristocracy, and it is also closely related to Louis XIV's hobbies and policies. Descartes rationalism is the philosophical basis of classicism. The ideological characteristics of classical literature are as follows: first, directly interfered by the royal power, politically and ideologically advocating national unity, opposing feudal separatism and praising wise kings, literature is closely combined with real politics. Second, it advocates rationality and demands restraint of personal lust. Thirdly, it sharply criticized the luxury, debauchery and depravity of the nobility, and at the same time criticized the stupidity, art and mentality of the bourgeoisie becoming an aristocrat. Fourthly, most of the classical tragedies are based on the secrets of emperors and generals, inheriting the tradition of ancient Greek tragedies and reflecting the life of the court and nobles. The artistic characteristics of classical literature: First, drawing artistic forms and themes from ancient Greek and Roman literature. Second, there is a set of strict artistic norms and standards. For example, drama creation should abide by the "three unifications", that is, the plot, time and place must be kept "one". Third, it advocates that the language is accurate, refined, gorgeous and elegant, showing more court interest. Fourthly, the typology of characterization. Classical literature achieved the greatest success in France, and its obvious limitations were exposed in its later period, which triggered a "dispute between ancient and modern" and challenged classicism.

Question 2: What are the characteristics of neoclassical literature? Neo-classicism advocates rationality, emphasizes clarity, symmetry, moderation and elegance, and pursues perfection and harmony of art forms! Literature is a language art that uses language to create images and reflect social life. It is an important part of culture and has strong appeal. China's classical literature is a brilliant classic or excellent work in the history of China literature, and it is a remarkable treasure in the world literature treasure house. China's classical literature has many forms of expression, such as poetry, prose, novel, ci, fu and qu. The diversity of styles and artistic expressions makes China's classical literature present a colorful and magnificent picture. For thousands of years, China's traditional culture has nurtured China's classical literature, and China's classical literature has greatly enriched China's traditional culture and made it more influential.

Question 3: The differences among English literature, neoclassicism and romanticism. Neoclassicism attaches importance to the relationship between modeling and sketch; Romanticism attaches importance to color.

Neo-classicism theme selects major historical events or heroes in ancient times; Romantic themes choose tragedy, literature and exoticism.

Neo-classicism follows the laws of classicism and pursues ideal beauty; Romanticism, on the other hand, is depicted by symbols and metaphors, with a typical personality tendency.

Question 4: Neoclassicism and Romanticism in English literature. From 65438 to the beginning of the 8th century, neoclassicism became fashionable in England. Neo-classicism advocates rationality, emphasizes clarity, symmetry, moderation and elegance, and pursues perfection and harmony of artistic forms. Alexander? Alexander pope (1688- 1744) is a representative of neoclassical poetry. He imitates Roman poets, and his poetry style is exquisite and elegant. His content is mainly preaching and satire, and his forms are mostly heroic couplets, but he lacks deep feelings. The representative writer of British neoclassicism;

John bunyan and john bunyan's masterpiece, Pilgrim's Progress.

Alexander pope is the representative of Alexander Pope's neoclassical poetry. He imitates Roman poets, and his poetry style is exquisite and elegant, and his content is mainly preaching and satire. Most of his forms are heroic couplets, but he lacks deep feelings.

He published a critical article (* * *), which established his position in the poetry circle. The following year, he published The Rape of Lock, a wonderful satirical epic.

Daniel defoe's masterpiece Robinson Crusoe.

Gulliver's Travels, the representative work of jonathan swift jonathan swift.

Henry fielding's masterpiece The Abandoned Tom? The history of tom jones (the founding of the People's Republic of China).

Samuel johnson was the first Englishman to compile an English dictionary. His work is an English dictionary, which samuel johnson spent seven years on his own.

The Opponent and the School of Scandal are the representative works of Richard Richard Brinsley Sheridan's Richard Brinsley Sheridan, which are regarded as the link between Shakespeare and Bernard Shaw, and the real English classical comedies.

Thomas gray thomas gray's masterpiece Elegy Written in the Yard of a Country Church, English romantic literature came into being at the end of 18, and the first half of 19 was a prosperous period. The pioneers of romantic literature are1poets robert burns and william blake in the middle and late 8th century. Burns draws nutrition from Scottish folk songs. His Scottish Dialcet poems are good at lyricism and satire, and the language is popular. Blake's Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience look forward to an ideal social order, which is fresh and original.

However, there are two opposing schools of romanticism, namely, positive romanticism I * * * and negative romanticism I * * *. Positive romanticism is the trend of progress, dare to face up to reality and criticize the darkness of society. It guides people to look forward, negative romanticism is a reactionary countercurrent, adopts a negative evasive attitude, opposes the status quo and nostalgia, and guides people to look back. The first real masters of English romanticism were three poets called "lake poets", who were also representatives of negative romanticism. Poets william wordsworth (1770- 1850), samuel taylor coleridge (1772- 1834) and robert southey (1774-65434). Wordsworth is the most accomplished poet among the lake poets. Together with Coleridge, another poet of lake poets, he published Lyric Ballads, which became a British romance ...

Question 5: There are differences between classicism and neoclassicism in the history of English literature. It should be said that there are no classicism and neoclassicism schools in literature. It is the classicism and neoclassicism in history that have promoted a series of waves of English literature. For example, the earliest epic, Romantic literature (Byron, Shelley), Gothic literature (Radcliffe, Louis). After neoclassicism, some realistic literature (Dickens) appeared, which was different from the literature that described noble knights before. After the two world wars, modern literature (Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, T.S. Eliot) and post-modern literature (Anthony Burgess) appeared one after another.