The Age of Reason Part I PDF

The Age of Reason: Part I The Neoclassical Period 1660-1798  1660- 1700 The Restoration = Age of Dryden  1700-1745 The Augustan Age = Age of Pope & Swift  1745-1798 The Age of Sensibility = Age of Johnson  Restoration Period+ Augustan Period: The Age of Reason...

The Age of Reason: Part I The Neoclassical Period 1660-1798  1660- 1700 The Restoration = Age of Dryden  1700-1745 The Augustan Age = Age of Pope & Swift  1745-1798 The Age of Sensibility = Age of Johnson  Restoration Period+ Augustan Period: The Age of Reason The Neoclassical Period = Age of Reason= Enlightenment  After the Renaissance—a period of exploration and expansiveness—came a reaction in the direction of order and restraint.  The period is called neoclassical because its writers looked back to the ideals and art forms of classical times, emphasizing even more than their Renaissance predecessors the classical ideals of order and rational control.  The classical ideals of order and moderation which inspired this period, its realistically limited aspirations, and its emphasis on the common sense of society rather than individual imagination, could all be characterized as rational. And, indeed, it is often known as the Age of Reason. ‘From the head, not the heart’ The Age of Enlightenment has been crucial for developments and advances in human rights, education, and modern democracy. One of the principal objectives of the Age of Enlightenment was to rebel against the authorities. The philosophers and artists insisted that the individual should use reason and logic instead of accepting what the Monarchy (King), law, and the Church presented as truth. The neoclassic poetry differs from that of the Elizabethan Age, the climax of Renaissance, in three ways: First, it is more formal, with its demand to follow exact rules; 1  Second, it is more artificial, polished, straightforward, dull and lacks the creative liveliness of the Elizabethans; Third, the chief poetic form is heroic couplet which replaced the variety of forms in the Elizabethan Age. The Restoration (1660- 1700)  This period takes its name from the restoration of the monarchy (Charles II) to the English throne and the triumph of reason and tolerance over religious and political passion.  Writing should be well structured, emotion should be controlled, and emphasize qualities like wit. This is in sharp contrast to the high seriousness and sobriety of the earlier Puritan regime.  The theaters came back to vigorous life after the revocation of the ban placed on them by the Puritans, and new dramatists therefore appeared. 2