Critically
comment on the major features of the Augustan Period/ Augustan literature in
Europe.
Augustan literature (sometimes referred to misleadingly as Georgian literature) is a style of British literature produced during the reigns of Queen Anne, King
George I, and George
II in the first half of the 18th century and ending in the
1740s, with the deaths of Alexander
Pope and Jonathan
Swift, in 1744 and 1745, respectively. It was a
literary epoch that featured the rapid development of the novel,
an explosion in satire, the mutation of drama from political
satire into melodrama and an evolution toward poetry of personal exploration. The chief characteristics that
mark the age of Augustan are as follows:
·
The
Political Time: The reign of Queen Anne in early
18th-century England is commonly known as Augustan age. During this period, the
satirist Jonathan Swift, the poet Alexander Pope, and the essayists Joseph
Addison and Sir Richard Steele were among the major literary figures.
·
The
Style in Motions: Their
neoclassical style employed Roman forms, such as the ode, and emphasized common
sense, moderation, reason over emotion and elegance over brevity. In the
eighteenth century the subjects of study became more numerous and more
systematic. And it was the good fortune of England that prose in the age had
become a pliant and serviceable medium.....................................................................................................................................................
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