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Neoclassical Lit Overview WGU

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Restoration and Neoclassical   Monarchy Restored, reopened theatres closed due to Puritan censorship, revived drama  
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New forms of literature   Newspapers, Novels, Women's Periodicals, Guidebooks, Pleasure books for kids  
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Romantic Comedy   Appetite and Opportunism, social hypocrisy, sexual power play, Women 'besting'their pursuers. Attacked by Puritans for morals.  
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Tragedy   First time middle class plays a major role in theatre. Story lines about their trials and tribulations.  
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Satire   Made it's way from the written word, to conversation.  
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Drama Themes   Military conquest, masquerade and self delusion, tribulations of the middle class.  
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Most popular form of poetry   Heroic couplet. Complete thought in two lines of iambic pentameter.  
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"Polite"   Holding one's tongue, restraint.  
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Levels of Middle Class   Did not have to be born into money. Could 'buy' your way into becoming a gentleman by investing. Capitalism  
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New theatre   Mixed the old and the new to make it better. Women on stage. Theatre located and accessible to everyone and frequented by the middle class.  
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Mock Epic   High style, low subject matter. A satire or parody mocking classical sterotypes of heroes.  
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Plots   Driven by revelation and concealment. Wore masks to add to the drama.  
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Refinement   Buying the best in clothes, food, earthly goods to advance yourself in class.  
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Comedy of Manners   A form of high comedy, usually about love, that relies on intellectual, not physical comedy. Usually involving high society.  
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Didactic Poetry   A literary work that overtly attempts to instruct or teach a lesson.  
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Neoclassism   Writers that appeal to reason instead of emotion and emphasize order, balance, harmony, and realsim (not romanticism).  
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Neoclassic Period   1660-1785  
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Restoration Age   1660-1700 After the puritan ban was lifted on the theatres.  
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