Background and age (Rape of the lock).pptx

English Grammar Background and age

1. "Rape of the Lock" Background of writing and age.

2. Contents The man behind the masterpiece Background of title Different names of age Themes of age Pope's innovation in form Social and cultural context Political and economical context Literary devices of age Real inspiration and hair as a  symbol

3. The man behind the masterpiece Alexander Pope (1688 – 1744) Roman Catholic family Spinal deformity Sir William Trumbull Famous works Translations of Homer

4. Background of title "Rape"  in classical mythology. Zeus ( sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and  mythology ) "Don Quixote"(1605) (don kuh·how·tee) Mary Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman," "The Rape of Helen" and "The Rape of Proserpina"

5. Neo-classical age! Age of Pope  (1700-1745-) Augustan Age Augustus Caesar "Prince of classicism." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Everything that is good in literature is classical.”

6. Classical authors:  Vergil, Ovid, Livius, Horace. Contents Man in society Artist Periodical essay Graveyard poetry “The proper study of mankind is man“. - Alexander Pope

7. The age of Johnson (1744-1784) Literary Powerhouse A Dictionary of the English Language (1755). A New Era Dawns Irrational Champion of Prose " The Rambler" John Dryden, (Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (The Spectator) ) and Jonathan Swift (Gulliver's travel, A modest proposal) Literary Club of London

8. Themes of that era Skepticism David Hume : ( Scottish philosopher and historian ) All that belongs to human understanding, in this deep ignorance and obscurity, is to be skeptical, or at least cautious, and not to admit of any hypothesis whatever, much less of any which is supported by no appearance of probability.  —Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion Rationalism René Descartes (father of modern philosophy, first modern rationalist) Cogito, ergo sum ( I think, therefore I am )

9. Empiricism Francis Bacon: (father of the scientific method) Order Encyclopédistes Deism Classicism

10. Pope's innovation in form Perfecting the Heroic Couplet The Mock Heroic Sound Mimicry (Onomatopoeia, Alliteration) The Use of the Epistle Emphasis on Balance and Structure (Antithesis, Chiasmus)

11. Social and cultural context Aristocratic Society Gender roles and expectations Social gatherings and Entertainment Coffee rituals and others The Grand Tour Scientific Discovery Rise of the Salon

12. Political and economical context Whigs and Tories Glorious Revolution (1688) (James II, Mary, William of Orange) Bill of Rights Adam Smith (the father of modern economics) "The Wealth of Nations" (1776) Agricultural Revolution Commercial Revolution and Global Trade

13. Literary devices used in 18th century Heroic Couplet (Iambic pentameter) ( Greece and Rome ) "So while the lover strove in vain to save,  The angry thing snatched off the struggling wave."  (from Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock") Satire (Ancient Greece) Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" Pastoral (Ancient Greece and Rome) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man" (Epistle I, Line 3). Here, "expatiate" suggests a sense of freedom and ease, like roaming a vast landscape. (" An Essay on Man " by Alexandr Pope) Mock Epic ( Ancient Greece and Rome ) Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock."

14. Allegory (Ancient Greece) John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress" Epistolary Novel (Ancient Rome) Samuel Richardson's "Pamela" Horatian Satire (Ancient Rome) Alexander Pope's "Essay on Criticism" is an Horatian satire that offers advice on how to write good poetry. Horace (65 to 8 BC) ( Roman poet)

15. Real Inspiration Arabella Fermor Lord Petre John Caryll

16. Hair as a symbol A Trophy of Beauty Social Currency A Threat to Honor Beyond the Surface New Interpretations Gender and Power Dynamics Class Satire Consent and Violation Loss of Beauty

17. Thank you!