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1. JOHN DRYDEN AS A SATIRIST

2.   HELLO! I AM DRASHTI JOSHI Roll No : 08 Enrolment Number : 4069206420220016 Sem : 1 [M.A.] Batch : 2022-2024 Paper Number : 101 Paper Code : 22392 Paper Name : Literature of the Elizabethan and Restoration periods submitted To : Smt S.B.Gardi, Department of English, M.K.B.U. Dated On : 15-10-2022 E-Mail : [email protected]

3. INTRODUCTION: HISTIRICAL BACKGROUND OF THE AGE: JOHN DRYDEN AS SATIRIST: HIS SATIRICAL WORK: EXAMPLE OF RECENT TIMES SATIRE: CONCLUSION:

4. INTRODUCTION * First of all the Question is that what is satire? According to R.J.REES “Nearly everybody is a satirist in a small way: the schoolboy who write rude words about his teacher; the comedian who does a life like imitation of the prime minister; even you and I, sitting in the pub or coffee bar and complaining about the wickedness of the world and the foolishness of our leaders. The real satirist differs from most of us, both in the strength of his feelings and in having the wit and genius to express it in novel or play or poem. He must have some of the qualities of moralist or the preacher, and some of the qualities of the clown- because the best way of attacking wickedness and foolishness is by laughing at them. The great English lexicographer Samuel Johnson defined satire as “a poem in which wickedness or folly is censured,” and more elaborate definitions are rarely more satisfactory.

5. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE AGE: * Three historical events deeply influenced the literary movements of the time: 1.The Restoration of the year-1660. >The restoration of charles-2 brought about a revolution in our literature. Along with much that is sane and powerful, this latter tendency is prominent in the writing of the time, especially in the comedies. 2.The Roman-catholic controversy that raged during the latter half of Charles-2’s reign. >The famous poem of Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel, is an outstanding example of a kind of poem that abounded during those troubled years. 3.The Revolution of the year 1688. >James succeeded to the throne in 1685, but so soon did he reveal his roman catholic prejudices that he was rejected in three year and was replaced by protestant sovereigns.

6. The Satirists of Restoration period in Literature: * The Restoration period ushers in the age of satire and criticism. The influence of France and the spread of science and common-sense produced a critical literature in the period. The exuberance and creative impulses of the Elizabethan period had exhausted itself. A critical temper had permeated the minds of thinkers and writers. The religious and political feuds had given rise to satirical literature. Dryden was the greatest satirist of the period. Besides Dryden, there are other satirists whose works have considerable importance in the period.

7. JOHN DRYDEN(1631-1700): John Dryden was an influential English poet, literary, critic, translator and playwright. Who dominant the literary life of restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the age of Dryden. He established the heroic couplet as a standard form of english poetry. Dryden’s greatest achievements were in satiric verse in works like the mock-heroic Macflecknoe(1682). And another satirical allegory Absalom and Achitophel(1691). Alexander pope(1688-1744) was heavily influenced by Dryden. He is called “FATHER OF ENGLISH CRITICISM.” Who was appointed England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. Dryden lost his posts of Poet Laureate and Historiographer Royal. When he died in 1700, he was accorded a splendid funeral in Westminster Abbey, though it was many years before his grave was marked by tombstone.

8. Dryden the poet is best known today as a satirist, although he wrote only two great original satires:  John Dryden was a brilliant and shattering satirist in verse. He wrote three great satires which touched the highest watermark of satirical poetry. Dryden's satires are distinguished by keen and biting wit, subtle irony and brilliant inventiveness. Mac Flecknoe (1682) and The Medall (1682). His most famous poem, Absalom and Achitophel (1681) contains several brilliant satiric portraits. Mac Flecknoe (1682) and The Medall (1682). His most famous poem, Absalom and Achitophel (1681) contains several brilliant satiric portraits. Dryden the poet is best known today as a satirist, although he wrote only two great original satires: HIS SATIRICAL WORK:

9. EXAMPLE FROM RECENT TIMES SATIRE:

10. The GREAT INDIAN NOVEL is a satirical novel by SHASHI THAROOR , first published by Viking press in 1989. It is a fictional work that takes the story of the MAHABHARATA, the Indian epic, and recasts and resets it in the context of the INDIAN INDEPENCE MOVEMENT and the first three decades post-independence. Figures from INDIAN HISTORY are transformed into characters from Mythology, and the mythical story of India is retold as a history of INDIAN INDEPENDENCE and subsequent history, up through the 1970s. Shashi Tharoor’s first novel, The Great Indian Novel (1989), he has adopted different narrative like satire, pun, parody, irony humour and comedy. Among these techniques, satire and parody are the dominant modes. Shashi Tharoor has become a beacon of satirical mode in Indian Writing in English by adopting satire, an eighteenth century literary mode, to narrate a twentieth century reality. Indian Writing in English had not given much serious attention to satire, like in English literature. The work includes numerous puns and allusions to famous works about India, such as those by Rudyard Kipling, Paul Scott, and E. M. Forster .(Verma)

11. Works Cited Albert, Edward. History of English Literature . Oxford University Press, 1979. Elliott, Robert C. “satire | Definition & Examples | Britannica.” Encyclopedia Britannica , 19 September 2022, https://www.britannica.com/art/satire. Accessed 11 October 2022. Marshall, Ashley. “John Dryden’s satiric poetry.” The British Library , 21 June 2018, https://www.bl.uk/restoration-18th-century-literature/articles/john-drydens-satiric-poetry. Accessed 11 October 2022. Verma, Kislay. “Dr.” Dr. Shashi Tharoor's official website , 1989, https://shashitharoor.in/books_details_fiction/18. Accessed 11 October 2022.

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