EXAM - English literature 2
Tristram Shandy – a gloriously chaotic yet great comic work with a mastery of the realistic presentation of
fleeting thoughts, feelings and gestures, flexible handling of time which prefigures the break with the
tyranny of chronology which came in the 20th C.
Tobias Smollett: wrote seemingly traditional novels. Concentrated on picaresque novels, low-born
character would go through endless series of adventures. The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fanthom,
The Adventures of Roderick Random.
Goldsmith:
In one generation novel from being a narrative of adventure to exploring man’s inner life.
26. Augustan patriotism and a drive to forge an authentic English national culture
Theme to dominate the 18th C: creation of a British national cultural tradition, equal if not better than
Greek and Roman. Scientific revolution: superiority of Moderns against the Ancients. Drive towards
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