Poetry

Prose

Drama

in the Augustan age there is the increase of the reading public

growing importance of middle classe (most of the readers were women)

circulation of news,
opinions

coffee houses

let public opinion and journalism evolve;

attended only by men.

Novelist

The spokesman of the middle class.

simple, realistic, become bookseller

Hero (loved) struggle for survival or social succes

related to the puritan ethics

Jhon Milton was a puritan

the theaters were reopened in 1660

the play is a piece of writing that is invented to be acted in a theatre

The writer of a play is called playwright.

comedy

Often the play is introduced by a prologue to inform about the character of the play and it’s followed by an epilogue to request applause.

The main support of drama is the dialogue

It comes from a Greek word that means ‘action’ – or ‘play’ in the sense of action, movement.

It is associated with a group of people doing things and another group watching them

The three most important elements of poetry are:

  • its sound
  • its visual layout
  • the special way it used language

with its rhytm and musical qualities, was easier to learn

It was born as an oral art generally accompanied by dance and music

it is the oldest form of literature.