Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Classicism is a specific genre of philosophy, expressing itself in literature, architecture, art, and music, which has Ancient Greek and Roman sources and an emphasis on society. It was particularly expressed in the Neoclassicism [ 4 ] of the Age of Enlightenment .
Classical art has been taken as a model in later periods – medieval Romanesque architecture [82] and Enlightenment-era neoclassical literature [11] were both influenced by classical models, to take but two examples, while James Joyce's Ulysses is one of the most influential works of twentieth-century literature. [83]
The key theoretical work on theater from this period was François Hedelin, abbé d'Aubignac's Pratique du théâtre (1657), and this work reveals to what degree "French classicism" was willing to modify the rules of classical tragedy to maintain the unities and decorum (d'Aubignac, for example, saw the tragedies of Oedipus and Antigone as ...
Literary movements are a way to divide literature into categories of similar philosophical, topical, or aesthetic features, as opposed to divisions by genre or period. Like other categorizations, literary movements provide language for comparing and discussing literary works. These terms are helpful for curricula or anthologies. [1]
This is a list of European literatures. The literatures of Europe are compiled in many languages ; among the most important of the modern written works are those in English , French , Spanish , Dutch , Polish , Portuguese , German , Italian , Modern Greek , Czech , Russian , Macedonian , the Scandinavian languages, Gaelic and Turkish .
Pages in category "Works based on classical literature" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Ancient literature created during the Classical Antiquity period (circa 8th century BCE—5th century CE). Subcategories This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total.
Wordsworth's and Coleridge's 1798 publication of Lyrical Ballads is considered by some as the first important publication in the movement. Romanticism stressed strong emotion, imagination, freedom within or even from classical notions of form in art, and the rejection of established social conventions.