Ladhva Sagarkumar G.

Roll No. 28 Semester – M.A. Sem. 1

Year 2014 – 15Enrollment no.: 4101022

Paper Name: The Literary criticism/Theory

Topic:- Comparison between Shakespeare and Ben Jonson

Submitted to: Dr. Dilip Barad

Smt. S.B. Gardi Department of English

M.K.Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar.

Introduction England and Its Situation

- Plague in 1665- Move around form London.- Shifting in other state.

The Imagination of Dryden Migration – Crossing river Thames

- To entertain - Criticize writer and their work, Mythology, Social situation, Politics.- Essay Poesy (1666) – (born) – By Dryden

Definitions of play

"A play ought to be a just and lively image of human nature representing its passions and humors and the changes of fortune to which it is subject for the delight and instruction mankind"

Essay on Dramatic Poesy – imagination of Dryden

• Favors moderns over ancient • Charles Sackville

Eugenius

(1564 – 1616) (1572 - 1637)

Shakespeare was romantics Ben Jonson was Classicist

Comparative Criticisms On

Dryden

Ben JonsonShakespeare

Some Other Example…Gujarati Literature

Shakespeare

Nature Learned

Imaginative sensibility

Perfectionist in power

Shakespeare

Broke rules

shows Love, passion

present situation

Neander

• He says : “I admired Ben Jonson but I love Shakespeare.”

Conclusion

- If I would compare him with Shakespeare, I must acknowledge him the more correct poet, but Shakespeare the greatest wit, Shakespeare was the Homer or father of our dramatic poet. Jonson was the Virgil, the partner of elaborate writing, I admire Him (Jonson), but I love Shakespeare.

Neander (Dryden)

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