LITERATURE QUESTIONS
RESTORATION EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DRAMA
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to compare the past with present.
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to recreate the Italian and English Renaissances.
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to create a new national drama with new heroes.
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recognition that they were better than English playwrights.
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to present the future through their plays.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Molière, original name Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, (baptized January 15, 1622, Paris, France-died February 17, 1673, Paris), French actor and playwright, the greatest of all writers of French comedy.
Detailed explanation-2: -The three main neoclassical playwrights were Jean Batiste Moliere (1622-1673) Tartuffe and The Missanthrope, Jean Racine (1639-1699) Andromache and Phaedra, and Pierre Corneille (1606-1684) The Cid. Of the three, only Moliere wrote comedies.
Detailed explanation-3: -A keen-eyed observer of his contemporaries and avid chronicler of all their ways and works, Molière was skilled in all aspects of drama, appealing to both the public and the Court. Today, Molière’s work is considered one of the highlights of world literature.
Detailed explanation-4: -Molière. The influence of Molière as a French playwright is so great that the French language is often nicknamed “la langue de Molière”. Jean Racine. Victor Hugo. Edmond Rostand. Georges Feydeau. Antonin Artaud. Jean-Paul Sartre. Yasmina Reza. More items •31-Oct-2018