ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The The critics and theorists from Sir Philip Sidney to Sir JoshuaReynolds broadly represent the thinking of the ____
A
Age of Wordsworth
B
Age of Enlightenment
C
Age of Pope
D
Age of literature
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Liberal Humanism and Aristotle: Liberal humanism has its roots in the philosophies of Aristotle. Aristotle posed the existential question: “Who am I?” He advocated approaching life in a critical manner.

Detailed explanation-2: -Literary criticism is thought to have existed as far back as the classical period. In the 4th century BC Aristotle wrote the Poetics, a typology and description of literary forms with many specific criticisms of contemporary works of art.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sidney as a critic is best known for his sound defence of poetry against the charges levelled by Stephen Gosson. He condemned poetry for being a mother of lies, a nurse of abuse, a waste of time and Plato’s right banishment of poets.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are four major critical theories in literature which are Mimetic theory, Pragmatic theory, Expressive theory and finally Objective theory. All of these critical theories are different in their own ways.

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