Bunyan-and-Dryden

JohnBunyan(1628—1688)Borninatinker’sfamilyBecameatinkerhimselfHavelittleeducationJoinedtheParliamentaryarmyBecameapreacherThecomparisonbetweenMiltonandBunyanMiltonPuritanpoetInprisonWroteParadiseLostafterhisblindnessBunyanPuritanwriterofproseInprisonlongerthanMiltonWroteThePilgrim’sProgressinprisonandpublishedafterhisreleaseThePilgrim’sProgressItiswrittenintheoldfashionedmedievalformofallegoryanddrama.Plot:Aman----aChristianpilgrimAbook---theBibleBurden---weightofworldlyandcaresandconcerns《天路历程》HepreacheshisreligiousviewsinThePilgrim’sProgress.AllegoryThreegreatallegories:Spenser’sTheFaerieQueeneDante’sLaDivinaCommdia(theDivineComedy)Bunyan’sThePilgrim’sProgress（styleofa)story,paintingordescriptioninwhichthecharactersandeventsaremeantassymbolsofpurity,truth,patience,etc.SignificanceGivesarealpictureofhowlifewasduringthe17thcenturyAfaithfulpanoramicreflectionofBunyan’sageThemostsignificantishissatire---directedattherulingclasses.Theuseofallegorymakeshissatiricalpictureslessdirectandmoredifficulttosee.Hisbooks:areligiousbook﹥piercingexposuresofsocialevilsVanityFairSymbolicpictureofLondonatthetimeJohnDryden(1631—1700)Borninawell-to-doPuritanfamilyReceivededucationatCambridgeAnenthusiasticsupporteroftherevolutionChangeableperson:FromCromwelltoCharlesIIFromAnglicantoRomanCatholictoPuritanJohnDryden’sachievements*Aprolificwriterasapoet,aplaywrightandaliterarycritic*Famousforhisliterarycritics*Becamepoetlaureatein1668*Themostoutstandingcontributionishisliterarycriticism*Asapoethewasknownforhisversesatires,whichwaswritteninheroiccouplets.HeroiccoupletsAverseformwidelyadoptedbythepoetsofthe18thcentury.Itisapairofrhymingiambicpentameterlines.JohnDryden’sWorksAnEssayofDramaticPoesy《论戏剧诗》Form---dialogueTopic---meritsofEnglishandFrenchdramameritsoftheoldandthenewEnglishdramaFavor---theneoclassicalrules