Culture of Georgian period

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 523.

The establishment of the constitutional monarchy. The Industrial Revolution. The beginning of the novel: D. Defoe, J. Swift, J. Austen (the first greatest female novelist). Romanticism in literature: R. Burns, G. Byron, P.B. Shelly; the Lakists: W. Blake, W. Wordsworth, S. Coleridge; sentimental novel: S. Richardson, L. Stern, H. Fielding, O. Goldsmith. Neo-Classicism in architecture and painting: J. Nash, W. Hoggarth. The Royal Academy of Arts: J. Reynolds, J. Constable, J. Turner. Music: F. Handel. Drama and opera: G. Lillo, J.Gay, D.Garrick. Free press: the Tatler, the Spectator.

Questions

1. What cultural institution was founded by George III?

2. What was the main aesthetic movement of the period?

3. What formed the ground for the flourishing of arts?

2. What do you know about the King's residences of that time?

3. What were the forms of romanticism and the romantic spirit?

4. Why are the novels by D. Defoe still popular?

5. Why is J. Swift called a great satirist?

6.What are the chief themes in Burns' poetry?

7. Are Blake's poems easy to understand? Why?

8. Why do scholars consider Wordsworth to be the most important English romantic poet?

9. What kind of character is known as “the Byron's hero”?

10. What was the most successful opera of that time?

11. What do you know about drama of Georgian period?

12. What do you know about the development of the press of that time?