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Showing posts with label Dr. Samuel Johnson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dr. Samuel Johnson. Show all posts
Sunday, June 2, 2013

Johnson's theory of 'Anacronicism'

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Anacronicism refers to the violation of chronology or the indifference to historical accuracy. Johnson considers this as one of the gr...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Samuel Johnson's Views of Shakespeare's use of Quibbles

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Samuel Johnson in his “Preface to Shakespeare” talks of quibble to refer the reader to a particular (defect/attitude of Shakespeare) Shake...

Johnson's comments on the Violation of Shakespeare's Three Unities in his Dramas

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The neo-classical critics raised the question of unites concerning the free dramatic expression of the Elizabethans, particularly Shakesp...
Thursday, February 4, 2010

In Preface to Shakespeare, how does Dr. Samuel Johnson Defend Shakespeare's Mixing of Comic and Tragic Elements?

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Johnson in the Preface to Shakespeare holds that the mingled dramas of Shakespeare are not only effective but also fulfill the proper f...
Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Dr. Samuel Johnson's Evaluation Shakespeare in 'Preface to Shakespeare': Shakespeare as the Poet of Nature

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“Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all modern writers, and the poet of nature, the poet that holds up his readers a faith...

Dr. Samuel Johnson's Evaluation of Shakespeare’s art of Characterization in his 'Preface to Shakespeare'

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His persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated and the whole system...

How does Dr. Johnson defend Shakespeare against the charges of violating the Dramatic Unities?

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In the discussion of drama in “Poetics” Aristotle mentions the three unities as the three formal requirements of a play. These are the u...