Department of English, Uttara University

1. WECOME TO MY
PRESENTATION

2. PRESENTED BY:
MOHAMMAD ANUZ AL SAAD
ID: M 2153311112
38TH BATCH
DEPT. OF ENGLISH
UTTARA UNIVERSITY
PRESENTED FOR:
MONIR HOSSEN
LECTURER
DEPT. OF ENGLISH
UTTARA UNIVERSITY

4. SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Born in 1631 in Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire,
England
Eldest of fourteen children of Erasmus Dryden
and Mary Pickering
 Received a predominantly classical education
in Westminster School under the celebrated
headmaster, Richard Busby
In 1650, he went to trinity college, Cambridge
Married Elizabeth Howard and had three sons
Died on 1 May in 1700

5. CAREER
Dryden’s first play, The Wild Gallant was produced in
1663.
Secret Love or The Maiden Queen staged on the reopening
of the theatres was liked by the king.
The Indian Emperor was an outstanding success.
In 1668, Dryden succeeded as Poet Laureate.
All for Love, his favourite play appeared in 1677.
Absalom and Achitophel was written satirising some plots
of Whig leaders.
His last work was Fable Ancient and Modern.

6. WORKS OF DRYDEN
DRAMATIC WORKS:
THE RIVAL LADIES (1664)
THE INDIAN QUEEN (1665)
THE INDIAN EMPEROR (1667)
THE WILD GALLANT (1669)
TYRANNICK LOVE; OR, THE ROYAL MARTYR (1670)
MARRIAGE À LA MODE (1673)
THE ASSIGNATION; OR, LOVE IN A NUNNERY (1673)
ALL FOR LOVE; OR, THE WORLD WELL LOST (1678)
THE DUKE OF GUISE (1683)
ALBION AND ALBANIUS (1685)

7. TO BE CONTINUED…
PROSE:
Of Dramatic Poesie, An Essay (1668)
Notes and Observations on "The Empress of Morocco" (1674)
His Majesties Declaration Defended (1681)
The Vindication; or, The Parallel of the French Holy League,
and the English League and Covenant, &c. (1683)
A Discourse Concerning the Original and Progress of Satire
(1693)
Essays, Prefaces, and Dedications

8. TO BE CONTINUED…
POETRY:
Heroic Stanzas on the Death of Oliver Cromwell (1659)
Astraea Redux (1660)
To His Sacred Majesty, a Panegyric on His Coronation
(1661)
To My Lord Chancellor (1662)
Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders (1667)
Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel (1682)
The Medal: A Satire Against Sedition (1682)
Mac Flecknoe: A Satire upon the
Trew-Blue-Protestant Poet T.S. (1682)

9. PHILOSOPHY OF DRYDEN
Had neither the emotional excitement of the early
nineteenth century romantics nor the intellectual
complexities of the metaphysicals.
Criticizes the then society through his writings.
His writing style was unique, mostly employing
daily patterns and rhythms used in everyday
speech.

10. PROSE STYLES OF JOHN DRYDEN
Purifying the language of corrupt rhetoric and abuse of figures of speech, conceits
and pun
Newly reformed movement of Royal Society
In 1664, the Royal Society appointed a committee for improving the English
Language with Evelyn, Waller and Dryden
To reform the English prose diction, Dryden makes a place for establishment of a
National Academy on the lines of French Academy to act as arbiter on all linguistic
matters
Dryden completely subscribed to its programme of linguistic refinement and
supported the cause of reform through his own prose writing by providing a model
of prose that has the virtues of simplicity, lucidity and precision
Imparts conversational tone
Constant awareness of his audience
Frankness, simplicity, plainness, conversational tone
Metaphysical devices

11. AGE OF DRYDEN
Historically, The Age of Dryden is called the
Restoration Age.
The Age of Restoration was an age of sweeping
reactions against Puritanism and the Glorious
Revolution.

12. ANALYSIS OF FABLES
A fable is a brief tale conveying a moral in which beasts and birds
are made to act and speak like human.
But Dryden’s fables are in no sense fables, but rather tale in
verse.
In the Preface to the Fables, Dryden explains the background and
project of the fables.
Dryden began with a translation of the first book of Homer’s
Iliad.
Then he translated Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
He translated five tales from Chaucer's famous Canterbury
Tales.