My Presentation issue for Comparison between Shakespeare and Ben Jonson

1. Ladhva Sagarkumar G.
Roll No. 28
Semester – M.A. Sem. 1
Year 2014 – 15
Enrollment no.: 4101022
Paper Name: The Literary criticism/Theory
Topic:- Comparison between Shakespeare
and Ben Jonson
Submitted to: Dr. Dilip Barad
Smt. S.B. Gardi
Department of English
M.K.Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar.

2. Introduction
 England and Its Situation
- Plague in 1665
- Move around form London.
- Shifting in other state.

3. The Imagination of Dryden
Migration – Crossing river Thames
- To entertain - Criticize writer and their work,
Mythology, Social situation, Politics.
- Essay Poesy (1666) – (born) – By Dryden

4. Definitions of play
"A play ought to be a just and lively
image of human nature representing
its passions and humors and the
changes of fortune to which it is
subject for the delight and
instruction mankind"

5. Essay on Dramatic Poesy – imagination of Dryden
• Favors
moderns
over ancient
• Charles
Sackville
Eugenius
Crites
• Argues favor
to Ancient
• Robert
Howard
• French Drama
Grater than
English Dram
• Charles
Siedley
Lisideius
Neander
• Favor in modern English
plays, does not Disparage
ancient.
• He calibration to French and
English drama
• Dryden

6. Comparative
Criticisms On
(1564 – 1616) (1572 - 1637)
Dryden
Shakespeare Ben Jonson
Shakespeare was romantics Ben Jonson was Classicist

7. Some Other Example…Gujarati Literature

8. Shakespeare
Nature
Learned
Imaginative
sensibility
Perfectionist
in power
Ben Jonson
Classical
old view
just Perfect.

9. Shakespeare
Broke rules
shows Love,
passion
present
situation
Ben Jonson
Follows
tradition
-Absent of
love
present
Greek and
Latin.

10. Neander
• He says : “I admired Ben Jonson but I love
Shakespeare.”

11. Conclusion
- If I would compare him with Shakespeare, I
must acknowledge him the more correct
poet, but Shakespeare the greatest wit,
Shakespeare was the Homer or father of
our dramatic poet. Jonson was the Virgil,
the partner of elaborate writing, I admire
Him (Jonson), but I love Shakespeare.
Neander (Dryden)