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PAGE PAGE 1Lecture 16 ＆ 17 Modern Dramatist （Oscar Wilde George Bernard Shaw）I A Brief Review of British Drama Before1. British Drama originated from liturgy in 9th century.2. In the Middle Ages ◆ the miracles ◆ the mysteries ◆ the morality ◆ the interlude3. The Renaissance periodthe first peak in British Drama ◆ the coming into being of true dramatragedy comedy◆ the first true drama was probably Nicholas Udall’s comedy, Ralph Royster Doyster◆ the appearance of the professional performer and theatre◆ the appearance of tragicomedy◆ the University wits◆Shakespeare◆Ben Jonson4. British Drama in 17th The Restoration Theater ◆John Drydenthe father of English Criticism5. British Drama in 18th century◆ Henry Fielding ◆ Oliver Goldsmith ◆Richard Sheridan6. British Drama in 19th ◆ ShelleyPrometheus Unbound (lyrical Drama) ◆ ByronManfred Cain (verse Dramas) ◆ The Irish dramatic movement At the end of the 19th century, the influence of the problem plays of the great Norwegian dramatist, Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), and the Irish Renaissance (a revival of interest in the Irish language and literature in Ireland) combined toBring about a dramatic movement in Ireland. It Brought to English Literature such great dramatists as Oscar Wilde and Bernard Shaw. II. Aestheticism and Oscar Wilde (1856-1900) 1. Brief Introduction to Aestheticism The end of the 19th century is a period of struggle between realistic and anti-realistic (i.e. Neo-Romanticism: R. L. Stevenson was to entertain his readers with writings of adventures, fantastical situation and vivid descriptions; Aestheticism) trends in art literature.Aestheticism began to prevail in Europe at the middle of the 19th century. The theory of “art for art’s sake” was first put forward by the French poet Theophile Gautier (1811-1872) Following him, Swinburne in English literature declared that art should serve no religious, moral or social end, nor any except itself. The later aesthetists, trying to separa