Neoclassicism in eighteenth-century literature: an analysis of realistic conventions in Cleland and Hogarth

<p>This paper does a comparative study of literary conventions in the eighteenth century realism. The central works of this paper are John Cleland’s two novels and two of William Hogarth’s engraving series. The paper gives an overview of theories on realism from the Greek philosophers, Aristotle and Horace, until its re-­‐emerge in eighteenth century in England. The study does a close reading of Fanny Hill, Memoirs of a Coxcomb, A Harlot’s Progress and A Rake’s Progress showing the areas where the Cleland or Hogarth followed or deviated from the eighteenth century conventions. In addition, this study covers some areas of Cleland and Hogarth’s biographies before and after publishing their works. It also provides the reception history and different critical views of their works.</p>

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Alsuhaibani, Norah

• neoclassicism
• realism
• eighteenth century literature
• John Cleland
• William Hogarth

Repository record dc:identifier

https://via.library.depaul.edu/etd/206

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:via.library.depaul.edu:etd-1225