Neo-classicism, as it applies to literature, is best understood by first identifying what is classic literature, otherwise known as vintage books. Both vintage literature and new classic books apply to fiction, as opposed to non-fiction. Examples of fiction include "Bleak House, " "Little Men" and "Tess of the D'Urbervilles." Non-fiction, on the other hand, are works like encyclopedias, dictionaries and biographies.
What, then, is vintage literature? It depends on whom you ask. Some people interpret this strictly as writings from ancient Rome and Greece, while others view it more liberally, as vocative of a particular style or time period. All of these works provoke strong emotion in some way. "Wuthering Heights, " "Pride and Prejudice" and "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." Neo-classical works are more modern. "The Hobbit, " "Lord of the Flies, " and "The Road, " all stand out as new classics.
"Oliver Twist: The Parish Boy's Progress" was British author, Charles Dickens' second novel in 1838. This is an early example of the social novel. In this case, it highlights the horrible conditions and cruel treatment that was experienced by orphaned children in the early to mid-19th century. A social novel, or protest novel, is a work of fiction in which a persistent social problem is dramatized through the novel's characters.
"The Count of Monte Cristo " was written by Alexandre Dumas in 1845. The story takes place in Italy, France and islands in the Mediterranean. It details the wrongful imprisonment of a man who escapes from prison, earns a fortune and devotes himself to wreaking revenge on the people who helped land him in prison. A great read for people who love revenge stories.
"Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift is a whimsical parody of a literary genre known as "travellers' tales." It is in the first volume, "A Voyage to Lilliput, " that the reader learns of the heated dispute on whether boiled eggs should be eaten pointy side up or wide side up. It was one of Swift's most popular novels.
Jacqueline Susann's "Valley of the Dolls" represented the sex and drugs world to which young women escaped from the manipulative men in their lives. The term "dolls" in this context refers both to the women in the story and to the pills that they took to cope with life. The reference to pills as dolls was coined by the author herself.
"Lord of the Flies" by William Golding in 1954, is a dystopian novel. Dystopian novels tell stories of unpleasant societies, as compared with utopian novels, which depict ideal societies. Thomas More's "Utopia, " written in 1516, is an obvious example of a utopian novel. "Lord of the Flies" tells the story of a group of British lads stranded on an uninhabited island. The boys try to govern themselves, which ends in disaster.
"The Road, " by Cormac McCarthy, is a work of post-apocalyptic literature, a genre which deals with the aftermath of the end of civilization. In fact, in "The Road, " the cause of the cataclysm is of no importance. The story instead revolves around the survival of the destruction of human society and, ultimately, all life on Earth.
What, then, is vintage literature? It depends on whom you ask. Some people interpret this strictly as writings from ancient Rome and Greece, while others view it more liberally, as vocative of a particular style or time period. All of these works provoke strong emotion in some way. "Wuthering Heights, " "Pride and Prejudice" and "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." Neo-classical works are more modern. "The Hobbit, " "Lord of the Flies, " and "The Road, " all stand out as new classics.
"Oliver Twist: The Parish Boy's Progress" was British author, Charles Dickens' second novel in 1838. This is an early example of the social novel. In this case, it highlights the horrible conditions and cruel treatment that was experienced by orphaned children in the early to mid-19th century. A social novel, or protest novel, is a work of fiction in which a persistent social problem is dramatized through the novel's characters.
"The Count of Monte Cristo " was written by Alexandre Dumas in 1845. The story takes place in Italy, France and islands in the Mediterranean. It details the wrongful imprisonment of a man who escapes from prison, earns a fortune and devotes himself to wreaking revenge on the people who helped land him in prison. A great read for people who love revenge stories.
"Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift is a whimsical parody of a literary genre known as "travellers' tales." It is in the first volume, "A Voyage to Lilliput, " that the reader learns of the heated dispute on whether boiled eggs should be eaten pointy side up or wide side up. It was one of Swift's most popular novels.
Jacqueline Susann's "Valley of the Dolls" represented the sex and drugs world to which young women escaped from the manipulative men in their lives. The term "dolls" in this context refers both to the women in the story and to the pills that they took to cope with life. The reference to pills as dolls was coined by the author herself.
"Lord of the Flies" by William Golding in 1954, is a dystopian novel. Dystopian novels tell stories of unpleasant societies, as compared with utopian novels, which depict ideal societies. Thomas More's "Utopia, " written in 1516, is an obvious example of a utopian novel. "Lord of the Flies" tells the story of a group of British lads stranded on an uninhabited island. The boys try to govern themselves, which ends in disaster.
"The Road, " by Cormac McCarthy, is a work of post-apocalyptic literature, a genre which deals with the aftermath of the end of civilization. In fact, in "The Road, " the cause of the cataclysm is of no importance. The story instead revolves around the survival of the destruction of human society and, ultimately, all life on Earth.
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