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Interpretation
What did the author say
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analysis
How did the author say it
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evaluation
Was what the author said worthwhile
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Restoration Comedy
Type of literary or dramatic works were John Dryden and William Congreve best known for.
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Elizabethan Drama
Literary or dramatic works written by William Shakespeare
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First European novel
Don Quixote
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First English novel
Pamela
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Traditional Criteria for what makes a novel a masterpiece
Authenticity
- Does the text reflect an authentic experience
- is it written by a respected author
- Does it have authentic emotion
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Universality
- Is the text representative of the common human experience throughout time.
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Subject Matter
- Is the text dealing with subject matter that is sufficiently significant
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Aesthetics
- Does the text demonstrate an innovative, complex use of language and form
- Does the authors innovation build on accepted standard
- Does the text display artistic unity
- Does the author maintain proper distance from the text