the 18th century (after Cromwell's "republic" and the restauration of the monarchy by Charles II)

1. AGE OF REVOLUTIONS (during the Hanover dynasty, 1704-1837: George I, George II, George III, George IV, William IV)

2. DIFFERENT TYPES OF NOVELS [realistic - epistolary - picaresque - "anti-novel"/sentimental . utopian]

3. WOMEN - more independently active: readers or writers (they had a lot of free time at home!)

4. NEOCLASSICAL STYLE: order and clarity - from the classic

5. RISING OF THE NOVEL (closer to their lifestyle - all the protagonists are SOCIAL BEINGS, considered IN THE SOCIETY)

6. RISING OF THE MIDDLE CLASS

7. AUGUSTAN AGE = POLITICAL STABILITY: birth of the United Kingdom (Scotland + England - Queen Anne)

8. spread of IDEAS and VALUES

9. COFFE HOUSES (only men or only women)

10. "AGE OF DEBATE"

11. SCIENCE > RELIGION

12. COMMON SENSE

13. the new COMMEDY OF MANNERS (for the aristocracy ) [new structure, new themes, new actions, new acting: in PROSE - aim: to excite laughters!!]

14. self-confidence, belif in human progress and science = JOURNALISM and NOVELS

15. DRAMA

16. PROSE

17. POETRY

18. "CIVILITY AND MODERATION"

19. Liberal thought and free will

20. OPTIMISM IN HUMAN PROGRESS AND SCIENCE

21. POLITICAL PARTIES' FIGHT (roundheads vs cavallers, then wighs vs turies)

22. the EXPERIMENTAL METHOD

23. THE ENLIGHTMNT ERA ("the age of reason": the importance of the rational part of mind!)