1. Do you think Banyan still belongs to the
Puritan Age although he
chiefly wrote during the
Restoration Period? Why and why not?
Try to illustrate Banyan’s
Puritanism in his Pilgrim’s Progress.
2. What are the differences between Milton and Banyan on style?
3. What are the features of a typical metaphysical poem? Give a
poem as an example to illustrate.
4. Make a comparison between Restoration drama and the drama of
Elizabethan Age on theme and
style.
5. Why can we identify Dryden as a writer of neo-classicism? What
are the typical neo-classic
features in his poetry, drama and
literary criticism?

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