Literature and Textual Analysis, Part 2

Question 1: Who was Moilere?

Answer 1: Jeb-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Moliere, was the greatest playwright of his time. Combining an acute ear for language, sharp character portraits, and the ability to evoke both profound and absurd moods, Moliere delighted his sophisticated Parisian audiences. His most popular plays include La Tartuffe, banned by the Church, The Misanthrope, and The School for Wives. Moliere's unique combinations of talents produced a new type of comedy—the comedy of manners—which brought him both fame and wealth.Moliere was born into a well-to-do Paris family in 1622. He eschewed a promising business career to devote himself to the theatre. He was active as an actor, writer, producer and director, and toured France for ten years. Moliere became a favorite of King Louis XIV who offered him a theatre in the Louvre. Here he flourished becoming a favorite of French society. Moliere continued his dramatic work in Paris when during a performance of his last play, The Imaginary Invalid, he collapsed and died in 1673.

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Question 2: Discuss the life and contributions of Johan Strindberg.

Answer 2: Johan Strindberg was a Swedish novelist, playwright, essayist, and short-fiction writer. His initial success was a novel of bohemian life in Sweden, The Red Room, published in 1879. His writing was noted for blending realism and naturalism together in a unique manner. His best novels include The Father (1887) and Miss Julie (1889). Strindberg later turned to Symbolism mixed with Expressionism for his Ghost Sonata (1908) and The Great Highway (1910), both autobiographical plays. Strindberg was born in Sweden in 1849. An unhappy childhood followed by three failed marriages influenced his work greatly. His public life was full of controversy and he flirted with debilitating mental illness all his life, describing a near-breakdown in Inferno (1897). He died in 1912.

Question 3: Who was F. Scott Fitzgerald and what were some of his best known works?

Answer 3: F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American novelist and short-story writer. Fitzgerald has transcended his early reputation as a period novelist, now being viewed as a great modern novelist. He launched his writing career with This Side of Paradise (1920), a novel of the jazz age. His masterpiece, The Great Gatsby (1925), chronicles the life of a bootlegger who reforms. Tender is the Night (1933) is a largely autobiographical novel about a psychiatrist's failing fight to save his wife from mental illness. Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1896. Educated at Princeton University, he became a productive short-story writer after the success of his first novel. His marriage to the flamboyant Zelda Fitzgerald spiraled downward with alcoholism and her increasing mental illness. He worked in Hollywood as a screenwriter before his death in 1940.

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