Johann Christoph Gottsched

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Johann Christoph Gottsched was an 18th-century German philosopher, critic, and literary reformer who played a central role in shaping Enlightenment-era German literature and drama.

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instanceOf dramatist
human
literary critic
philosopher
translator
university teacher
citizenship Electorate of Saxony
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
countryOfActivity Electorate of Saxony
countryOfBirth Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
countryOfDeath Electorate of Saxony
dateOfBirth 1700-02-02
dateOfDeath 1766-12-12
educatedAt University of Königsberg
employer University of Leipzig
era 18th century
familyName Gottsched
fieldOfWork German literature
literary criticism
philosophy
poetics
rhetoric
genre drama
grammar
literary criticism
poetics
rhetoric
givenName Christoph
Johann
influenced German Enlightenment literature
German drama reform
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
influencedBy Christian Wolff
French classicism
René Descartes
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned German
Latin
memberOf Leipzig literary circles
movement Age of Enlightenment
surface form: Enlightenment

German Enlightenment
name Johann Christoph Gottsched self-link
nativeLanguage German
notableIdea application of rationalist poetics to German literature
promotion of French classical drama models in Germany
reform of German language and style according to clear rules
notableWork Ausführliche Redekunst
Critische Dichtkunst
Deutsche Schaubühne
Grundlegung einer deutschen Sprachkunst
Handlexikon oder kurzgefasstes Wörterbuch der schönen Wissenschaften
Versuch einer critischen Dichtkunst vor die Deutschen
notedFor reforming German literature and drama in the Enlightenment era
standardizing and purifying the German language
occupation dramatist
literary critic
philosopher
poet
translator
university professor
placeOfActivity Leipzig
placeOfBirth Juditten
near Königsberg
placeOfDeath Leipzig
positionHeld professor of logic and metaphysics at the University of Leipzig
professor of poetry at the University of Leipzig
religion Protestantism
sexOrGender male
spouse Johann Christoph Gottsched self-linksurface differs
surface form: Luise Adelgunde Victorie Gottsched

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Johann Christoph Gottsched spouse Johann Christoph Gottsched self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Luise Adelgunde Victorie Gottsched
Versuch einer critischen Dichtkunst vor die Deutschen hasAuthorRole Johann Christoph Gottsched
this entity surface form: Johann Christoph Gottsched was a German philosopher and literary critic
Ausführliche Redekunst author Johann Christoph Gottsched
Deutsche Schaubühne author Johann Christoph Gottsched
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Deutsche Schaubühne associatedPerson Johann Christoph Gottsched
Critische Dichtkunst author Johann Christoph Gottsched
Critische Dichtkunst associatedWith Johann Christoph Gottsched
Leipzig literary circles notableMember Johann Christoph Gottsched
Johann August Ernesti influencedBy Johann Christoph Gottsched