Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns

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cultural debate intellectual controversy literary debate

The Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns was a late 17th-century French intellectual and literary debate over whether contemporary writers and artists could surpass the achievements of classical antiquity.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural debate ⓘ intellectual controversy ⓘ literary debate ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes NERFINISHED ⓘ
concerns	criteria of literary excellence ⓘ relationship between tradition and innovation ⓘ status of classical models in education ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
culturalContext	French classicism ⓘ early Enlightenment thought ⓘ
endTime	early 18th century ⓘ
field	aesthetics ⓘ intellectual history ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ
focusesOn	authority of classical models ⓘ progress in the arts and sciences ⓘ whether modern authors could surpass the ancients ⓘ
hasForm	essays ⓘ pamphlets ⓘ public lectures ⓘ
hasGenre	literary polemic ⓘ
hasSide	Ancients NERFINISHED ⓘ Moderns NERFINISHED ⓘ
impact	challenged the unquestioned authority of classical antiquity ⓘ helped articulate the idea of modernity in the arts ⓘ
influenced	Enlightenment debates on progress ⓘ later European literary criticism ⓘ
influencedBy	Renaissance humanism ⓘ emergence of scientific progressivism ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
location	French literary circles ⓘ
mainTopic	comparison of ancient and modern art ⓘ comparison of ancient and modern literature ⓘ value of classical antiquity ⓘ
partOf	European Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionOfAncientsSide	classical antiquity represents unsurpassable perfection ⓘ
positionOfModernsSide	modern writers and artists can equal or surpass the ancients ⓘ
relatedTo	French Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ classical reception ⓘ concept of historical progress ⓘ
startTime	circa 1680s ⓘ
timePeriod	late 17th century ⓘ

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Perrault → partOf → Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles Perrault