Gottsched circle
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The Gottsched circle was an 18th-century Leipzig-based literary group centered around Johann Christoph Gottsched that promoted Enlightenment ideals and the reform of German literature and drama.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gottsched circle canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
18th-century literary group
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German literary movement ⓘ literary circle ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| activity |
literary criticism
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publication of literary works ⓘ theatrical reform ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
modernization of German literature
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raising aesthetic standards in German drama ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
German Enlightenment
NERFINISHED
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Johann Christoph Gottsched NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Leipzig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralFigure | Johann Christoph Gottsched NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country |
Electorate of Saxony
NERFINISHED
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Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| culturalContext | German Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | German-speaking Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
drama
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literature ⓘ |
| goal |
introduction of rational poetics to German literature
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promotion of Enlightenment ideals in literature ⓘ reform of German drama ⓘ reform of German literature ⓘ standardization of German literary language ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | early center of German Enlightenment literary reform ⓘ |
| ideology | Enlightenment ideals ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment philosophy
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French classicism ⓘ rationalism ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| locationCity | Leipzig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Johann Christoph Gottsched NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposed |
Baroque literary excess
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unregulated imaginative drama ⓘ |
| promoted |
didactic literature
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dramatic unities ⓘ rules-based poetics ⓘ |
| region | Leipzig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | first half of the 18th century ⓘ |
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