6V Literature - Renaissance

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 6

 A Survey of English Literature

RENAISSANCE

What to discuss?

History

Social and cultural characteristics

Literature

English Renaissance

• 1485-1558 Tudor England
• 1558-1603 Elizabethan England
• 1603-1660 Late Renaissance
  

Tudor England

• Henry VII
  

Tudor England

• King Henry VII
• King Henry VIII

Tudor England

• King Henry VII
• King Henry VIII
• King Edward VI
• Queen Mary I

Tudor England > Religious Struggle

• 1534 Establishment of The Church of England
• The Reformation: Catholics vs Protestants
• Martyrs
  

1558 - 1603 Elizabethan England

• Elizabeth I
• The Virgin Queen / Gloriana
• European power struggle > England vs Spain
• Religious power struggle > Church of England vs Puritans
  

1603 - 1660 Late Renaissance England

The Stuarts

The Commonwealth

The Restoration

The Stuarts

• 1603 - 1649:  the Early Stuarts
• James I
• Charles I
• Puritans vs Parliament
• 1642 - 1651 English Civil War : Charles I vs Parliament (Oliver Cromwell)

The Commonwealth & Restoration

• 1649 - 1660
• Oliver Cromwell
• Puritan Revolution
• 1660: the Restoration (Charles II)

Renaissance

The Renaissance

• Cultural and intellectual movement
• Art (painting / music / literature)
• Thought (philosophy / religion)
• Renewed interest in the classics
• 14th century Italy >> end of 15th century in England
  

Middle Ages vs The Renaissance

• What changed?
• collective vs individual
• theocentric vs humanistic
• dogmatic belief vs critical investigation
• MEMENTO MORI vs CARPE DIEM

Literature

• 1476
• The printing press
• William Caxton
• Lyrical poetry vs Narrative poetry
• Sonnets
• The Golden Age of English Literature 1580 - 1630

Most important poets

• Edmund Spenser (The Fairie Queene)
• William Shakespeare (154 sonnets)
• John Donne (metaphysical poetry)

Most important playwrights

• Cristopher Marlowe (Dr. Faustus)
• Ben Jonson (Volpone)
• John Webster (The Duchess of Malfi - Revenge tragedies)
• And....

Most important works

• The Fairie Queene - Spenser
• Sonnets  - Shakespeare
• The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus - Marlowe
• Volpone (The Fox) - Jonson
• 47 (!) plays - Shakespeare

Who is this?

1. Henry VII
2. Henry VIII
3. James I
4. Edward I

Who is this?

1. Queen Elizabeth I
2. Gloriana
3. The Virgin Queen
4. Queen Mary I

When was the Church of England established?

1. 1485
2. 1534
3. 1558
4. 1603

How did the English Civil War end?

1. Oliver Cromwell was beheaded
2. A peace treaty was signed
3. King James I was beheaded
4. The archbishop was beheaded

Which motto fits the Renaissance best?

1. Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus
2. Memento mori
3. Honora patrem tuum et matrem tuam
4. Carpe diem

What are the most important things to remember?

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