Cette leçon contient 32 diapositives, avec quiz interactifs, diapositives de texte et 2 vidéos.
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Renaissance
Sonnets
Edmund Spencer
William Shakespeare
Slide 1 - Diapositive
Which motto means ' remember that you are mortal'
A
carpe diem
B
ad fontes
C
memento mori
D
carpe vinum
Slide 2 - Quiz
Which motto was te motto of the Renaissance?
A
carpe diem
B
memento mori
C
a bene placito
D
cave canum
Slide 3 - Quiz
Which wife did not belong to Henry VIII?
A
Anne Boleyn
B
Catherine of Aragon
C
Jane Austen
D
Catherine Howard
Slide 4 - Quiz
In which century did the Renaissance start in England?
A
14th century
B
16th century
C
15th century
D
17th century
Slide 5 - Quiz
Middle Ages
The Renaissance
Geoffrey Chaucer
Humanism
Memento mori
invention of printing
Courtly love tradition
theocentric
culture
anthropocentric
culture
Slide 6 - Question de remorquage
Today:
Hand in today's homework (letter professional cuddler)
Resit R+J?
Sonnets: Reader page 27
Homework Monday:
Bring your reader
Bring your exam prep books.
Bring your dictionairies
Slide 7 - Diapositive
Sonnets
- What is a sonnet?
- What parts are in a sonnet?
Slide 8 - Diapositive
Sonnet
Lyrical:
not telling a story
elevated language
expressing feelings
About: human emotions / political conviction / admiration for nature
Slide 9 - Diapositive
Grab pen and paper!
Make notes because today's information will be very useful this year and next year and of course the rest of your life!
Slide 10 - Diapositive
Slide 11 - Vidéo
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Slide 12 - Diapositive
Iambic Pentameter
iambic = one unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed one
pentameter = each line has 5 feet; 5 sets of two syllables
Shall I / com pare / thee to / a sum / mer’s day
syllable
klemtoon
Slide 13 - Diapositive
Introduction
Sonetto, Italian for "little song" or "little sound"
Lyrical poem of 14 lines
Sonnet is used to investigate a problem, conflict, desire, etc.
Specific meter (stressed versus unstressed syllables)
Sonnets contain a volta /turn = a moment in the sonnet where the rhyming scheme changes, as well as the subject matter
Slide 14 - Diapositive
Petrarchan Sonnet
Named after Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374)
Also referred to as the Italian Sonnet
14 lines of the poem are divided as such: Octave (8 lines): abba-abba Sestet (6 lines): cde-cde OR cd-cd-cd
Octave's purpose is to introduce a problem, desire, wish, etc.
Sestet introduces the volta, signalled by change in rhyme
Slide 15 - Diapositive
Shakespearian Sonnet
Popularized by Shakespeare (1564-1616), even though the Petrarchan sonnet style was extremely popular at the time!
14 lines of the poem are divided as such: Three quatrains (4 lines): abab, cdcd, efef One couplet (2 lines): gg
The quatrains introduce the problem/theme and explore it
The volta is found in the couplet, which resolves the theme
Slide 16 - Diapositive
Shakespearian Sonnet (ctd.)
Sonnet's meter is predominantly an iambic pentameter.
Each line consists of 10 syllables in total
Syllables are divided into 5 pairs, called iambs / iambic feet.
An iamb is one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. When I / do COUNT / the CLOCK / that TELLS / the TIME (sonnet 12)
Slide 17 - Diapositive
Edmund Spenser p. 27
Slide 18 - Diapositive
Edmund Spenser [1552 – 1599]
educated in Cambridge but spent most of his life in Ireland as a government official.
His best-known work is The Faerie Queene, a poem praising England and its Queen Elizabeth I.
Also known for: the sonnet sequence Amoretti (little love poems) dedicated to Elizabeth Boyle, the woman he would later marry.
Slide 19 - Diapositive
Slide 20 - Vidéo
Slide 21 - Diapositive
1. Which kind of sonnet is sonnet 75?
A
English : 3 quatrains and a concluding rhyming couplet.
B
Italian: an octave and a sextet.
C
Italian : 3 quatrains and a concluding rhyming couplet.
D
English: an octave and a sextet.
Slide 22 - Quiz
2. How many syllables per line?
A
Eight, alternately unstressed and stressed.
B
Eight, all stressed.
C
Ten, alternately unstressed and stressed.
D
Ten, all stressed.
Slide 23 - Quiz
3. What is the rhyme pattern?
A
abab bcbc cdcd ee
B
abba abba cde cde
C
abc abc cdef cdef
Slide 24 - Quiz
4. Which words in line 3 mean the same thing?
A
I/hand
B
agayne/second
C
wrote/with
D
I/it
Slide 25 - Quiz
5. What does "his" in line 4 refer back to?
Slide 26 - Question ouverte
6. Who does "she" in line 5 refer to?
A
The tide
B
The strand
C
Her name
D
The woman that the poet is in love with, i.e. Elizabeth Boyle.
Slide 27 - Quiz
In what sense might the man reffered to in line 5 be 'vayne'?
Answer:
‘Vayne’ (old-fashioned spelling of ‘vain’) conveys arrogance: the woman is suggesting that the poet is arrogant to think he can achieve the impossible.
Slide 28 - Diapositive
7. What is the meaning of the phrase "in vaine" (line 5)
A
‘futile’ or ‘doomed to fail’.
B
'arrogant'
C
'in the countryside'
D
'on the beach'
Slide 29 - Quiz
8. What examples of alliteration can be found in this poem?