Literature MK 56V Renaissance Intro and Sonnets

The Renaissance
1500-1660
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The Renaissance
1500-1660

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What do you remember about the Renaissance?

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1. History

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King Henry's successors
1.  King Edward VI (Henry’s only son, mother = Jane Seymor)
2. Mary Tudor: ‘Bloody Mary’ married Spanish king
Restored Catholocism in England --> persecution Protestants (Henry’s first child, mother = Catherine of Aragon)
3. Queen Elizabeth I, most successful. 

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QUEEN ELIZABETH (1558-1603)
The Great Queen, Virgin Queen, Good Queen Bess, Gloriana
Church of England re-established: more protestant than before --> Puritans
England flourishes:
- Prosperous nation, world power
- Beginning British Colonial Empire
- Strong fleet: Spanish Armada defeated
- Art and literature: Elizabethan theatre + sonnets

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  • Elizabeth no children, therefore a new family becomes head of state
  • Religious unrest, subsequently Protestant and Catholic rulers: Gunpowder plot by Catholics and Puritan emigration, move towards more religious freedom
  • Move towards parliamentary democracy
  • Civil War --> Commonwealth (republic, 1649-1660)
  • Wars against Netherlands, France, Spain

House of Stuart 1603-1649

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2. Society

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Renaissance
  • Renaissance = ‘rebirth’ = renewed interest in the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome, became the ideal, examples in art and thought (humanism)
  • Feeling of optimism
       Factors:   - Prospering economy
                           - Growth of population
                           - Progress in field of science
                           - Growing literary + scientific interest among common people


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Changed outlook on life and mankind:
From collective to individual attitide
Religion  Reformation, Protestantism
Beginnings of a capitalist system
Art no longer anonymous
Renaissance man
From theocentric to anthropocentric outlook
“Memento mori” so “carpe diem”
Enjoy life to the fullest because you will die
From dogmatic belief to critical investigation
Spirit of research and questioning
Religious explanations no longer accepted, intellectual independence
Beginnings modern science
Printing press  spread ideas
Conflicts with church  Galileo Galilei

Changed outlook on life and mankind:
From collective to individual attitide
Religion  --> Reformation, Protestantism
Beginnings of a capitalist system
Art no longer anonymous
Renaissance man
From theocentric to anthropocentric outlook
“Memento mori” so “carpe diem”
Enjoy life to the fullest because you will die
From dogmatic belief to critical investigation
Spirit of research and questioning
Religious explanations no longer accepted, intellectual independence
Beginnings modern science
Printing press  --> spread ideas
Conflicts with church --> Galileo Galilei

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3. Literature

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We will discuss:
  • Poetry (sonnets)
  • Theatre/drama (Macbeth)
Literature

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This is the most famous writer of the
Renaissance Period. Write down his name.

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Shakespeare wrote:
A
Plays and poetry
B
Only plays
C
Only poetry
D
None of the above

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What do you know
about sonnets?

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Open in Teams the file "Renaissance Poetry introduction AND ... "

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