5H Lit - Renaissance & Shakespeare

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

LITERATURE

The Renaissance &

William Shakespeare

Today's lesson

• The Renaissance
  

History / Important people / Characteristics

• William Shakespeare
  

Life / Works

King Henry VIII

• Ruled from 1509 - 1547
  
• Founder of the Church of England > 1534
  
• Had 6 wives!

Tudor England > Religious Struggle

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

Queen Elizabeth I

• Ruled from 1558 - 1603
• The Virgin Queen
• Civil War (1642-1651)
• Oliver Cromwell
• The Restoration (1660)

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

William Shakespeare

• 1564-1616 (Stratford-on-Avon)
• actor / writer / businessman
• 154 sonnets
• 37 plays

Shakespeare's plays

• Three types: comedy - tragedy - history play
• Famous comedies: As You Like It / A Midsummernight's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing
• Famous tragedies: Romeo and Juliet / Hamlet / Macbeth / Othello / King Lear
• Famous history plays: Richard III / Henry V

Shakespeare: Master of Language and Literature

• used a variety of sources: classical, historical, contemporary 
  
• turned existing subject-matter into something new and unique 
  
• showed deep understanding of human nature 

• was a master of language: invented 1,700 common words 
  
• produced some of the most famous quotations in English
  
• “To be or not to be, that’s the question”
  

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

Which motto fits the Renaissance best?

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

How many plays did Shakespeare write?

1. 36
2. 37
3. 38
4. 39

What always happens in a Shakespeare tragedy?

Assignments 4.1 and 4.2

4.1: Use the internet to find out which words are missing and to which play the belong

4.2 Watch the Romeo + Juliet trailer and answer the questions

What are the most important things to remember?

Next literature lesson

On Monday after spring break! (25 February)

Reading + watching scenes from Romeo and Juliet

Assignments 4.3 and 4.4