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THE RENAISSANCE – 1500-1650
It is considered to be the division between the
Middle age and Modern era. The Tudor Dynasty
The Renaissance Period (1485-1660 CE) In 1485, a powerful nobleman named Henry
The Renaissance Literature: Tudor defeated the King Richard III in the Battle
'Old classics rediscovered’ of Bosworth Field, bringing to an end a strife
Sonnet between noble families that last almost a century.
Elegy Henry Tudor, the King Henry VII He was
Pastoral declared the new king and given the tittle of Henry
VII.
Slide 65 He then established the powerful Tudor Dynasty,
an absolute monarchy which would rule Britain
The Renaissance (Etymology) for over 100 years. It made possible the flowering
The word “Renaissance” is a French word which of England as a European political power and as a
means “rebirth”. center of literacy culture.
The term was used to refer to the rebirth of
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Greek and Latin manuscripts which had been lost
during the Middle Ages. THE PRINTING PRESS
Such texts made it possible for the artists of the William Caxton was the person who introduced
Renaissance period to create a hole new vision of printing in England. Before that, the books were
themselves. written out in longhand, what meant a very slow
jog.
Slide 66 With the printing, it was possible to produce
books in large numbers and in a short amount of
OVERVIEW time. That way, more people could learn to read
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that and write.
started in Italy and spread all over Europe. It is The oral tradition began to loose power, both in
considered to be the division between the Middle literature and in the Church affairs.
Ages and the Modern era. The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, printed in
The thinkers of this period, also called 1473
“humanists”, believed that the man should be the
subject of study, and not God, as the Church had Slide 70
taught during the medieval period.
Based on that, they began to investigate fields such Humanism
as astronomy, anatomy, science and many others The new conception that the man had of himself
which had never been given much attention encouraged the in various art styles: painting,
literature, dance... Leonardo DaVinci and
Slide 67 Michaelangelo were the most notable, for their
accuracy on representing the human anatomy and
The Renaissance in England applying the laws of perspective to make their
works more realistic
Tough it took many years for the “Modern”
England to arise, even when it had established
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remained side-by-side to the new order.
Nonetheless, two events in special stand out as a Adventure
signal that things were indeed changing in the The spirit of adventure also reigned in more
British Isles: - The raise of the Tudor Dynasty and practical matters: for example, the explorers such
The Printing Press as Columbus and Cabral who ventured across the
open sea to discover the new world of the was published in 1611 and is considered a
Americas. masterpiece of English prose.
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Romantic Era Writers
Famous Author during this period: William Blake, 1757-1827
The Romantic Period (1790 – 1830) – Blake was a painter and engraver
– He used Christian symbols but didn’t ascribe
to Christian theology
William Wordsworth
– He was a radical and non-conformist, his
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
artwork and poetry reflected his belief that
William Blake
“ideal forms should be constructed not from
Mary Shelley
observations of nature but from inner visions”
(American Academy of Poets)
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by common people(American Academy of
Poets)
Romantic Era Writers
– “I must create my own system or be enslaved
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1772-1934
by another man’s” He rejected the ideals of the
– Smart and enthusiastic as a child
past and found his own way of doing things
Songs of Innocence and Experience are fellow-creatures as if I had been guilty of a
collections of Blake’s poetry that contrasts the crime. Sometimes I grew alarmed at the wreck I
blossoming of the human spirit when it is perceived that I had become; the energy of my
allowed to befree with it’s withering when purpose alone sustained me: my labors would
constrained by rules. soon end, and I believed that exercise and
amusement would then drive away incipient
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when my creation should be complete.