BRITISH LITERATURE II

RenaissanceWilliam Shakespeare

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Renaissance 15 – 16th century, between medieval and modern times

rebirth of arts of antiquity

rebirth of philosophy = humanism

inspired by ancient Greece and Rome

spread from Italy

Golden Age for literature and art

printing press

geographical discoveries

developement in trades

church reformation (Henry VIII)

Elizabethan prosodists Elizabeth I - a queen

supported literature, drama, liked entertainment Elizabethan era

drama – tragedies popular, comedies, historical plays, lyrics, ballads, songs

Sir THOMAS MORE ‘Utopia’

a writer, translator, judge, Lord Chancellor

Henry`s VIII divorce beheaded

Elizabethan poets John LYLY, Philip SIDNEY

EDMUND SPENCER ‘Faerie Queene’

WALTER RALEIGH ‘The Ocean`s Love to Cynthia’ ‘The History of the World’

Sir Walter Raleigh

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Elizabethian drama Thomas NASH John LYLY

‘Mirdas’

Thomas KYD ‘Spanish Tragedy’

Christopher MARLOWE (1563-1593) the second greatest playwright of that time rebel, spy ‘Doctor Faustus’

Life of William Shakespeare 1564-1616

Stratford upon Avon

a poet, playwright, actor

grammar school, marriage (Anne Hathaway), family, theatrical career, London

‘Lord Chamberlain`s Men/King`s Men

Globe opened 1599 1613 – fire 1614 reopened, 1642 closed 1997 rebuilt, opened as Shakespeare`s Globe

return to Stratford, death – New Place, buried - Holy Trinity Church

Shakespeare`s birthplace

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Grammar School

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Holy Trinity Church

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Non-dramatic work of Shakespeare

Poems• narrative poems, erotic

themes

• ‘Venus and Adonis’• ‘The Rape of Lucrece’• ‘A Lover`s Complaint’

Sonnets• published in 1609• 154 sonnets• rhymes• 3 four-line stanzas and a

final couplet:– abab cdcd efef gg

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Plays by ShakespeareComedies

• The Taming of the Shrew• A Midsummer-Night`s Dream• As You Like It• The Merry Wives of Windsor• Much Ado About Nothing

Tragedies• Romeo and Juliet• Hamlet• Othello• Macbeth• King Lear• Julius Ceasar

• Henry IV, V, VI, VIII• Richard II, III

• King John

Historical plays

Thank you for your attention.

Autor DUM: Mgr. Darina Sikorová