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The Renaissance

The Renaissance. English Unit I (Part 3) for Mr. McClurg’s DE 101 and AP 12. The Renaissance: Presentation Outline. In Brief Historical Context Literature. The Renaissance: In Brief.

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The Renaissance

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  1. The Renaissance English Unit I (Part 3) for Mr. McClurg’s DE 101 and AP 12

  2. The Renaissance: Presentation Outline • In Brief • Historical Context • Literature

  3. The Renaissance: In Brief • A period of great advance in science, technology, and the arts. England, under Queen Elizabeth I, flourishes and joins the European Renaissance already underway. Also, this is a time of great disagreement between the monarchy and the church that eventually sees the Roman Catholic Church fracture. • Bookends: • 1485: Wars of the Roses • 1660: The Restoration

  4. Renaissance: Historical Context • The Tudors • Henry (Tudor) VII (Wars of the Roses) • Henry VIII • Edward VI • Elizabeth I • The Stuarts • Mary (Stuart)—Queen of Scots • James (VI of Scotland) (I of England) • Charles I • Charles II (Restoration)

  5. Renaissance: Historical Context • Protestant Reformation • Martin Luther (1517) • Wittenberg Theses (95 Theses) • Church of England (Anglican Church) • Henry VIII: Names himself “Supreme Head on Earth” of Anglican Church • Wants a son; Needs annulment • (1534) • Begins Catholic / Church of England feuds

  6. Renaissance: Historical Context • Puritans • Seek to purify the church • 1629: Begins persecution under Charles I • Charles I dismisses Parliament • Many begin going to North America • 1640: Parliament reconvened, stripped royal powers • 1645: English Civil War • Cromwell leads Puritans to victory • 1660: Charles II asked to come out of exile (The Restoration)

  7. Renaissance: Historical Context • Renaissance World-View • Focus moves from afterlife to life on earth • Renaissance Man VS Gallant Knight • Columbus • Galileo • Shakespeare • Gutenberg • KJV

  8. Renaissance: Historical Context • Humanism • Humanists studied the humanities • Art • History • Philosophy • Literature Involved in various religious debates

  9. Renaissance: Historical Context Trivium Quadrivium • Arithmetic • Geometry • Astronomy • Music • Grammar • Logic • Rhetoric • (In Latin)

  10. Renaissance: Literature • Pastorals and Sonnets • Drama • Spiritual Writings • Metaphysical and Cavalier Poets

  11. Renaissance: Literature • Pastorals and Sonnets • Pastorals portray shepherds and rustic life, usually idealized. • Sonnet • Petrarch • Shakespeare • Spenser

  12. Renaissance: Literature • Drama • Tragedies • Comedies • Histories • Fusions (Historical Tragedy, Tragicomedy, etc.) • Shakespeare • Marlowe • Jonson

  13. Renaissance: Literature • Spiritual Writings • King James Bible (1611) • Paradise Lost • (John Milton, 1667)

  14. Renaissance: Literature Metaphysical Cavalier • Royalists • Lighthearted, witty, cynical • Carpe diem • Ben Jonson • Robert Herrick • Richard Lovelace • Vastness of universe • Life’s complexities • John Donne

  15. Bibliography • Abrams, M.H., ed. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 6th ed. Vol. 1. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1993. Print. • Allen, Janet, et al. McDougal Littell Literature: British Literature. Evanston: McDougal Littell, 2009. Print.

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