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Cultural and artistic movement in England 16 th century through early 17 th century

English Renaissance. Cultural and artistic movement in England 16 th century through early 17 th century Associated with European Renaissance Believed to have begun in Italy. English Renaissance. Often called “Age of Shakespeare” or “Elizabethan Era”. English Renaissance.

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Cultural and artistic movement in England 16 th century through early 17 th century

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  1. English Renaissance • Cultural and artistic movement in England • 16th century through early 17th century • Associated with European Renaissance • Believed to have begun in Italy

  2. English Renaissance • Often called “Age of Shakespeare” or “Elizabethan Era”

  3. English Renaissance • Important playwrights: • William Shakespeare • Ben Jonson • Christopher Marlowe

  4. English Renaissance • Important poets of the period: • Edmund Spenser • John Milton • Important philosophers: • Sir Francis Bacon • Sir Thomas More

  5. Elizabethan Era • Period in England associated with rule of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603) • Relatively peaceful time

  6. Elizabethan Era • Considered Golden Age of English history

  7. Elizabethan Era • Height of fashion in England • Influenced by French and Spanish styles

  8. Elizabethan Era • Annual festivities broke up daily life • People looked forward to celebrations • Many still celebrated today

  9. Elizabethan Era • Other celebrations include: • Valentine’s Day • April Fool’s Day • Christmas Season (13 days celebrated from Christmas Eve through Epiphany Eve)

  10. The Plague • Bubonic and pneumonic plagues caused 14th century “Black Death” • Spread through Europe, Middle East and Asia • Recurred every generation for centuries

  11. The Plague • Occurred again in England during 1592-1593 • Caused all theaters in London to close • Shakespeare wrote long, narrative poems

  12. Shakespeare Biography • Born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon • Actual date of birth uncertain

  13. Biography • Father was John Shakespeare

  14. Biography • At 18: married Anne Hathaway • At 19: had daughter • 1585: had twins

  15. Biography • Believed to have left for London 1585-1586 • 1594: became member of Lord Chamberlain’s Men • Troupe became King’s Men in 1603

  16. Biography • Wrote and performed in plays • Most widely-read playwright • Also wrote poetry

  17. Shakespeare’s Plays • Shakespeare wrote or collaborated on 39 plays • Plays divided into three categories • Comedies • Tragedies • Histories

  18. Shakespeare’s Plays • His plays remain popular today • Have been made into films and other plays SIngle click for audio clip >>>>

  19. The Comedies • Twelfth Night • Two Gentlemen of Verona • The Two Noble Kinsmen • The Winter’s Tale

  20. The Comedies: Themes • Characteristics of the comedies include: • False/mistaken identities • Toils of love and marriage • Good versus Evil • Songs written for comedies • Only text exists

  21. The Tragedies • Antony and Cleopatra • Coriolanus • Hamlet • Julius Caesar • King Lear • Macbeth

  22. The Tragedies • Most popular tragedies: • Hamlet • Julius Caesar • Macbeth • Romeo and Juliet Single click for audio clip >>>> Single click for audio clip >>>>

  23. The Tragedies: Themes • All Shakespearean tragedies: protagonist falls from grace and dies • Tragic hero, tragic flaw • An unhappy ending

  24. The Histories • King John • Richard II • Henry IV, Part I • Henry IV, Part 2 • Henry V

  25. Shakespeare’s Poetry • Wrote two narrative poems during plague years • Dedicated to Earl of Southampton

  26. Poetry • Other narrative poems: The Phoenix and the Turtle and A Lover’s Complaint • Sonnets are most well-known • Form is fourteen lines of iambic pentameter

  27. Poetry • Published 154 sonnets • First 17 thought written to young man • Advises young man to marry, have a child

  28. Poetry • Sonnets 18-126 written to young man • Celebrate speaker’s love for young man Single click for audio clip >>>>

  29. Shall I compare • Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate.Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date.Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimmed;And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed.But thy eternal summer shall not fadeNor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

  30. Poetry • Sonnets 127-154 present the Dark Lady • Woman presented as treacherous

  31. Thank you for attend Done by Khadija Omar Hnan Ahmad

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