05第6讲The_Flowering_of_English_Literature.pptVIP

The English Renaissance Chapter 3 The Flowering of English Literature Reasoning from the Facts From the first half of the 16th C., the English Renaissance began to develop into a flowering of literature and then England became a nest of singing birds. P38 What made the flowering possible? Translation occupied an important place in the English Renaissance. To supply the growing demand of the public, classical and Italian and French works were turned into English. P.38 Was this the real reason for the translation? The nationalist feelings which had risen with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I awakened people’s desire for knowledge about England’s past history. P.38 What is this that prompted the nationalist feelings? Another kind of literature prevailing at the time was the large amount of books describing discoveries and adventures. P.39 Why was there so many books describing discoveries and adventures? The vigor of the age found better expression in the sphere of poetry.There were so many lyric voices in that period that one could hardly listen to them all. P.39 Why were there so many lyric voices? The answer to all the questions posed above can be found in the church settlement of Queen Elizabeth. P.27-28 Queen Elizabeth I What happened with the Church Settlement? The bloody religious persecution came to a stop. The reforms were compatible with the monarchy and accepted by the English people. The settlement was something like a new house of their own, a new house of commonly accepted standard of morals for the English hearts, where a new set of furniture of common standard of values and ideals was necessary for the English minds. Why RenaissanceTook Place at the Time In this new house of their own, everything should be new and of their own. Explanation for the surge of nationalism. Everyone had his own value, moral, and ideal. Everyone wanted to re-explain the classical works and spoke for his contemporaries. Everyone was free to express his own thought Everyone