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文艺复兴文学 1. Introduction of the Renaissance 1) definition: European cultural movement, transition, Middle Ages, Modern Age, renewed interest in classical art, literature, and learning, ancient Roman and Greek culture 2) Humanism is the key-note. 2. English Renaissance 1) Historical background: the wars of Roses; Henry Ⅷ’s Reformation, Enclosure Movement, commercial expansion 2) Renaissance literature Prose: More, Bacon Poetry: Skelton, Wyatt, Surrey, Sidney, Spenser Prose-fiction: Lyly, Nashe, Deloney Drama: Marlowe, Shakespeare, Jonson Renaissance poetry Sir Thomas Wyatt: introduction into