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Lecture 3An Introduction to Literature of Renaissance England Part 1 Renaissance Period(late 15th cen.---mid 17th cen.) Targets: Kings historical events Renaissance and its essence Types of Literature writers About the Tudors before Queen Elizabeth Henry VII (1485-1509) ↓ Henry VIII (1509-1547 ) ↓ Edward VI (1547-1553) ↓ Mary (1552-1558) ↓ Elizabeth (1558-1603) Renaissance Period(late 15th cen.---mid 17th cen.) to conclude: historical events are as follows: Henry VIII: beginning of Protestantism ( religious reformation) Bloody Mary: the return of the Catholicism (enclosure movement) Elizabeth: return of the Protestantism Nicolaus Copernicus: heliocentric theory vs geocentric theory Galilei : forerunner of experimental science: Part I: Historical Overview ? The Reign of Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603) ? Supremacy on the sea ? An age of expansion, economic development cultural prosperity. ? The thriving theatre Queen Elizabeth I( 1533-1603 ) To conclude for the historical overview 1. A social transition fm the medieval to the modern 2. A series of historical events → the rediscovery reintroduction of ancient Roman Greek culture → the new discoveries in astrology → the religious reformation economic expansion The Renaissance – Rebirth or Revival Renaissance: humanism ; Elizabethan drama Humanism (man is the center of universe): a) dignity of human beings; b) importance of present life; c) right of enjoying life (vs austerity and asceticism) Renaissance Literature in England:p67 1) Lyrical poetry: Wyatt, Sidney, Spenser, 2) Prose-writing: More, Bacon Thomas More: Utopia 3) Various types of novels: Lyly, Nashe, Lodge, Deloney “University Wits”: a)coming from Oxford and Cambridge b) Robert Greene, John Lyly,