English Literary Studies (Fach) / Renaissance (1500-1660) (Lektion)
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Renaissance (1500-1660)
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- Humanismus (1500-1660) Umbrella term and basis Started in Italy Reformation in edu.system Development of human abilities (moral) Rising of literacy Abolition of feudal-system Latin & Greek model of rhetoric and writing (Aristotle)
- Elizabethan Age (1558-1603) Golden Age (stability) Increase of printing output → Flourish of poetry and drama Fusion of medieval tradition and Humanism Estabilshment of national literature in English Court directly supported of artists (patronage) censorship Boy actors only
- Jacobean & Caroline (1603-1649) Condensation (wiederauftauchen) of former falues and issues King James version of Bible First settlement in US Ben Johnson
- Civil War (1649-1660) King Charles beheaded 1649 Oliver Cromwell leader -No music, dancing, festivities → Focus on religious and hist writings Afiliation of individuals (Eingliederung Reli, Staat etc.)
- Elizabethan Age (1558-1603) Drama Theatre The Globe 1599 → round, open,without roof, no curtain, no break between the scenes groundlings (poor), court (rich ppl. upper), stage setting immoral
- Humanism (1500-1660) Poetry Latin & Greek model of rhetoric and writing (Aristotle)
- Humanism (1500-1660) Prose -Latin & Greek model of rhetoric and writing
- Elizabethan Age (1558-1603) Poetry Poetry highest form of art Intro of verse forms Edmund Spenser The Fairie Queeny Philip Sydney Arcadia Chapmann Song and sonnets
- Elizabethan Age (1558-1603) Prose -Pamphlets (Schmäschrift,wiss., reli, polit.) and sermons (Predigten)
- Jacobean & Caroline (1603-1649) Drama Violent and brutal (Sensationalism) Deep meaning of life → increasing sensationalisn More influnce of comedy Role-play (hypocrites, liars,intrigues, abuse of power) as human feature and social critcism↑ Court-Masque: 3-Act Structure (I exposition, II involvement of audience, III closure Music over text (Song & dancing) Mixture of professionals and courties Hofbeamte
- Jacobean & Caroline (1603-1649) Poetry The School of Edmund Spencer Cavalier poets (hedonism „Sinneslust“, and refined „veredelt“ elegance)
- Civil War (1649-1660) Drama Theatre were closed (1942) → Civil 1642-51
- Civil War (1649-1660) Poetry John Milton (Interregnum) Religious verse
- Civil War (1649-1660) Prose Plain style Prose was concidered as highest form (understood by everybody)