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3. A man of contemplation rather than action; has the qualities of a “blood-and-thunder” thriller and a philosophical exploration of life and death
Francis Bacon
Name
Writer'sFeatures
Writings
Writing'sFeatures
TheRenaissancePeriod
1. age: 1500-1660
2. background: stimulated by the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek classic;England's Golden Age, especially in literature; the Church of England broke away from the Catholic Church
(3)the universal tend of humanism in emphasizing man's dignity and his worldly happiness
Edmund Spenser
The Faerie Queen
(The Shepheades Calender Epithalamion)
1. 154 poems; English form
2.The traditional theme of the play is to praise the friendship betweenAntonioandBassanio, to idealizePortiaas a heroine of great beauty, wit and loyalty, and to expose the insatiable greed and brutality of the Jew. Many people today tend to regard the play as a satire of the Christians' hypocrisy and their false standards of friendship and love, their cunning ways of pursuing worldliness and their unreasoning prejudice against Jews(Shylock).
An allegory; "a historical poem" to present the example of a perfect gentleman; a hero represent one of the 12 virtues; fierce warres and faithful loves
William Shakespeare
(Each hero has his weekness of nature: Hamlet, the melancholic scholar-prince, faces the dilemma between action and mind; Othello’s inner weakness is made use of by the outside evil force; the old king Lear who is unwilling to totally give up his power makes himself suffer from treachery and infidelity; and Macbeth’s lust for power stirs up his ambition and leads him to incessant crimes.)
3. features: (1)New poetical forms introduced, e.g. blank verse and sonnet;(2) the English drama based itself on the models of Roman and Greek classics and the precedents from Italy and Spain
literature should be a combination of beauty, kindness and truth, and should reflect nature and reality
Sonnets
Hamlet
(Venus and Adonis;The Rape of Lucrece;romantic tragicomedies;Romeo and Juliet;Shakespeare's greatest tragedies are :Hamlet,Othello,King Lear, andMacbeth)
Dr Fauctus
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
1. symbolic of a humanist in the Renaissance; based on the German legend of a magician aspiring for knowledge and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil
Christopher Βιβλιοθήκη Baiduarlowe
(Blank verseUniversity wit）
1. perfected blank verse and turned it into the principal medium of English drama
2. created a series of images of the Renaissance hero for English drama
Francis Bacon
Name
Writer'sFeatures
Writings
Writing'sFeatures
TheRenaissancePeriod
1. age: 1500-1660
2. background: stimulated by the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek classic;England's Golden Age, especially in literature; the Church of England broke away from the Catholic Church
(3)the universal tend of humanism in emphasizing man's dignity and his worldly happiness
Edmund Spenser
The Faerie Queen
(The Shepheades Calender Epithalamion)
1. 154 poems; English form
2.The traditional theme of the play is to praise the friendship betweenAntonioandBassanio, to idealizePortiaas a heroine of great beauty, wit and loyalty, and to expose the insatiable greed and brutality of the Jew. Many people today tend to regard the play as a satire of the Christians' hypocrisy and their false standards of friendship and love, their cunning ways of pursuing worldliness and their unreasoning prejudice against Jews(Shylock).
An allegory; "a historical poem" to present the example of a perfect gentleman; a hero represent one of the 12 virtues; fierce warres and faithful loves
William Shakespeare
(Each hero has his weekness of nature: Hamlet, the melancholic scholar-prince, faces the dilemma between action and mind; Othello’s inner weakness is made use of by the outside evil force; the old king Lear who is unwilling to totally give up his power makes himself suffer from treachery and infidelity; and Macbeth’s lust for power stirs up his ambition and leads him to incessant crimes.)
3. features: (1)New poetical forms introduced, e.g. blank verse and sonnet;(2) the English drama based itself on the models of Roman and Greek classics and the precedents from Italy and Spain
literature should be a combination of beauty, kindness and truth, and should reflect nature and reality
Sonnets
Hamlet
(Venus and Adonis;The Rape of Lucrece;romantic tragicomedies;Romeo and Juliet;Shakespeare's greatest tragedies are :Hamlet,Othello,King Lear, andMacbeth)
Dr Fauctus
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
1. symbolic of a humanist in the Renaissance; based on the German legend of a magician aspiring for knowledge and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil
Christopher Βιβλιοθήκη Baiduarlowe
(Blank verseUniversity wit）
1. perfected blank verse and turned it into the principal medium of English drama
2. created a series of images of the Renaissance hero for English drama