~Q : RENAISSANCE LITERATURE :Thinking activity: the Renaissance literature comparison with another age.
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Renaissance literature:Thinking Activity :Read points to ponder on blog and give your response on characteristics of Renaissance literature in comparison to other ages.This tasks given by Dilip sir Barad . So let's discuss about this age .and how to Renaissance age difference between another ages ? Let's see the this .
☆Introduction:
Renaissance age is known as 'Elizabethan age' This age known as another for example This age known as ' The age of shakespeare ' , ' The age of golden age' The age of Adventure' etc. The Elizabethan Age is often considered as the golden age in English history. Elizabethan Era is associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth. This time 1558 to 1603 It is the height English Renaissance .Queen Elizabeth it was the last ruler of England from 1558 to 1603. Her name is suggested of the Elizabetan Age. During the Elizabethan Age writers produced some of the greatest' Poetry and drama' in the world literature. It was an age known as Expansion and Exploration.
Characteristics of Renaissance literature (Elizabethan Literature) in comparison to other ages.
Renaissance literature is the very famous literature. Many writers wrote the best literature in this time Renaissance means ' Rebirth' . Let's see the some characteristics of Renaissance in comparison to the other ages.
◇ The Age of Renaissance :
The term refers to the gradual enlightenment or the human mind after the darkness of the middle ages. Renaissance had birth in Italy.. The Renaissance coloured the thought and idea of the people of the Elizabethan age. Under the influence of the Renaissance the Elizabethan people made efforts to make the slaves freedom. The rigid institutions of the Middal Ages and the churches they started asserting their right to live, and example like them salve accordance with a more flexible secular code." Man started to think for them slaves and questioning accepted beliefs." During the Elizabethan age there was the revival of classical learning. The study of the classical authors became a passion with the people of this age.
◇ Humanism:
The rediscovery and reinterpretation of antiquity means (the ancient past gave birth to a new culture that of humanism.) The Humanist led by Erasmus began to take interest in life and mankind in England also the humanistic had is influence people began to take interest in the life and tried to make it larger and happier.
◇ The New Romanticsim:
The romantic quest is for the remote ,the wonderful and the beautiful. All these desires were richly fed during the Elizabethan age which the first and the greatest romantic events. For example
" There was a daring and resolute ( having great determination ) spirit of adventure in literary as well as in other regions, and most important of all these was an unmistakable buoyancy (tending to rise) and freshness in the strong wind of the spirit . It was the ardent of English literature and the achievement was worthy of it."(Albert).
◇Revival of interest in Greek and Latin Literature:
English scholars joined other European scholars in rediscovering the cultural of ancient Greece and Rome, which thay had largely neglected for centuries.Translations of Greek and particularly Roman literary works strongly influenced Elizabethan writers. In the addition ' new literary forms were introduced into English literature. For example , English authors adopted directly or modified such forms as the essay from France and the sonnets from Italy. The revival in the study of Greek Literature brought a dazzling light into many dark place of intellect. The classical influences polished the earlier rudeness of English literature. The Elizabethan age was rich in literacy productions of all kinds.
◇ Translation:
" TheElzabethan age witnessed translation into English of several Important foreign books. "
English poets translated many works from other literature. For example,the Earl of Surrey translated part of the Aeneid , an epic poem by the ancient Roman author Virgil.
Ben Jonson,Flatcher and Shekpeare attracted the people to witness the theater. Its is remarkable that along with romantic drama, it was the age of.great comedy,tragedy, and romance. Shekespear brought the expression of Romance , satire,Humaour ,and also tragedy. ' The Elizabetan age is the age of the drama'. The drama was everywhere. During the Elizabethan age drama made a wonderful jump into maturity. The drama reached at the heights in the hands of Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. Though in the concluding part of the age particularly during the jacobean period there was a decline in dramatic standards .
◇ The popularity of poetry:
The development of poetry is the strongest characteristics of the Elizabethan age. poetry influenced drama. Great genius like Sidney , Spenser, Marlowe and Shekespeare created the atmosphere of singing music. Poetry found new field of expressing the emotions. At that time, the atmosphere of England was ful of the song.That is why it is said England became the nest of singing birds. Three chief forms of poetry flourished during the Elizabethan Age. They were:
《1》The Lyric
《2》The sonnet,and
《3》 Narrative poetry.
The lyric is a short poem that expresses a poet's personal emotions in a song like style. For example Thomas Campion wrote the many beautiful lyrics in " Books of Airs".
The sonnet is a 14-line poem with a certain pattern of rhyme and rhytham. Elizabethan poets wrote two types of sonnets 'The Italian 'sonnet and ' The English sonnets'. The two types differed in the arrangement of the rhymes. Sir Thomas Wyatt introduced the sonnet from Italy into English literature in the early 1500's.
◇ The spirit of Independence:
In spite of borrowing from abroad, the authors of this age showed spirit of independence and creativity. Shekespeare borrowed freely, but by his creative imagination he transformed the dross means material and without value. Into gold Spenser introducer the Spenserian stanza.and form his work we are get the impression of originality and creativity on the whole the outlook of the writer during this age was board and independent.
◇ The Development of Drama:
This was the great age of the drama. Before that drama struggled to find its place in 1576 James Burbage built Endland's first playhouse,called the theater ,in a suburb of Landon.Until this time, drama had been performed in the streets,in homes and places and English universities.
Elizabethan drama was noted for its passion and vitality. Thomas Kyd's play "The Spenish Tradegy".this is very famous in the this age.
♧ The Non dramatic poet :Edmund Spenser:( 1552 to 1599)
Edmund Spencer is the great writer of the Elizabethan age .he was born in East Smithfield,near the Tower of Landon. His all work are very famous in this era.
¤ Edmund spencer's work :
{1} "The Farie Queene." Spenser's masterpiece is the epic poem." The Faerie Queen" the first three books published in 1590. And second set of three books were published in 1596.
{2} "The shepherd's Calender." The publication of this 1579. This work is first work. Another work like:
{3} "A View of the present state of Ireland."
{4} "Fowre Hymnes" this work published in 1596.
{5} "The Shorter poem".
{6}"Epithalamion" publication of this work in 1595.
■ characteristics of Spenser's
poetry:
The five main qualities of Spencer's poetry are :
[1] A perfect melody,
[2] A rare sense of beauty,
[3] A splendid imagination , which could gather into one poem heroes , knights,ladies , dwarfs ,demons and dragons, classic mythology , stories of chivalry ,and the throughing ideas of the Renaissance, -all the passing gorgeous procession across an ever -changing and ever -beautiful landscape ,
[4] A lofty moral purity and seriousness,and
[5] A delicate of idealism.
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☆ Renaissance literature difference between puritans literature:
The entry of puritan age present a mark difference between the two literature. William J.Long had noted main distinction in which the puritan literature difference from Renaissance literature ( Elizabethan literature. )
{1} The Renaissance literature with all its diversity was full of petrioti feelings. The authority used to support the people queen Elizabeth offered supported the writers. The result was that English people also showed their gratitude to the nation and.also to the queen. The queen was devoted to the public and the also responded well-while in the puritan age the kings and.the queen's were considered as the public anyone. The queen might have some faults but. She should not be neglected by the people. The country was devided into part by the struggle for religious and political leaburty .
{2} The Elizabethan literature is ofter considered is an inspiring literature. It inspires not only the youth but the all age people . It throws with the youth walk and vitality.
The puritan l is generally gloomy and full of sadness hours are followed gloomy and vices.
{3} Elizabethan literature is always full of romantic.age. The romantic spring from the heart of the youth.
While in case of puritan literature one looks in vain to find the romantic or optimism in the puritan age.
■︎Dicline in the literature :
In the Elizabethan age the writers got a new inspiration to write something because of the support of their queen they written for the deductive purpose and showed their love for the queen and nation. But here during this period there was a considerable decline in the literary production . The deterioration was mostly due to the influence of the puritan age. They wanted .to prove all together different from the Elizabethan age. Moreover James-1 believed in puritanism.
■change in drama and poetry:
During the age of Milton the drama from decline .Almost all the theaters were closed down by the year of 1642 .so the drama dedant enjoy good time during the age of Milton with the coming power of James-I he ordered for bible translation and in year 1611 bible was translated under the other side in the Jacobean period. William Shakespeare is the great writer of the Renaissance era. And Milton is the writer of the puritan age. William Shakespeare'swork related to the love when John Milton 's work related to the religious.
☆ Renaissance literature difference between Restoration literature:
Restoration age is full of difference between another age .because Restoration literature is the adoption of the heroic couplet. That is very important in this era. John Dryden is the greatest li5 figure of the Restoration and in his work we have an excellent reflection of the both.good and evil tendencies of the age in which he lived. Many changes came to the Restoration time. The chief theme to note in England during the Restoration is tremendous us social changes. From the Elizabethan drama ,play writer turned to coarce , evil science which presently disgusted the people .some change is same to same like Renaissance literature.
☆Renaissance literature difference between 18th literature :
18 century known as "Augusten age". This period started in 1700 to1800.The revolution of 1688 .which banished the last of the bluest kings and called William of orange to the throne mark the end of the long struggle means this literature is very different . Satire ,prose etc. development of this period. Renaissance literature is full of free when this century writers follow to the some rule. 18th century known as another name like classic age. Alexander Pope is the very famous statist
Of this period. Renaissance literature give the full freedom.means people is free. When 18th people is free and not anything write the this time.
