The figure of man in the English literature

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The figure of man in the English literature
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• The Anglo - Saxon period ? Epic Poetry
• (paganism)
• The Middle Ages ? Ballads
• (Christianity)
• Renaissance ? Sonnets
• (human being ? centre)
• Shakespeare

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• Text Beowulf
• Kind of man the hero
• Characterization
• Values
• - Loyalty
• - Courage
• - Generosity
• Qualities
• - Power
• - Uniqueness
• - Strength

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• Text Lord Randal
• Kind of man
• lord (aristocrat)
• son (overprotected by his mother)
• Activity
• hunting
• Quality
• moral integrity (tempted by the woman)
• Language
• use of alitteration
• use of repetition
• simple language

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• Text sonnets
• Kind of man
• - corteous man (aristocrat)
• Characterization
• - he loves a woman represents desire
• - he uses the lady to reach God
• Language
• - refined language
• ?
• sonnets
• ?
• addressed to intellectuals
• ?
• written at court (the place of culture)

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• Text
• Shakespearian sonnet
• Kind of man
• corteous man
• Characterization
• a man with the features of the corteous code
• (fair hair and eyes, beautiful)
• loves an unusual woman
• ?
• dark hair and eye
• ordinary
• Language
• refined language

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• The relationship with God influenced literature

In the anglo-saxon period the religion didnt
influence letterature because there was the
paganism, a pragmatic religion. People prayed God
only for necessity. In Beowulf people thanked
God for that easy crossing on a calm sea
The Middle Ages priviledged the religious code
all people actions were aimed at reaching God.
In the ballad the woman was a tempter for
mans integrity and he couldnt reach God.
In the Renaissance developed the study of human
being instead God The sonneteer wrote about
some physical womans characters