BRITISH LITERATURE II

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BRITISH LITERATURE II
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• Renaissance
• William Shakespeare

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Renaissance

• 15 16th century, between medieval and modern
  times
• rebirth of arts of antiquity
• rebirth of philosophy humanism
• inspired by ancient Greece and Rome
• spread from Italy
• Golden Age for literature and art
• printing press
• geographical discoveries
• developement in trades
• church reformation (Henry VIII)

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Elizabethan prosodists

• Elizabeth I - a queen
• supported literature, drama, liked entertainment
• Elizabethan era
• drama tragedies popular, comedies, historical
  plays, lyrics, ballads, songs
• Sir THOMAS MORE
• Utopia
• a writer, translator, judge, Lord Chancellor
• Henrys VIII divorce ? beheaded

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Elizabethan poets

• John LYLY, Philip SIDNEY
• EDMUND SPENCER
• Faerie Queene
• WALTER RALEIGH
• The Oceans Love to Cynthia
• The History of the World

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Sir Walter Raleigh

• Autor Thomas Phillibrown, Název Walter Raleigh
  phillibrown.tif
• Zdroj
• http//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/FileWalter_Rale
  igh_phillibrown.tif

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Elizabethian drama

• Thomas NASH
• John LYLY
• Mirdas
• Thomas KYD
• Spanish Tragedy
• Christopher MARLOWE (1563-1593)
• the second greatest playwright of that time
• rebel, spy
• Doctor Faustus

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Life of William Shakespeare

• 1564-1616
• Stratford upon Avon
• a poet, playwright, actor
• grammar school, marriage (Anne Hathaway), family,
  theatrical career, London
• Lord Chamberlains Men/Kings Men
• Globe
• opened 1599
• 1613 fire
• 1614 reopened, 1642 closed
• 1997 rebuilt, opened as Shakespeares Globe
• return to Stratford, death New Place, buried -
  Holy Trinity Church

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Shakespeares birthplace

• Autor John, Název William Shakespeares
  birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon 26l2007.jpg
• Zdroj
• http//cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/SouborWilliam_Shakes
  peares_birthplace,_Stratford-upon-Avon_26l2007.jpg

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Grammar School
Holy Trinity Church

• Autor Wikipedia Commons, Název Guild Chapel
  King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon -
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• Zdroj http//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/FileGuil
  d_Chapel_26_King_Edward_VI_School,_Stratford-upon
  -Avon_-_DSC09034.JPG

• Autor Lindsay DearingNázev Exterior of Holy
  Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon.jpg
• Zdroj http//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/FileExt
  erior_of_Holy_Trinity_Church_in_Stratford-upon-Avo
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Non-dramatic work of Shakespeare

• Poems

• Sonnets

• narrative poems, erotic themes
• Venus and Adonis
• The Rape of Lucrece
• A Lovers Complaint

• published in 1609
• 154 sonnets
• rhymes
• 3 four-line stanzas and a final couplet
• abab cdcd efef gg

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William Shakespeare

• Autor Neznámý, Název Shakespeare.jpg
• Zdroj
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileShakespeare.jpg

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Plays by Shakespeare

• Comedies

• Tragedies

• The Taming of the Shrew
• A Midsummer-Nights Dream
• As You Like It
• The Merry Wives of Windsor
• Much Ado About Nothing

• Romeo and Juliet
• Hamlet
• Othello
• Macbeth
• King Lear
• Julius Ceasar

Historical plays

• Henry IV, V, VI, VIII
• Richard II, III
• King John

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Thank you for your attention.

• Autor DUM Mgr. Darina Sikorová