- James I (Stuart)
- Supported art and literature
- Was a talented scholar and writer (Daemonologie, Basilikon Doron)
- He sponsored the translation of Bible into English
- He was strongly committed to a peace policy, and tried to avoid involvement in religious wars
Thomas More (1477 ～ 1535) was the leading humanist of his day. - Scholar
- thinker
- statesman
Among his writings the best known is Utopia (1516) which tells of a journey to an imaginary island named Utopia, where an ideal form of society exists.
Utopia - Its title comes from the Greek word meaning “ nowhere ” and was adopted by More as the name of his ideal commonwealth.
Francis Bacon Francis Bacon (1561 ～ 1626) He showed his great intellectual energy in his day. - politician
- philosopher
- essayist
While being the founder of English materialist philosophy and the founder of modern science in England , he is also the first great English essayist.
New atlantis - In New Atlantis, Bacon portrayed a vision of the future of human discovery and knowledge, expressing his aspirations and ideals for humankind. The novel depicts the creation of a utopian land where "generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendour, piety and public spirit" are the commonly held qualities of the inhabitants of the mythical Bensalem. The plan and organisation of his ideal college, Salomon's House (or Solomon's House), envisioned the modern research university in both applied and pure sciences.
Edmund Spencer Edmund Spenser (c. 1552 ～ 1599) was the most influential poet and the dominating literary intellect in the late 16th century in England .
Main works:
- Sonnet cycle “Amoretti”
- The Shepherd’s Calendar
- The Faerie Queene
In Spenser's masterpieces he devised a verse form called the Spenserian Stanza
Sonnet 75 - One day I wrote her name upon the strand, A
- But came the waves and washed it away: B
- Again I write it with a second hand, A
- But came the tide, and made my pains his prey. B
- Vain man, said she, that doest in vain assay, B
- A mortal thing so to immortalize, C
- For I myself shall like to this decay, B
- And eek my name be wiped out likewise. C
- Not so, (quod I) let baser things devise C
- To die in dust, but you shall live by fame: D
- My verse, your virtues rare shall eternize, C
- And in the heavens write your glorious name. D
- Where whenas death shall all the world subdue, G
- Our love shall live, and later life renew. G
Christopher marlowe - Christopher Marlowe (1564-1595)
- Father of English Tragedy
Main works: Tamburlaine the Great Barabbas, Jew of Malta Tragic History of Doctor Faustus
Faustus - The story where the ideas of humanism raised to their peak
- Believe in God and believe in Human
What did we get? - Renaissance was a cultural, artistic and literary movement which started in Italy in 1300
- It was a rebirth of ancient Greek and ancient Roman culture
- Its main characteristic feature was humanism
- Renaissance in Britain had 3 periods: rise, height and fall
- Sir Thomas More is known for his “Utopia”
- Sir Francis Bacon is the founder of science fiction and the first essayist in Britain
- Edmund Spencer created his own Spenserian stanza and English sonnet
- Christopher Marlowe is the father of English tragedy
Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
