Intro to Renaissance Literature

Intro to the Renaissance
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This lesson contains 18 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 2 videos.

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Intro to the Renaissance

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Why are the Ninja Turtles on the previous slide?

Slide 2 - Open question

Which of the following works was not written in the Middle Ages?
A
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
B
The Wanderer
C
Frankenstein
D
The Fox & the Wolf

Slide 3 - Quiz

What year is commonly used to describe the start of the global Renaissance?
A
1453
B
1521
C
1408
D
1066

Slide 4 - Quiz

Rebirth
- Fall of Constantinople to Mehmet II ( Ottoman Empire)
- (Re-)Establishment of contact with Islamic world
- Re-discovery of Classical Texts
- (Re-)Introduction of Science and Philosophy into religious way of thinking

Slide 5 - Slide

Renaissance in England

Slide 6 - Slide

What event kick-started the English Renaissance?

Slide 7 - Open question

Slide 8 - Video

Three fields
- Society

- Literature

- Politics

Slide 9 - Slide

Society
- Feudal system/ three estates on the way out.

- Traders on the way in

Society became more anthropocentric

Science vs. Religion

Slide 10 - Slide

Literature
- Influence of Classical writings: ad fontes

- Shakespeare: comedies, tragedies, historical plays

- Italy  as birth place of many literary forms: sonnet

- Dante Alighieri: Divine Comedy

Slide 11 - Slide

Slide 12 - Slide

Which of the following is not a feature of the Renaissance?
A
Theocentrism
B
Romeo & Juliet
C
Wars of the Roses
D
Ad fontes

Slide 13 - Quiz

Describe the concept of Ad Fontes based on the passage shown here.

Slide 14 - Open question

Who is the king in the picture?
A
William the Conqueror
B
James I
C
George III
D
Henry VIII

Slide 15 - Quiz

Politics
- Lots of confusion, conflict

Fascinating monarchs:
Henry VIII: 6 wives, Anglican Church
Elizabeth I (The Virgin Queen): Defeated the Spanish

- English Civil War (1642–1651): Parliament versus King
- England a republic until 1659

Slide 16 - Slide

Middle Ages
Renaissance
Beowulf
Macbeth
William the Conqueror
Oliver Cromwell
Printing Press
Latin as the written language of choice

Slide 17 - Drag question

Slide 18 - Video