Intro to Renaissance Literature

Intro to the Renaissance
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This lesson contains 22 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 3 videos.

time-iconLesson duration is: 50 min

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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

Lesson Goals
At the end of this Lessonup:

- You will be able to explain the basic history of the Renaissance

- You will be able to relate the Middle Ages to the Renaissance

- You will be aware of the programme for the coming period.

Slide 3 - Slide

Middle Ages recap
- Romans --> Anglo-Saxons --> Normans

- Theocentric society
- Three social classes (Nobility, Clergy, Commoners)
- Religious and Secular Literature
- High Germanic, Old Norse, Latin, French

Slide 4 - Slide

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 5 - Quiz

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

Slide 6 - Quiz

Slide 7 - Video

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 8 - Slide

Renaissance in England

Slide 9 - Slide

What event kick-started the English Renaissance?

Slide 10 - Open question

Slide 11 - Video

Three fields
- Society

- Literature

- Politics

Slide 12 - Slide

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

- Traders on the way in

Society became more anthropocentric

Science vs. Religion

Slide 13 - 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 14 - Slide

Slide 15 - 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 16 - Quiz

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

Slide 17 - Open question

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

Slide 18 - 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 19 - Slide

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

Slide 20 - Drag question

Lesson Programme (Period 1)

Materials:

- Notebook
- Renaissance Literature Booklet
- Hamlet


Covered literature:

- Doctor Faustus
- Metaphysical Poets
- Sonnets
- Hamlet

Slide 21 - Slide

Slide 22 - Video