renaissance

RENAISSANCE

This week subject of the lesson was  renaissance. Renaissance came up agenda in 15th – 16th century . When renaissance started, innovation and development was seen in numerous field such as, literature, art, science…

In this period, church and scholasticism lost their effect  but science and art gain more importance. Also humanism is very effective in this period because lots of author and poet wrote their work by affecting a humanistic approach so we can see a lot of example of this. For example; William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Piers Plowman, Geoffrey Chaucer, is a famous authors of the renaissance. Also in this period a lot of work is writen by this author even some work shed light on today. 1. Elizabeth has an important position in Renaissance literature.

Some example of literal work and author  in renaissance:

Authors:

Chapman, George (1559?-1634), poet, dramatist, translated classics like Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Coverdale, Miles (1488?-1569), translator--Bible.
Tyndale, William (1492?-1536), translator, tract writer--New Testament (trans.).
Bacon, Sir Francis (1561-1626), philosopher, essayist--New Atlantis; 'The Advancement of Learning," Essays.
Lyly, John (1554?-1606), novelist, dramatist--"Euphues: the Anatomy of Wit"; "Euphues and His England."
More, Sir Thomas (1478-1535), prose writer--Utopia.
Sidney, Sir Philip (1554-86), poet, novelist--'Astrophel and Stella'; Arcadia.

Playwrights:
Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616), dramatist--with John Fletcher, The Knight of the Burning Pestle.
Dekker, Thomas (1570?-1641), dramatist--The Shoemaker's Holiday.
Fletcher, John (1579-1625), dramatist--with Francis Beaumont, The Maid's Tragedy; with Shakespeare, The Two Noble Kinsmen
Ford, John (1586-1640?), dramatist--The Broken Heart.
Heywood, Thomas (died 1641?), dramatist--A Woman Killed with Kindness.
Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637), poet, dramatist--"Song to Celia."
Kyd, Thomas (1558-94), dramatist--The Spanish Tragedy.
Lyly, John (1554?-1606), novelist, dramatist--Euphues: the Anatomy of Wit; Euphues and His England.
Marlowe, Christopher (1564-93), dramatist--Doctor Faustus; The Jew of Malta;
Tamburlaine.
Massinger, Philip (1583-1640), dramatist--A New Way to Pay Old Debts.
Middleton, Thomas (1570?-1627), dramatist--Michaelmas Terne.
Shakespeare William (1564-1616), dramatist, poet--As You Like It; Hamlet; Macbeth; King Lear; The Tempest; and many other works.
Webster, John (1580?-1625?), dramatist--The Duchess of Malfi.

 

Poets:

Lodge, Thomas (1558?-1625), poet--"Rosalynde."
Sidney, Sir Philip (1554-86), poet, novelist--"Astrophel and Stella"; Arcadia.
Skelton, John (1460?-1529), poet--"Colyn Clout."
Spenser, Edmund (1552?-99), poet--The Faerie Queene,
Wyatt, Sir Thomas (1503-42), poet--"Certayne Psalmes."                             Shakespeare William (1564-1616), dramatist poet—Sonnets

REFERENCES

http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/renaissance_authors.html

http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0ngilizce_edebiyat