english literature in the renaissance

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1、Englishliteratureintherenaissance　　BeforewetalkspecificallyabouttheEnglishRenaissance，there’sareallysimplequestionweshouldprobablyanswer，whichis：whatisarenaissance？　　Renaissancebasicallymeans’rebirth’or‘revival’，referstotherebirthoftheGreekandRomancultures.Inamorespecific

2、sense，the“Renaissance”containsfarmorerichconnotation.TherenaissancebeganinItaly，especiallyinartandarchitecture，inthelatefourteenthcentury.ItmadeitswayovertoEnglandandthemostoftherestoftheEuropesomewherearound1500andlastedaboutonehundredyears.　　TheRenaissancewasthebeginnin

3、gofthemodernworldintheareasofgeography，science，politics，religion，societyandart.LondonbecamenotonlythecapitalofEngland，butalsothemaincityoftheknownworld.AndEnglish，inthehandsofwriterslikeShakespeare，becamethemodernlanguagewecanrecognizetoday.Theinventionofprintingmeantthat

4、allkindsofwritingwereopentoanyonewhocouldread.Manynewformsofwritingweredeveloped.Butthemostimportantformofexpressionwastheatre.ThiswastheageofShakespeare，andtheGoldenAgeofEnglishDrama.　　WecandistinguishthreeperiodsofliteratureofEnglishRenaissance.Thefirstperiodcoverstheen

5、dofthe15thandthefirsthalfofthe16thcenturies.InEnglandthefirstscholarsandhumanistsappeared，theystudiedandinvestigatedtheantiquephilosophy，literature.InOxfordandCambridgeUniversitiesthefirstgenerationsoftheEnglishhumanistsweretrained，thedevelopmentofthebookprintingwasofimpo

6、rtanceforhumanisticculture.InthisperiodtheEnglishhumanisticliteraturewasmainlyoftheoreticalcharacter.　　Thesecondperiod，thesocalledElizabethanonecoversthesecondhalfoftheXVIcenturyandthebeginningoftheXYII.ItisthetimeofflourishingtheEnglishRenaissanceliterature，thetimeofcrea

7、tingofthenewliteraryforms：Shakespeare’smasterpiecesarecreatedinthisperiod.　　TheageofElizabethisanageofdreamsofadventure，ofunboundedenthusiasmspringingfromthenewlandsoffabulousrichesrevealedbyEnglishexplorers.TheyoungphilosopherBaconissayingconfidently，“Ihavetakenallknowle

8、dgeformyprovince.”Themindmustsearchfartherthantheeye；withnew，richlandsopenedtothesight，theimagin