Part II Renaissance English Literature

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1、PartII.TheRenaissanceThisisagreatestandmostadvancedrevolutioninthehumanhistory.Thisistheagethegiantsareneededandproduced.------F.EnglesTherenaissanceinEngland¡Somemajorhistoricevents:¡a.TheWarofRoses(1455-1488)andtheestablishmentofthedynastiesofHenryVIIandVIII

2、—thecentralizedmonarchy.¡b.TheEnclosuremovement“sheepdevouredMen”¡c.Thereligiousreformation,establishmentoftheAnglicanChurch¡d.FlourishingintheElizabethanAge(1558-1603)¡e.defeatingtheSpanishInvinciblefleet”Armada”in1588andtheestablishmentofthehegemonyontheseas

3、.¡f.Thegeographicalexplorationandtradeexpansionbroughtaboutthegrowthofthecitiesandthedevelopmentofthecapitalisttextileindustry.SectionIHistoricalBackground1.PoliticalandSocial1)Politically,thefeudalnobilitylosttheirpowerandtherewasacentralizationofpowernecessa

4、ryforthedevelopmentofcapitalism2)Religiously,therewasthefar-reachingmovementoftheReformation(HenryVIII)3)Economically,thenationaleconomyofEnglanddevelopedataslowbutsteadypace.4)Militarily,thestrugglebetweenEnglandandSpainoccupiedthelastyearsof16thcentury.2.Cul

5、turalandLiteraryBackground1)Culturally,atotallynewcultureroseoutoftherevivaloftheoldcultureofancientGreeceandRome.2)Literally,therewerethreestagesandtwomaintrendsofLiterature.¡ThreeStages¡TwomaintreadsThedivisionoftheEnglishrenaissance¡a.Budding:thelastyearsof

6、the15-thcentury---firsthalfofthe16-thcenturyb.Flowering:theElizabethanAge(1558-1603)c.Fading:theperiodofJamesI(1603-1625)early17-thcenturyRenaissanceEnglishLiterature(15C-----17C)¡TheRenaissanceoriginatedinItalyinthe14-thcenturywhentheart,literatureandideasofa

7、ncientGreeceandRomewerediscoveredandwidelystudiedandcametoafloweryinthe15-thcenturyandlaterspreadtoFrance,Germany,Spain,HollandandBelgiumandEnglandinthe16-thcentury.¡thesocietywasinitstransitionfromthefeudalism（medievalperiod）tocapitalism(modernworld).Renaissa

8、nceEnglishLiteratureInsimpleterms,theRenaissanceinEnglandwascausedbythespreadofRenaissancelearningandideologyfromItaly.TheRenaissanceembracednotonlyliterature,butalsoartandarchitec