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16TH CENTURY:ART.
LITERATURE
Made by Sofiya Babicheva R-101
PERIOD OF RENAISSANCE
Press establishing Writing of all kinds Standardization of the English language Break with the Roman Catholic Church Development of political relationships
THOMAS MORE
(1478-1535)philosopher and writer
«UTOPIA», 1516
FRANCIS BACON(1561-1626)philosopher, scientist, writer
«NOVUM ORGANUM», 1620
SONNET-A FORM OF POEMThomas Wyatt Introduced the sonnet into
English, first appeared in Tottel’s Miscellany in 1557
Translations of sonnets by the Italian poet Petrarch
Experienced different forms of the sonnet
HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF SURREY Aristocrat, one of the founders
of the Renaissance poetry Sonnets, rhyming meter Publishing blank verse in his
translation
EPHUISM phrases of equal length
that appear in succession;
the balance of key verbal elements in successive sentences;
the correspondence of sounds and syllables, especially between words that are already balanced against each other.
(by John Lyly)
EDMUND SPENCER
THEATRE The establishment of large and
profitable public theatres A repertory system Costumes were often bright in color and
visually entrancing Genres – historical play, tragedy,
comedy
UNIVERSITY WITS
Robert Green
Christopher Marlowe
William Shakespeare