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Lecture
ThreeTheRenaissance
TheRenaissance:anintellectualmovementsprangfirstlyinItalyinthe14thcenturyandgraduallyspreadalloverEurope.Twofeaturesarestrikingofthismovement:Oneisathirstingcuriosityfortheclassicalliterature;Theotheristhekeeninterestintheactivitiesofhumanity.Key-note:Humanism.

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TheEnglishRenaissance
TheEnglishRenaissancestretchedfromlater15thcenturytoearly17thcentury.Fromthefirsthalfofthe16thcentury,theEnglishRenaissancebegantodevelopintoafloweringofliterature.
ThehighestgloryoftheEnglishRenaissanceisdrama.
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Drama
Theformofcompositiondesignedforperformanceinthetheater,inwhichactorstaketherolesofthecharacters,performtheindicatedactionandutterthewrittendialogue.(Thecommonalternativenameforadramaticcompositionisaplay.DialogueStoryCharacter
ActionElementsofDrama

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WilliamShakespeare(1564-1616
WilliamShakespeare(1554-1616

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playwright,poet
TheBirthplaceofShakespeareShakespeare’sLiteraryWorks
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Hisliteraryworksinclude38plays,154sonnets,7longpoems.TheGreatTragedies:“Hamlet”,“Othello”,“KingLear”,“Macbeth”TheGreatComedies:“ASummerNight’sDream”,“TheMerchantofVenice”,“AsYouLikeIt”,“TwelfthNight”
PeriodsofShakespeare’sDramaticComposition
Shakespeare’scareerasadramatistmaydivideintofourmajorphases:

TheFirstPeriod(1590-1594
Thisperiodistheperiodofhisapprenticeshipinplay-writing.Works:“HenryVI”,“TheComedyofErrors”,“Love’sLabor’sLost”,“RomeoandJuliet”,etc.

TheSecondPeriod(1595-1600
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Thisperiodishismatureperiod,mainlyaperiodof“greatcomedies”andmaturehistoricalplays.Itincludes6comedies,5historicalplaysand1Romantragedy.Hissonnetsarealsothoughttobewritteninthisperiod.

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