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Renaissance overview
Renaissance Lit Overview WGU
Question | Answer |
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Renaissance means? | Rebirth |
Individualism | Stresses independence and self reliance rather than community. |
Printing Press | Gutenberg |
Democracy | Demographic features where the power rests within a small elite (oligarical) |
Astronomy | Leonardo DaVinci made observational drawings of anatomy and nature. |
"New Science" | Scientific Method, (data, observation, experimentation, hypothesis) Copernicus and Galileo |
Blank Verse | Unrhymed iambic pentameter |
Elizabethan Drama | During the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Considered a great age of drama. Shakespeare's time. |
Humanism | Careful study of and the imitation of classic authors. Striving to speak and write well. |
Pastoral | Writing that describes the life of shepherds/shepherdesses. Celebrates a golden age characterized by idleness, innocence and simplicity. |
Renaissance | Period following the middle ages in Europe. Use and adaptation of classical forms. Flourish of the arts. |
Romantic Comedy | Themes of young lovers almost always with a happy ending. Usually involves a movement from unhappiness to happiness. |
Sonnet | 14 line love poem. Shakespearean: 3 Quatrains, and a couplet. Italian: Octave and a sestet. |
Tragedy | Brought on by a character's flaw. |
Tragedy of Blood | Also called "revenge tragedies" |