Letras VI Semestre

Literatura Anglofona I

English Literature:
Renaissance
1501 A.D. 1603 A.D.
Prof. Esp. Roberto Rodrigues Campos
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus Niccol Machiavelli
Nicolaus Copernicus Niccol Machiavelli
Leonardo Da Vinci
Nicolaus Copernicus Niccol Machiavelli
Leonardo Da Vinci
Nicolaus Copernicus Niccol Machiavelli
Leonardo Da Vinci
Nicolaus Copernicus
Elizabeth I of England
Niccol Machiavelli
Leonardo Da Vinci
Nicolaus Copernicus
Elizabeth I of England
Niccol Machiavelli
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English Renaissance theatre
Aka Early modern English theatre, or Elizabethan
theatre;
England: 1562-1642.
William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe.
It is considered to be the most brilliant period in
the history of English theatre.

Thalia Melpomene
Drama
Nicholas
Udall
(1504 23 December 1556)
was an English playwright,
cleric, and schoolmaster, the
author of Ralph Roister
Doister, generally regarded
as the first comedy written
in the English language.
Thalia Melpomene
Thomas
Sackville
The first regular English
tragedy was Gorboduc, in
blank verse performed in
1564. The first three acts
were written by Thomas
Northon, the other two by
Thomas Sackville.
Nicholas
Udall
(1504 23 December 1556)
was an English playwright,
cleric, and schoolmaster, the
author of Ralph Roister
Doister, generally regarded
as the first comedy written
in the English language.
Thalia Melpomene
Thomas
Sackville
The first regular English
tragedy was Gorboduc, in
blank verse performed in
1564. The first three acts
were written by Thomas
Northon, the other two by
Thomas Sackville.
Christopher Marlowe The 1st great dramatist.
Christopher Marlowe, (1564
1593)
Marlowe was an
English dramatist, poet
and translator of the
Elizabethan era. As the
foremost Elizabethan
tragedian, next to
William Shakespeare, he
is known for his blank
verse, his overreaching
protagonists, and his
mysterious death.
Marlowe is known for his
Blank verse
Metric X Rhythm
Overreaching protagonists
Heroic subjects
Tamburlaine a world conqueror;
Faust in pursuit of universal knowledge;
Barabas with fabulous dreams of wealth;
Edward II with his mingling nobility and worthless sounding
that heights and depths of human nature;
Mysterious death
Killed in a quarrel at Thames-side;
Fake death;



Plays
Dido, Queen of Carthage (c.1586) (possibly co-written with
Thomas Nashe)
Tamburlaine, part 1 (c.1587)
Tamburlaine, part 2 (c.1587-1588)
The Jew of Malta (c.1589)
Doctor Faustus (c.1589, or, c.1593)
Edward II (c.1592)
The Massacre at Paris (c.1593)


Poetry
Translation of Book One of Lucan's Pharsalia (date unknown)
Translation of Ovid's Elegies (c. 1580s?)
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (pre-1593)
Hero and Leander (c. 1593, unfinished; completed by George
Chapman, 1598)

Famous work...
Tamburlaine, The GreatIt
Two-parts play
based on the life of the Central
Asian emperor, Timur "the lame".
Plot
Ambition, power and cruelty.
Tamburlaine is pulled to Babylon in a carriage, drawn by two
kings.
Revenge.


Famous work...
The Jew of Malta (c.1589)
Story of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set against a
backdrop of the struggle for supremacy between Spain and
the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean that takes place on
the island of Malta.
Considered to have been a major influence on William
Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
Plot
Barabas - The protagonist of the play, a Jewish merchant who
only cares for his daughter Abigail and his vast personal fortune.
Ferneze - Barabas's great enemy and the governor of Malta.
Murder and U-turn.
Floor.
The falling floor and the Great Meal.


Famous work...
Doctor Faustus (c.1589, or, c.1593).
Sin, Choices, Power, Praise, Trickery, Repentance.
Plot
Faustus and Mephistopheles, the devil.
24 years of splendid life.
Magic.
The beautiful Helen of Troy.
Repentance.


Movie time...
Evaluation Proposal
A comparative activity:
video watched in class, handouts, a text indicated
and the lesson given
Write na essay instituting how it is established the
processes of intertextuality between the
Elizabethan literature and contemporaneity.