The English language had almost no prestige abroad at the beginning of the sixteenth century. One of the earliest sixteenth-century works of English literature‚ Thomas More’s Utopia‚ was written in Latin for an international intellectual community. It was only translated into English during the 1550s‚ nearly a half-century after its original publication in Britain. By 1600‚ though English remained somewhat peripheral on the continent‚ it had been transformed into an immensely powerful expressive
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ENGLİSGH LİTERATURE IN THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES Social ‚ political‚ cultural‚ religious‚ and historical background The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries are the period of the European Renaissance or four great transforming movement of European history. This impulse by which the medieval society of scholasticism‚ feudalism‚ and chivalry was to be made over into what we call the modern world came first from Italy. Italy‚ like the rest of the Roman Empire‚ had been
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The Sixteenth Century (1485-1603) Literary works in sixteenth-century England were rarely if ever created in isolation from other currents in the social and cultural world. The boundaries that divided the texts we now regard as aesthetic from other texts that participated in the spectacles of power or the murderous conflicts of rival religious factions or the rhetorical strategies of erotic and political courtship were porous and constantly shifting. It is perfectly acceptable‚ treating Renaissance
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HISTORIC & CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF ENGLAND IN THE 18TH CENTURY The Silver Age of the European Renaissance 1. There was a sense of relief and escape‚ relief from the strain of living in a mysterious universe and escape from the ignorance and barbarism of the Gothic centuries –not referring only to Gothic literature. The dark period provokes that people want to change and improve their lifestyle when they entered the 18th century. There was a general desire to emancipate from the dark aspects of rural and
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Nineteenth century English literature is remarkable both for high artistic achievement and for variety. The greatest literary movement of its earlier period was that of romanticism. It was born in the atmosphere of the violent economic and political turmoil that marked the last decades of the 18th and the first decades of the 19th century. The outburst of political activity brought on by the Great French Revolution of 1789‚ the bitter wars with Napoleon’s France that ravaged Europe for almost 25
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May 3‚ 2011 British Literature II Defining Literary Techniques of 20th Century English Literature During the 20th Century‚ much advancement and change occurred throughout English Literature. All of the works we studied from this period were heavily influenced by current events in the world. The writers all examined the world around them and tried to express it through their writings. The three things that weave a common thread throughout all 20th Century English Literature are global warfare
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In the 16th Century War was very common‚ which is why we will be talking about weapons‚ armour and soldiers below. Weapons: During the 16th century most of England and Europe was at war. This lead to the development of new and improved weaponry. The quick development of weapons at that time period is still a trademark in time. This time period is known as the Renaissance or rebirth on the battlefield. In the 16th century guns were starting to be used in warfare. At first the guns were lit
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Chapter III: Eighteenth Century English Literature LITERATURE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT (18th century) The 17th century was one of the most stormy periods of English history. The growing contradictions between the new class‚ the bourgeoisie‚ and the old forces of feudalism brought about the English Bourgeois Revolution in the 1640s. As a result of the revolution the king was dethroned and beheaded and England was proclaimed a republic. Though very soon monarchy was restored‚ the position of
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that mercantilist polices were most often enacted. Mercantilism arose in France in the early 16th century‚ soon after the monarchy had become the dominant force in French politics. In 1539‚ an important decree banned the importation of woolen goods from Spain and some parts of Flanders. The next year‚ a number of restrictions were imposed on the export of bullion. Over the rest of the sixteenth century further protectionist measures were introduced. The height of French mercantilism is closely
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exceeded al of its rivals on the East Asian spice trade. IN the 17th century the VOC sent almost a million Europeans to work in the Asian trade business. The British fleet was the closest competitor of the VOC‚ but the VOC was almost double as the British fleet. The VOC enjoyed huge and huge profits from the Asian trade market because they had the monopoly of the spices through most of the 17th century. During the 16th century the spice trade was dominated by the Portuguese. At the same time the
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