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Renaissance
1-The literally meaning of renaissance and
when it began
2-The 5 centers of interrelated issues
of renaissance
3- Renaissance thinkers strongly
associated themselves with values of
classical antiquity
Humanism:
-It was an intellectual movement in Europe at •
the Renaissance period.
-It was in favor of the classics, and it
stimulated the philosophy of secularism, the
appreciation of worldly pleasures, and the
assertion of personal independence and
individual expression.
- It regarded human beings as social creatures
who could create meaningful lives only in
association with other social beings.
It's Features:
-It comes in between of medieval supernaturalism •
and the modern scientific approach
-The avoidance of technical language in the interest
of moral language
-The support of Christian reform
-The concern with the development of political thought
-The belief in the essential dignity of man
-The Focus on the moral and ethical context of classical
texts
Imitation
It is derived from the classical past •
The "imitation" meant "mirroring life "
and following the predecessors
It theoretically meant that the task of the
writer is to translate for present readers the
moral vision of the past
Renaissance literary critics made it clear that
such "imitation" was to be neither mechanical
nor complete
The doctrine of "imitation" recommended
not only the imitation of specific classical
writers, but also the imitation of classical
genres
The most popular ones were the epics
and
the satires
THE PROTSTANT REFORMATION
• It was a movement that had
profound implications on the
modern world in general, but
specifically for literary history
The most important writers of the time:
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright,
widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language
and the world's pre-eminent dramatist
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was an Italian historian,
politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist and writer based
in Florence during the Renaissance. He was a founder of
modern political science, and more specifically political ethics.
He also wrote comedies, carnival songs, and poetry. His
personal correspondence is renowned in the Italian language.
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola was an Italian Renaissance
philosopher who studied and summarize the most
important ideas of the philosophical schools known in his
time
Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi is an
Italian painter of the Renaissance.
Performed many images of the Virgin
Mary, most of his paintings are of religious
themes
Filippo Brunelleschi was one of the foremost architects and
engineers of the Italian Renaissance. His accomplishments
.include architectural works, sculpture and mathematics