U4 L5 Changes In Literature And Thought Flashcards
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What is a poet laureate?
A court poet
What is Humanities?
Cultural studies including language, philosophy and art
What is Neoplatonism?
Philosophical and reiligous system based on Plato’s writings and elements of Christianity
What was Petrarch called?
- Father of Humanism
- First ‘modern man’ because his methods differed from medieval scholars
What is Petrarch known for?
- tried to spread interest in studying classics
- encouraged Boccaccio to translate the Iliad to Latin
- wrote 300 love sonnets
- first modern poet lautreate
What is Boccaccio known for?
- first psychological novel
- writings were pagan and romantic
- provided models for Chaucer’s tales
- Decameron
What is Marsilio Ficino known for?
- first used term ‘platonic love’ (love leading to God)
- combined Christianity elements with Plato concepts= Neoplatonism
What is Niccolo Machiavelli known for?
- wrote ‘The Prince’, encouraged unethical tactics
- ‘the end justifies the means’
- considered father of modern political science
What was The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini about?
Cellini, who was burned for agreeing with Copernicus and Galileo that the sun was at the center
What is Christian Humanism?
- A movement in northern Europe
- Study of humanities from a Christian point of view
- attempted to restore purity to Christianity
Who was Erasmus?
- greatest scholar of Europe
- former Augustinian monk
What was one of Erasmus’ work, and what was it about?
- The Praise of Folly
- satire
- ridiculed man’s interest in war and church’s sale of indulgences
Who were some French writer of the Renaissance?
Francois Villon- transitional part of 15th cent
Pierre de Ronsard- chief poet of French renaissance
Joacin de Bellay
Francois Rabelais
What is Francois Rabelais known for?
- Franciscan and Benedictine monk
- Christian humanist
- wrote satires on medieval institutions and beliefs
- believed in benefits of education
What is Montaigne known for?
- French scholar
- developed personal essay as literary form
- ‘Essays’ influenced later writers
Who were two English writers that wrote about idealized worlds? Which work of theirs displayed it?
Sir Thomas More- Utopia
Francis Bacon- The New Atlantis
Who are 3 Elizabethan poets?
- Sir Philip Sidney
- Edmund Spenser
- Michael Drayton
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English drama achieved prominence with the works of who?
Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare (greatest literary figure in English language and wrote 38 plays)
Who is Ben Jonson?
- Neoclassicist
- wrote in a Greek style
What is ben Jonson known for?
- writing satiric comedies
- ‘Song to Celia’ is his most famous lyric poem
Who is Lope de Vega?
- Spanish dramatist
- served in Armada, a priest and government member
What is Lope de Vega known for?
Cape y Espada (cloak and sword)
Who is Miguel de Cervantes and what is he known for?
- outstanding contributor to Spanish literature
- ‘Don Quixote’, satire about chivalry
When and what was the earliest printing press used in Europe?
- before 15th century
- carved wooden blocks
