* Review Q2
* Read Literature of the World "The Period of the Renaissance" (the .pdf in iBooks) pp. 366/381 to 379/394. If it is not in your .pdf collecion of iBooks, you will find a link to the book on your syllabus.
J 13: Answer the reading questions.
People:
1. Which kings and queens rule in this period?
2. Who is the poet's poet?
3. Who is the greatest sonnet writer in the English language?
4. Who is the most important prose writer of the Elizabethan Age?
5. Who is, perhaps, the second greatest playwright of the Elizabethan Age?
6. What is interesting about the dates of Shakespeare's birth and death?
7. What is Shakespeare's "stock" (the culture of his parentage)?
8. What are some of Shakespeare's greatest works?
9. How does Shakespeare's work differ from both Classical and Modern drama?
9. Did Shakespeare's work improve or decline over the course of his career?
10. What, in Shakespeare, is "little short of miraculous"?
Terms
1. Define lyric.
2. Define euphuistic style. Where does the word come from?
3. What are mystery, morality, and Everyman plays?
4. Define problem play.
HW: J13
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