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1、TheEnglishRenaissance(late15thcentury~early17thcentury)Madeby張曉妹Thisisagreatestandmostadvancedrevolutioninthehumanhistory.Thisistheagethegiantsareneededandproduced.——F.Engels恩格斯TheRenaissanceⅠ.HistoricalBackgroundⅡ.RenaissanceⅢ.HumanismⅣ.Literature★Thebreakingupoffe
2、udalrelationsandtheestablishingofthefoundationsofcapitalism;Theenclosure;thewaroftheRoses;thestrengtheningoftheabsolutemonarchy;theriseofthebourgeoisie;thedefeatoftheSpanishArmada.Newsocialandeconomicconditionsbroughtaboutgreatchangesinthedevelopmentofscienceandart.
3、Sowiththestrengtheningofnewbourgeoisnationalstate,thisperiodismarkedbyaflourishingofnationalcultureknownastheRenaissance.HistoricalBackground←Theword“Renaissance”means“rebirth”(oflearning).TheRenaissancePeriodwasmarkedbyareawakeningofinterestinlearning,intheindividu
4、alandintheworldofnature.TheRevivaloflearningledscholarsbacktothecultureofGreeceandRome.TheRebirthofinterestintheindividualgaverisetoanewappreciationofbeauty,toadesireforself-expressioninvariedactivitiesandtothecreationofgreatworksofart.Therenewalofcuriosityaboutthen
5、aturalworldultimatelydrewmentodiscovernewlandsandnewscientifictruths.WhatisRenaissance?←DivisionofEnglishRenaissanceEnglishRenaissanceisusuallydividedintothreeperiods:1)ThefirstperiodcalledthebeginningoftheRenaissancestartedin1516andcametoanendin1578.2)Thesecondperi
6、odknownasthefloweringtimeoftheRenaissancewasfrom1578to1625.3)Thethirdperiodbetween1625and1660istheepilogueoftheRenaissance.Inthesecondperiod,QueenElizabethruledthecountry.ForthisreasonitisalsocalledElizabethanPeriod.WilliamShakespeare,thegreatestplaywrightofEngland,
7、livedintheElizabethanPeriod.SointhehistoryofEnglishliterature,thisperiodisoftenreferredtoastheAgeofWilliamShakespeare.←Humanismwasanattituderatherthanaphilosophy,non-dogmatic(非教義).Accordingtohumanists,manshouldmould(塑造)theworldaccordingtohisowndesires,andattainhappi
8、nessbyremovingallexternalchecksbytheexerciseofthehumanintellect.HumanismwasoneofthemostimportantfactorsgivingrisetotheRenaissance.humanism
