- •1) What two genres of literature were most important in Elizabethan England?
- •2) What is a sonnet?
- •3) What is iambic pentameter?
- •4) Who was the Christopher Marlowe? What is one of his famous works?
- •5) Why do we know so little about Shakespeare’s life?
- •6) What did Shakespeare do besides writing plays and sonnets?
- •7) What was the most popular form of entertainment in Elizabethan England?
- •8) Why were theatres closed during the Civil War period in 17 th century in England?
- •9) Who were the Puritans and what literature did they write?
- •10) What was the Globe theatre? Why is it important?
- •11) Name one of the Shakespeare’s tragedies and tell briefly what is it about?
- •12) Name a Shakespeare’s tragedy, comedy and histories
- •13) What three types of plays did Shakespeare write? Give examples
- •14) What is the meter and rhyme used in most Shakespeare plays?
- •15) What Shakespeare play is this quote from? What does it mean? “Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once.”
- •20) Who are three writers from the 17th century (Civil War and Restoration)
- •21). What is Puritanism, and who are two famous Puritan writers in the 17th century?
- •22)Who was John Milton? What was his most famous work?
- •23)What is Paradise Lost? Who is the author? Why is it famous?
- •27)What is the most famous example of Enlightenment era social satire?
- •28)Who calls mankind “the glory, jest and riddle of the world”? What does he mean?
- •29) What is Johnathan Swift most famous for?
- •30)Was Gulliver’s Travels intended to be a children’s book? What was the author’s intention?
- •31) What is the main plot of Gulliver’s travels?
- •32) Describe one of Gulliver’s voyages in Gulliver’s Travels.
- •33)Describe Gulliver’s adventure to the land of the Lilliput in Gulliver’s Travels.
- •34) Describe Gulliver’s adventure to the land of the Giants in Gulliver’s Travels.
- •35) Describe Gulliver’s adventure to the land of the Laputa in Gulliver’s Travels.
- •36) Describe the Gulliver’s adventure to the land of Houynhnhnm and Yahoos in Gullivers travels.
- •37) What is the one main theme in Gulliver’s travels.
- •38)Who are the Yahoos in Gulliver’s travels.
- •39) What book is considered as the first English novel?
- •40). Why is the Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe so important?
20) Who are three writers from the 17th century (Civil War and Restoration)
John Milton, John Locke, Edmund Spenser, John Dryden, William Wycherley, and George Etherege,
21). What is Puritanism, and who are two famous Puritan writers in the 17th century?
Puritanism - in the 16th and 17th cent., a movement for reform in the Church of England that had a profound influence on the social, political, ethical, and theological ideas of England and America. The Puritans were a significant grouping of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. Puritanism in this sense was founded by some Marian exiles from the clergy shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I of England in 1558, as an activist movement within the Church of England. They were blocked from changing the system from within, but their views were taken by the emigration of congregations to the Netherlands and later New England, and by evangelical clergy to Ireland and later into Wales, and were spread into lay society by preaching and parts of the educational system, particularly certain colleges of the University of Cambridge. Initially, Puritans were mainly concerned with religious matters, rather than politics or social matters. They took on distinctive views on clerical dress and in opposition to the episcopal system, particularly after the 1619 conclusions of the Synod of Dort were resisted by the English bishops. They largely adopted Sabbatarian views in the 17th century, and were influenced by millennialism.
Puritan writers in the 17th century - John Smith, William Byrd and William Bradford. John Smith to be not only a highly skilled writer, but likewise what can fairly be called a social, political, and religious commentator of his times. William Byrd took a drastically different path than Smith in terms of his writing and social commentary; through a blend of satire, humor and parody, Byrd professed that there is a marked difference between the secular and sacred elements of society, and that indeed people could live on either side in harmony. William Bradford can fairly be seen as the midway point between the secular and sacred writers, incorporating both in combination in his writings. His best known work, "History of Plymouth Plantation", shows evidence of this belief system, which also projected into his leadership of the colony.
22)Who was John Milton? What was his most famous work?
John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, a scholarly man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth (republic) of England under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost.
Milton wrote in Latin, Italian and English, and had an international reputation during his lifetime. His poetry and prose reflect deep convictions and addressed urgent, contemporary issues (for example, his celebrated Areopagitica is written in condemnation of pre-publication censorship).
Milton’s magnum opus, the blank-verse epic poem Paradise Lost, was composed by the blind and impoverished Milton from 1658 to 1664 (first edition) with small but significant revisions published in 1674 (second edition). As a blind poet, Milton dictated his verse to a series of aides in his employ. It reflects his personal despair at the failure of the Revolution, yet affirms an ultimate optimism in human potential. Milton encoded many references to his unyielding support for the "Good Old Cause".[29]