historicist journey Flashcards
What is a classic example of a Greek tragedy
Oedipus
Whose wrote Oedipus
Sophocles a major tragedian
When was King James’ Bible published
1611 under the sponsorship of the church
The renaissance was a fervent period of ….
European cultural , economic, artistic and political “rebirth”
the renaissance followed the _______ ______ and promoted the rediscovery of …
Middle ages
Philosophy, poetry and art
who was one of the first to significantly solidify the sonnet structure
Petraraca (anglicised and Petrarch)
Petrarch’s idea of _______ love influences _______ but _________ is typically more cynical and dark in his poems Sonnet ____ being the exception
Courtly love , Shakespeare , 116
Petrarch was one of the first ______
Humanists
During what century did Metaphysical poets write
The 17th century
Give an example of a metaphysical poet who transgresses the conventional Petrarchan attitudes to love in his poetry
John Donne
name a poem by John Donne
The flea - where he used a witty tone to not only typify the metaphysical style but also question the meaning of love & sex
Metaphysical poets focus on the ______ rather than the ______ quality of the verse
Spoken
Lyrical
Divergent to Shakespeare + other romantic poets
Romanticism was an _____ century movement in the arts and literature
18th
Romanticism emphasised….
The beauty & superiority of nature , the importance of children’s imagination
give examples of romantic poets
Samuel Taylor Coleridge William Blake William Wordsworth Lord Byron George Gordon Shelley John Keats
Romantic poets valued the influence of ______ and ______ emotion over ______
Senses , personal
Rationalism
give three examples of renaissance geniuses
Leonardo da Vinci
Shakespeare
Machiavelli
the industrial revolution was ….
The introduction of factories and fast manufacturing into British society , it was a time of heavy pollution
when was the Essay on the principle of equality written and who wrote it
1798 , Malthus
The New Poor Law was introduced in ?
1834
the metaphysical poetic movement lasted from ____ to ____
1500 - 1689
The romantic period lasted from ____ to _____
1789 to 1837
the industrial revolution lasted from _____ to _____
1760 to 1840
After 1837 the ____ Romantic period began and lasted until _____
Gothic
1901
