The Elizabethan Period General Characteristics Dr.Nazik Alnour Department of English Language Haql Tabuk University-2019 Setting Elizabethan poetry, (also known as the Renaissance Poetry), as the name suggests, comprises the poetry written
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The Elizabethan Period General Characteristics
Dr.Nazik Alnour
Department of English Language
Haql
Tabuk University-2019<br>
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Setting Elizabethan poetry, (also known as the Renaissance Poetry), as the name suggests, comprises the poetry written during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
The Elizabethan age dates back to the period from1558 to 1603.
It is called the Golden Age in the history of English Literature.
Poetry had a great progression in terms of form and theme.<br>
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Queen Elizabeth 1(1558-1306)<br>
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Source & Characteristics Source:
This new approach to things found its genesis in the Italian Renaissance and was also much influenced by the development of intellectual thought in France , Spain and other European nations.
Characteristics:
1- vigorous intellectual thinking.
2- an age of adventure and discovery.
3- a time in which new ideas and new experiences were sought after.
4- revolutionized many aspects of English life, most significantly literature.
5-It was a time of discovery, when sailors journeyed far and wide and were
introduced to many new cultures and civilizations.
6-All this impacted on the way people thought. The world, as it were, had been 'opened up' to them.<br>
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Impact on Literature These influences had a marked effect on English literature and many new styles of writing were introduced.
New Styles:
1.The Era of Sonnets(Poetry)
Sonnet is an icon for the Elizabethan poetry as the majority of writers adopted and adapted this newly borrowed style of poetry.
This was the period in which the sonnet was popularized after its introduction by Thomas Wyatt early in the 16th century.
Wyatt had brought to attention the beauty and artfulness of the Petrarchan sonnet(Italian).
Shakespeare made significant changes to the Italian model and introduced his own style, now known as the English (or Shakespearean) sonnet. (168 sonnets).<br>
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What is a Sonnet? A sonnet is a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, and it is originated in Italy.
Italian Sonnet:
Italian sonnet, more commonly known as Petrarchan sonnet, was originally invented by an Italian poet named Petrarch. The Petrarchan sonnet is divided into two parts (stanzas), octave and sestet.
Shakespearean Sonnet:
falls into three quatrains and a couplet but has a different rhyme scheme abab, cdcd, efef, and gg<br>
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Lyric, descriptive and narrative poetry also came into popular usage.
2-The Era of Tragicomedy (Drama)
A new genre in English theatre, the tragicomedy, became very popular.
Drama, under Elizabeth's reign, became a unifying influence, how?
drawing people of different social classes together, since watching a play became a common experience and was not exclusively restricted to the gentry or upper class. Commoners and royalty could enjoy the same performance in each other's company, albeit in separate seating arrangements.<br>
10- Aggrandizement of love
11- Amalgamation of classical myth (Greek… etc and English tales of elves and fairies).
12- Political life
13- War and conflict
14-Nature of life
15- The duality of man<br>
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Elizabethan Poetry Style Blank verse was the meter of choice for adding more drama to the text. It freed the poets from the clutches of making everything rhyme.
It was used profusely in drama as well by the likes of Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe and survived far beyond the Elizabethan era with the works like John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” and William Wordsworth’s “Prelude.”
The language was rich with grand narratives and heroic tales.
The writing was evocative, palliative and flowery.
Clever wordplay, alliteration and metaphors were commonly deployed.
There was also a conscious appropriation of the past with the use of archaisms, old syntax, and obscure spellings. This created a sense of old glory and classicalism.
https://englishsummary.com/elizabethan-poetry-characteristics/<br>
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Eminent Elizabethan Poets Sir Thomas Wyatt
Sir Philip Sidney
Edmund Spenser<br>
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Assignment No 1 In your own words, write a paragraph on the Elizabethan Poetry?
Due date:Thursday:17-1-2019
