Unit 4: The Renaissance
The Renaissance
- Texts
- Brit Lit - Historical Eras (Google Classroom or "GC")
- Nails
- What was the Renaissance and how and why was it birthed?
- Who were the major figures of the Renaissance (in Italy and England)
- What were some of historical events that brought about England's golden age?
The Sonnet
- Texts
- See "Handouts: The Sonnet" (Google Classroom)
- Poetic Feet
- Nails
- What is classic Shakespearean (English) Sonnet structure and how does it differ from Petrarchan (Italian)?
- Lit Terms
- Sonnet (what is its etymology?)
- Petrarchan (Italian) Sonnet
- Shakespearean (English) Sonnet
- quatrain
- octave
- heroic couplet
- volta (the "turn")
- iambic pentameter
Tragedy, Shakespeare, and Hamlet
- Texts
- Nails
- How does Greek tragedy differ from Elizabethan (Shakespearean?)
- Who are the principal characters in Hamlet, and what are their relationships with each other?
- What makes a drama a tragedy and a protagonist a tragic hero?
- How does Shakespeare use characters and scenes to mirror each other and develop particular themes?
- How does Shakespeare use Biblical types and allusions to enlarge the meaning of Hamlet?
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