the Reinassance in England
MAN AT THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD
man changed his ideas about the world
the other
universe
power and society
man
natural and the supernatural
otherness
philosophy
science
arts
religion
philosophy: deduction and anxiomatics truths
science: new discoveries;shift from system the Ptolemaic to the Heliocentric view
art: artists get inspiration to the Classic style
Religion: passage from Roman Church,followed by the Reformation
Rebirth from dark age
England lived a period of political stability, economical prosperity, geographical and technical discoveries.
Colombus and Cabral: discovered Americas
Printing press : William Caxton
Thomas More
English humanist
Utopia
Themes
Drama
take inspiration to :
medieval genres
classic models
Tragedy
imitation of a serious action
without narration
with people acting directly
Elizabethan features
follows the Seneca's model
revenge theme
bloody scenes
use of ghosts
five acts
Elizabethan tragedies have a number of codified features
conventional costumes/acting/structure/places
Jacobean Tragedies
the Puritan rule theatres are closed
considered sources of vice
with Monarchy theatres are opened
new audience
appreciate:Refiniment/Frivolous subjects
women on stage
comedies in prose
become very popular under the influence of the French playwright
1485-1558 :The beginning of the Reinassance.
1588-1603: the flowrishing of the Reinassance
1603-1625: the decline of the Reinassance
1485-1558:tudor Dinasty
1558-1603:Elisabethan era
1603-1625:Jacobean age
LEONARDO DA VINCI
radical change
dream
happiness:reigns
sorrow : banished
Microcosm and Macrocosm
the first living in HARMONY with the Macrocosm
Humankind
element in the chain who keep
BALANCE
Individualism:
humankind's position in the universe changes
Ideal
there are two parts
struggle to imitate the ideal models
humankind turns back to reality
it mixes: popular intertainment and refined culture
Masque : refined entertainment
Interlude : dramatic intertainment used to relieve tension
as to achieve
CATHARSIS: purification from emotions
Structure
five acts divided into a numbers of scenes developing with
introduction
development
crisis
decline
catastrophe or death of hero
features
person from privileged social position
high moral qualities
accepts the consequences with courage
previous happy condition makes his fall and final suffering all the greater
the English autors move away from the classic traditions
mix tragic and comin elements
do not follow the three unities
Themes
of tragedie revolve around ORDER and DISORDER
personal disorder: MADNESS
social disorder: ASSASSINATION