Renaissance Unit English IV
Objectives and Skills CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.2 Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL12.7 Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g., recorded or live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry), evaluating how each version interprets the source text. (Include at least one play by Shakespeare and one play by an American dramatist.) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W12.2 Write informative /explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. Tone Symbolism Point of View Imagery Theme
Historical Background 1485-1660 Renaissance means “re-birth” – renewed interest in classical learning (writings of Ancient Greece and Rome) Humanism – Intellectual movement – looked to harmonize Classics and Christianity philosophically “What is a human being?” Attaining virtue was most important
More Historical background Gutenburg press created 1476 – Printing Press came to England Church Reformation 1530s England broke from Roman Catholic Church – development of Prostestantism Church of England established
Renaissance Poetry characteristics Made new poems using themes & forms of old poems from the Classics – Carpe Diem, e.g. Aristocratic tone – unconcerned with the working people Wrote pastoral poems Drew on personal experiences, but relied on traditional poetic forms Poems full of puns and extended metaphors
Renaissance Drama Era of Shakespeare Miracle and Mystery Plays based on Bible Morality Plays taught morals