1. MEN IN THE LITERARY TEXTS

2. VS MEDIOEVAL MAN RENAISSANCE MAN

3. THE MEDIOEVAL MAN  HeroHero  Knight / WarriorKnight / Warrior  LordLord

4. HERO Courage Self Sacrifice Greater Good

5. COURAGE “ There is no one else like him alive” ( Beowulf, line 4) Beowulf, the nephew of king Hygelac, hears of Grendel’s tyranny and sails to Denmark to kill the monster, to help Hrothgar.

6.  Long epic poem  Composed during the 7 th century  Deeds and legends of Germanic tribes  Anglo-saxon language  Published in 2000 by Seamus Heaney

7. He killed the dragon but was mortally wounded himself and died. With his death he renstablished peace in Rothgar’s reign. SELF SACRIFICE

8. GREATER GOOD “He was the mightes man on Earth, high born and powerful.” (Beowulf, lines 4-5) MORAL QUALITIES: Generosity Loyalty Bravery Fidelity

9. KNIGHT / WARRIOR MORAL QUALITIES:  Courage  Justice  Mercy  Generosity  Faith  Nobility  Hope  Religious belief

10. LORD It denotes a prince or a feudal superior Everyone depended on him “What d’ye leave to your sister, Lord Randal, my son?” “What d’ye leave to your mother, Lord Randal, my son?” “What d’ye leave to your brother, Lord Randal, my son?” (Lord Randal, lines25-29-33)

11. THE RENAISSANCE MAN With the new discovery of Classics, men in the Renaissance were scholars. Poets wrote about their love for ladyes (considered like angels). A great poet in the Renaissance was SHAKESPEARE. SHAKESPEARE

12. The rival The dark lady The young man Poets wrote poems to give homage to their patronhomage

13. HOMAGE Scholars To give patron more power More prestigious Money Best court

14. SYNTHESIS MEDIOEVAL MAN Knight, Warrior, Lord Sense of sacrifice Sense of sacrifice Good moral qualities Good moral qualities Religion belief Religion belief To reach God To reach God RENAISSANCE MAN Scholar, poet Scholar, poet Classics Classics Court, courtly love Court, courtly love Power to a patron Power to a patron Man in the centre of everything

15. LAVORO SVOLTO DA CAMUFFO FRANCESCA e RIVETTI GIULIA