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Lecture 2 The Elizabethan Age (I) the revival of interest in learning — the culture of Greece and Rome the rebirth of interest in the individual — a new appreciation of beauty, a desire for self-expression and the creation of art the renewal of curiosity about the nature — to discover new lands and new scientific truths essence — humanism Religious Reformation and Bourgeois Revolution. 1.2.2 Humanism Broadly, exalt the human element or stress the importance of human interests In a more specific sense, promote human culture most effectively, deal with the life, thought, language, and literature of ancient Greece and Rome Man should mould the world according to his own desires, and attain happiness by removing all external checks by the exercises of the human intellect 1.2.3 Main traits of the Renaissance literature It emphasizes the dignity of man, affirms and eulogizes the value of man. It advocates the full expression of individualism and the fulfillment of one’s abilities, against the despotic rule of feudalism. It affirms the delight of earthly achievement, as well as man’s desire for happiness and pleasure. 2 The Elizabethan Age (1558-1625) Reflection Questions and Assignments 1 Read Francis Bacon’s essay Of Marriage and Single Life in the textbook Selected Readings, and think about the questions in the book. 2 Pre-read Shakespeare in the textbook A Survey of English Literature and Hamlet (Act 3, Scene 1, Lines 55-86) in the textbook Selected Readings, thinking about the questions in the book. * English Literature Teaching Objectives and Requirements 1 Help the students know some information about the Pre-Elizabethan period, especially the Renaissance. 2 Help the students know some information about the geniuses in literature in the Elizabethan Age, especially Francis Bacon, the genius in prose. A natural corollary of the popular disaffection with the growing corrupt practices of the Catholic Church and the lo