英国文艺复兴详细介绍.ppt

The English Renaissance 文艺复兴时期英国文学 陈静chenjing@buaa.edu.cn  The term Renaissance, literally means rebirthand is the period in European civilization immediately following the Middle Ages, conventionally held to have been characterized by a surge of interest in classical learning and values.  The renaissance was a time of rebirth Europeans experienced a reawakening of interest in the classics--government literature, art, and thought. It was a time of experimentation. It was a time of religious upheaval. And it was a time of war  The Italian Renaissance had placed human beings once more in the center of lifes stage and infused thought and art with humanistic values. In time the stimulating ideas current in Italy spread to other areas and combined with indigenous developments to produce a French Renaissance, an English Renaissance, and so on  Discovery of the world the discovery and exploration of new continents First Yoyage Third Voyage Second yoyac Fourth Voyage