Lodovico Ariosto Lodovico Ariosto is one of the great humanists of the Renaissance. He was poet from Italy who had a large impact on the Renaissance. Ariosto was born September 8‚ 1474 in Reggio Emilia Italy. He grew up in a neighboring city Ferrar and had a good education. His first teacher was Luca Ripa‚ who was a humanist and he taught Ariosto grammar and rhetoric. Ariosto’s father forced him to study law and he didn’t like it all‚ but his education came to an end when his father died in 1500
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collecting that he initiated) and his friend and contemporary Boccaccio (author of the Decameron). Famous vernacular poets of the 15th century include the renaissance epic authors Luigi Pulci (Morgante)‚ Matteo Maria Boiardo (Orlando Innamorato)‚ and Ludovico Ariosto (Orlando Furioso). 15th century writers such as the poet Poliziano and the Platonist philosopher Marsilio Ficino made extensive translations from both Latin and Greek. In the early 16th century‚ Castiglione (The Book of the Courtier) laid
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12 Literary piece that have Influenced the World 1. The Bible or the Sacred writings: This has become the basis of Christianity originating from Palestine and Greece 2. Koran: The Muslim bible originating from Arabia 3. The Iliad and the Odyssey: These have been the source of Myths and Legends of Greece. They were written by Homer. 4. The Mahabharata: The Longest epic of the world. It contains the history of religion in India. 5. Canterburry: it depicts the religion and customs of
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The story written by William Shakespeare was believed to be formed from others works “Shakespeare used as his main source for the Claudio-Hero plot a story from Matteo Bandello’s Novelle (1554–73); he also may have consulted Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando furioso and Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie
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What was the representation of women back in the Italian Renaissance era? It is preposterous as to how little to no freedom a woman was given compared to now. Women in this era were looked at as inferior to males and had many restricted rights. Their role in society back then was mainly to be in charge of taking care of the house‚ and bearing a lot of children. The term renaissance means “rebirth”‚ it has been questioned by the historian Joan Kelly as to whether women even had a renaissance like
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characters’ reactions to these observations; "noting" seems to be the thematic glue that binds the various plot elements together. When he wrote the play in 1598‚ Shakespeare assembled the Hero-Claudio plot line from bits and pieces of Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso (Canto V) and Spenser’s The Faerie Queene (Book II)‚ and added details about Claudio and Don Pedro from Bandello’s La Prima Parte de la Novelle (Novella 22). For the characters of Beatrice and Benedick‚
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Exam Name: UGC- NET / JRF Examination Subject: General Awareness or GK (Second Paper) 1. Which novel has a nameless narrator? (a) Moby Dick (b) Anna Karenina (c) Invisible Man (d) The Grapes of Wrath 2. Samuel Beckett wrote - (a) Volpone (b) Mother Courage and Her Children (c) A Doll’s House (d) Endgame 3. Which one of the following author-book pairs is correctly matched? (a) Elfride Jelinek - The Pianist (b) J.M. Coetzee- Shame (c) Saul Bellow - Herzog (d) Salman Rushdie - Disgrace
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DOCUMENT RESUME CS 201 686 ED 098 597 AUTHOR TITLE INSTITUTION Fleming‚ Margaret‚ Ed. Teaching the Epic. National Council of Teachers of English‚ Urbana‚ PUB DATE NOTE AVAILABLE FROM 74 120p. EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS MF-$0.75 HC-$5.40 PLUS POSTAGE American Literature; Bibliographies; Classical Literature; English Instruction; *Epics; German Literature; Greek Literature; High Schools; Legends; *Literary Analysis; Literature; *Literature Appreciation; Medieval Literature;
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World Literature Through the Renaissance Dr. John Harris Office: BUS 207a ENGL 2362.001 & 002 h: 903-566-4985 Spring 2013 w: 903-565-5701 email: jharris@uttyler.edu Office Hours: MWF: 9-11‚ TTh: 9-9:30 (and by appointment) Required Texts/Materials The Macintosh iPad (II) or other means (e.g.‚ a laptop) of downloading text. All readings are in one large PDF
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In mythology Greek Thor and Loki in drag * In punishment for his murder of Iphitus‚ Heracles/Hercules was given to Omphale as a slave. Many variants of this story say that she not only compelled him to do women’s work‚ but compelled him to dress as a woman while her slave. * Achilles was dressed in women’s clothing by his mother Thetis at the court of Lycomedes‚ to hide him from Odysseus who wanted him to join the Trojan War. * Athena often goes to the aid of people in the guise of
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