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LECTURE 7
LITERATURE OF THE AGE OF RENAISSANCE
1.
Historical plays. The problem of historical events and resources of the plots of Shakespeare.
2.
Shakespearean comedies. Reflection of lifestyle and life-giving peculiarities in the comedies.
Pun
a play on words wherein a word is used to convey two meanings at the same time.
Allusion
a reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work.
Allegory
a story illustrating an idea or a moral principle in which objects take on symbolic meanings.
Genre
a literary type or form. Drama is a genre of literature. Within drama, genre include tragedy,
comedy and other forms.
Tetralogy
a work consisting of four parts, each of which may be considered independently of the others
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