Buchara state university m. Bakoeva, E. Muratova, M. Ochilova english literature

Q uestions and Tasks
1. Who were the foremost poets o f the later period of the 
English Renaissance?
2. What works by Sir Philip Sidney do you know and what
. are they about?
3. Why is Edmund Spenser called “the prince of poets “?
4. Do you know why Christopher Marlowe died so young?

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5. What kind of heroes Christopher Marlowe portrayed in 
his tragedies?
6. Speak about “Сафе diem poetry”.
7. Recite any Carpe diem poem you know by heart and define 
its idea.
8. Who is the author of the best English satirical comedies?
9. What contribution did Ben Jonson make to English literature?
10. What English writers can be listed as the followers o f Ben 
Jonson?
William Shakespeare 
(1564 - 1616)
A poet and playwright William Shakespeare is the favorite 
author of millions of readers all over the world. No other writer’s 
plays have been produced so often and read so widely in so many 
different countries. He had a greater influence on the world 
literature than any other author.
William Shakespeare was bom in 1564, on April 23 in Stratford- 
on-Avon, in England. His father, John Shakespeare, was a 
prosperous glove maker of Stratford who, after holding miner 
municipal offices, was elected high bailiff (the equivalent of mayor)

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of Stratford. Shakespeare’s mother. Mary Arden, came from a 
family oflandowners.
In his childhood Shakespeare attended the Stratford Grammar 
School.
Shakespeare’s contemporaries first admired him for his long 
narrative poems “Venus and Adonis” (1593) and “The Rape of 
Lucrece” (1594).
In 1599 the best-known of Elizabethan theatres, the Globe, 
was buili and Shakespeare became a leading shareholder and the 
principal playwright to the theatre company. He was also an actor, 
but not a first-rate one: the parts he played were the old servant 
Adam in “As You like It” and the Ghost in “Hamlet”.
In 1613, after the Globe had been destroyed by fire during a 
performance of “Henry VIII” he retired and stopped writing. By 
then he was very ill. He died on April 23, 1616 and was buried in 
the Holy Trinity church in Stratford where he was christened.
Although some o f Shakespeare’s plays were published during 
his life-time, noi until his death was any attempt made to collect 
them in a single volume. The first edition of Shakespeare’s 
collected plays appeared in 1623.
Shakespeare’s works are truly immortal, and will retain their 
immortality as long as the human race exists. He is a true classic; 
every new generation finds something new and unperceived in 
his works. His popularity all over the world grows from year to 
year. More than four hundred years after his birth the plays of 
Shakespeare are performed even more often than they were during 
his lifetlne. They are performed on the stage, in the movies, and 
on television. They are read by millions of people all over the 
world.