Theme 4: Renaissance. Renaissance in English literature Plan

Answer the following questions:

1. Characterize the period of Renaissance on the whole.

2. What English writers and poets lived and created their works during the Renaissance?

3. Who introduced the essay form into English literature?

4. What studies serve for to Bacon’s Mind? Explain his concept.

5. What literary forms did the representatives of the Renaissance in England prefer, poetry or prose?

6. What kind of a poem is a sonnet?

7. Who were masters of sonnet writing in English literature?

8. Characterize narrative poetry.