it includes introduction of elizabethan era with its background and prominent feactures. literature of this era and unversity wits are dominant fectures and most dominated genre is drama. globe theatre is also prominent

1. Elizabethan Era
Group 1
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2. Introduction
Elizabethan Age(1558-1608)
Monarch of Queen Elizabeth I
Golden age in English history
Queen Elizabeth (1558 to 1603)
Production of great poetry & drama
Age of Shakespeare

3. Features
 Age of Humanism
 Nationalism
 An age of material advancement
 Experimentation
 New discoveries
 Printing & Education
 Revival of interest in Greek & Latin literature
 Literary creativity

4. Background
 Elizabethan age is the period btw Gothic
and Renaissance.
 It was an age of many developments.
 Queen Elizabeth l was England best
monarch.
 Many battles for power across Europe
occurred.
 The era was relatively peaceful.
 Battles btw monarchy and parliament had
also ceased.
 England at that time was great place to
live.
 Also called Renaissance of new idea and
thinking.
 Music and English poetry were coming out.
 Literature appreciated both by lower and
upper class.
 At end Elizabethan age also ran into some
problems.
 Spain persisted to start a war with England
btw 1585 and 1604.
 War called The Anglo-Spanish war .
 England economy drained.
 Elizabethan settled the compromise btw
Catholicism and extreme Protestants.
 Queen got ill from smallpox.
 Queen died in
 After queen death Treaty of London was
signed in favor of Spain.

5. Elizabethan Literature
Elizabethan literature refers reign of Queen Elizabeth I
One of the most splendid ages of English literature
Dominant literary form-Drama
Most important Elizabethan prose writers were John Lyly and Thomas
Nashe
Flowering of poetry
• the sonnet
• the Spenserian stanza
• dramatic blank verse
Major literary style lyric poetry
The Authorized Version of the Bible-Translation-Kings James’ Bible
Ben Johnson- Father of English literary criticism

6. University Wits
 Late 16th century
 Educated at the universities (Oxford or Cambridge)
 Prominent members
– Christopher Marlowe
– Robert Greene
– John Lyly
– George Peele
 Significant contribution to Elizabethan literature in various genres

7. Elizabethan Drama
 Drama was the most important literary form in Elizabethan era.
 3 forms of drama
1. The Tragedy
2. History Plays
3. Comedy
Playhouses
Dramas were performed at that time in the playhouses which were of three types:
1. Public Playhouses: for the common people
2. Private Playhouses: for the wealthier people
3. Famous Theatre: Globe Theatre

8. Globe Theatre
Built in 1599 by Cuthbert Burbage.
Shakespeare performed most of his plays there.
Capacity was between 2000-3000 spectators.
It was an open air theatre.
In 1642 the theatre was completely destroyed by fire.

9. Elizabethan Drama themes
1. Anti-Semitism:
Anti-Semitism is hostility and discrimination against Jews.
Christopher Marlowe’s “The Jew of Malta”
William Shakespeare's “The Merchant of Venice”
2. Revenge Tragedy:
The motive revenge became the main counter-motive in dramas,
especially tragedy e.g. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet
3. Super-natural Elements:
Society at that time was highly superstitious with people believing in
super-natural forces.

10. Conclusion
Intellectual thinking
Age of adventure and discovery
Time of;
Peace
prosperity
progress
Flowering of poetry
More wealthy nation
Nest of singing bird