The Civil War Period

England, one of the dream countries in the world, actually seen worse days. Actually, maybe worse days for the the people who run the country. There were wars, conflicts,dictators, even execution of the king himself when people had their own ambitions. Actually why i like literature this much because it has very different way of connecting our today lives with history. When i'm in the class i can review both the literature and history at the same time. While we were reviewing the civil war period, what made me curious about this period actually was a person named Oliver Cromwell. After being invited by his fellow leaders to rule the country as Lord Protector and did it using the way of a dictatorship, his corpse hung up in chains and beheaded. This was really a strange thing for me.
To sum up the history has a really strong connections with literature and it makes me really happy that we can learn both in our literature classes.

Metaphysical Poetry

Metaphysical poems are related to metaphysical with or intelligence that when someone connects something  with any theory or subject. Sincerely, when we were talking about metaphysical poems  in our literature class, i thought that the subject was very interesting and very unique. With every subject that we talk in our class, literature never ceases to amaze me for sure. Even though poems that we were talking were all related to metaphysical poetry, they were all different from each other. At the first subject of metaphysical poetry  The Flea by John Donne was our first poem. It was about a flea that were connecting two lover one another by their blood, even it was one sided love. Furthermore the flea was told to be the lovers marriage temple by the poet. For the second subject of metaphysical poetry Holy Sonnets by John Donne was our second poem. This poem was about death, but not like most of us the poet John Donne was not afraid of death  even he personificated death. He thought that death was not something that we should be afraid of, even he said if we die and get rotten without our bones or flesh we can be more free. Our last subject of metaphysical poetry was Easter Wings by George Herbert. This poem was kind of the most interesting one with its appearance and its content. The shape of the poem was very similar to wings as its obvious by its name. Apart from its shape the poem was very unique by its content as well. In the poet, George Herbert talked about how we were pure when we first born and how we become contaminated by life.Whenever the poet feels weak he shortened the sentences and whenever he feels strong he extended his sentences. 

To sum up, our class was very enjoyable with these poems and metaphysical differences located in these poems. With every word i read  in literature, i'm beginning to believe that literature is so enjoyable and so deep that i can never get tired of reading it. Im looking forward to see our next topic.

William Shakespeare

With his 29 all time best plays,154 sonnets and two long poems William Shakespeare can be named as the father of the English Literature itself. I personally started to hear about Shakespeare when i was in high school but never had to chance to know him this close. When i get to know more about him i learn that his contributions to the English literature is remarkable and absolutely unmatched. Shakespeare is called the greatest author in the English language. Even Shakespeare was writing to make a living and he did not aim to impress someone he brought new definitions to words so Shakespeare's writings greatly influenced the English language. At this point i think he not only made things to be searched for literature experts but also for linguists. With his introduction of new vocabulary and phrases Williams Shakespeare enriched the English language and made it more colorful,lively and expressive.

Phrases like made up by Shakespeare are still in use when we think about our conversations today. Even i personally never heard of them here some phrases like "seen better days, strange bedfellows, a sorry sight,"and "full circle". I could not attend the class when our topic was William Shakespeare but I am sure that class must have been very lively,colorful and expressive  as Shakespeare's outstanding writings.

Dr.Faustus

There has always been conflict between good and evil and Dr. Faustus shows us that 'conflict' in an amazing way.“Now, Faustus, must thou needs be damned; Canst thou not be saved!” (Doctor Faustus II. i. 1-2) In the play Faustus usually torn between turning towards god and repent or selling his soul for earthly pleasures. This play greatly illustrates how people can act so limitless to get more wealth or more power than they use to have.While i was googling for Dr.Faustus i came across that there is some discussions about this play. The explorers of Christopher Marlowe's masterpiece discussed which categories this play mostly fits. When i come to think of that i memorized the time when we watched Dr.Faustus in our literature class. It really includes categories such as tragedy,comedy and even religious conflicts. All of our class was sometimes amazed,believed,confused and even mostly entertained.Actually even it was a little old movie, if it wasnt for the Dr. Faustus I don't think i would ever know that english literature has a great play like that. To sum up i'm looking forward to seeing some amazing plays like Christopher Marlowe's in our literature class.

Renaissance

We all started to learn about Renaissance even when we were going to primary school.But i personally started to be more interested in this great 'Reborn' when i learn the thing that it made literature available for everyone.I also came across this act even in the games that i played but i was unaware until we review it in our literature class.With Renaissance most things changed in Europe.Renaissance came with the printing press,made everyone read books like higher classes.Furthermore,human became more important,as a result of this humanists came forward for the rights of the common people.Their intent was reform the catholic church but instead it divided the church and introduced the protestantism. A growing sense of nationalism led many to question the authority of church. Like Renaissance changed many things on peoples beliefs and their social lives it also changed the literature. Drama became more popular and many great writers such as Christopher Marlowe and Shakespeare wrote many plays.

The Canterbury Tales

Formally, The Canterbury Tales is collection of stories written in 14th century by Geoffrey Chaucer. The tales are about pilgrims who had storytelling contest while they were travelling to Canterbury Cathedral for pilgrimage. In my opinion, The Canterbury Tales is a very enjoyable book that i enjoyed very much when i read it. Sincerely,  the stories were very unique and very informative about that era's literature,beliefs and social life. Each of the story had symbols that shows the good and evil, which part is true which part false. Additionally, all of the situations was connected with real life and beliefs,literature even with poverty and wealth. People were described according to their personalities, as to show people the good ones and evil ones are everywhere in our lives. All in all, The Canterbury Tales are very special for who are interested in English, English Literature or even the ones who searches for a worthy book to read. To sum up, the stories made me more interested about english literature and i strongly recommend this book.

Beowulf

The first time i heard about Beowulf i was in high school. I watched the movie but i was completely unaware that it has a connection to English literature. Even it was a bit different from the original story that we watched in our class at school, the movie was very impressive. The story is very unique and very exciting, places  and events are different from our world that we live in. When i realize that it was the old English heroic epic poem  in English Literature, i was very surprised and even more amazed about literature. Additionally,  in our class our teacher told us that JRR Tolkien impressed his book Hobbit from Beowulf  it made me think how literature can extend our imagination and made me want to know more about English Literature and books. Now i'm very excited and looking forward to see our next topic in our Literature class.