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.