ENGL 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ancient Greek Philosophy, List Of Muppets, Dialectic

• School: McGill University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 315
• Professor: Anna Lewton- Brain

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Time period : early modern period (1450-1789) Pillars of early modern change : i) technology printing press ( shifts in: ) ii) the renaissance humanist revolution iii) empire and economy iv) the reformation conversion becomes central. 1st time that ppl could make decision for themselves (faith wise) Venus and adonis (dramatic and lyrical poetry) The rape of lucrece (dramatic and lyrical poetry) The fall of the byzantium empire led to greek scholars emigrating to italy to escape the tensions of the ottoman. 2) dialectic (or logic) multiple points of view. 3) rhetoric (and poetry) where you learn latin. Shakespeare : was the son of a glover. Did attend public school (a very good one) Middle-class system and worked his way up.