Renaissance Period

   The last lesson we talked about Renaissance , what happen in this period , famous writers and works of this period.

   
   Renaissance means rebirth. This meaning was really reasonable for Europe because they lived a term like middle age and this term was regression for them. After middle age , they rebirth and they went into Renaissance . Some important event were lived in this period like printing press , discovery of America etc. They deeply effected Renaissance movement. Especially , printing press was milestone of Renaissance  and Europe. With the help of printing press , cost of the books declined. This means that everybody can buy and read a book , and  everybody  can learn every knowledge by themselves. When we compare this with the middle age, in this term everybody cannot buy a book , they even do not  know how to read and write.  The Church was dominate. So the people were uneducated . But in Renaissance Period , almost everything changed. The people  started to have knowledge , the Church lost value . Humanism gained important.

    Literature developed in Europe at the same time Humanism gained importance. Man became center of  world , They thought that everything on the earth was for man . Themes of literary work were man. In this period , with the help of printing press literary works became common. In addition to this some dramas were written . However they were written to play not to read , the reason of this most of the people were un educated and dramas became one of the most effective way. In this term , there was a lot of important writer  like Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe , Sir Thomas More etc.

 One of the most important writer of this term is Shakespeare. He created magnificent pieces He is important author both in this period ( Renaissance) and today . Themes of his works were comedy , supernatural events, love … He wrote important literary works like Romeo and Juliet,  Hamlet , Macbeth . Some people think Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe was the same people because they lived in the same period  in the same country, and their writing styles were almost the same . But  their life styles , families were different . They can be same person or not .

   To sum up Renaissance was illumination for Europe . They developed themselves so much especially in the part of literature.