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What type of literature was created during Renaissance era ?

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Before Renaissance in Europe, the creation of literature in East Europe was in Latin and Greek languages. Regional and native languages had less importance. By the innovation in 1455 AD of Johnannes Gutenberg in Germany of Priming Press, the native langauges were used in creating literature. The French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, English, Dutch, Swedish and other, regional languaghes developed. 

The literature of Renaissance era had the following specialities.

1. The main theme of literature was church. 

2. In place of religious themes the importance was given to human life and activities. 

3. Literature first criticized then developed humanitaranism and individualism.

The Litterateurs in the Renaissance period by their creativity criticised the existing wrong doing, feudel exploitation and economic decline. 

During Renaissance period the following books were created.

  • Divine Comedy : This book is the creativity of Dante, a native of Florence, in which Christian stories and religious holy books are discussed. 
  • The Monarchy : This book is another treatise by Dante. It is about Italy’s unification under the leadership of Holy Roman Empire. 
  • Bitano : This is another creativity of Dante. It is a collection in the form of long songs. 
  • Decomeron : This is the best creation of humanitarianism’s founding father Petrarch’s disciple Bokesiyo. This is a collection of hundred stories. His second creation is Genealogy of God. 
  • ataguvale and Gargentua : From the thinking perspective, these texts created by Rabies are quite important. 
  • Canterbury Tales : This is the work of father of English Poetry, Geoffrey Chaucer in which Saxon language’s artistic use is there. In Chaucer’s creation, there is description of worldly things, the drawbacks or infirmities of human and his behaviour. 
  • Utopia : In the work of Thomas Moore, the imagination of moralistic societies is done in which societial wrongs and weak economic structure is shown. 
  • In the Praise of Folly : In this book by Erasmas of Holland, the humour is shown about Feudal life in Medieval age. 
  • Defender of Peace : In the sphere of political thinking, the work of France’s Marcigilyo criticizes the political interference in an individual’s life. 
  • The Prince : Machiavelli wrote this book apart from thinking and religion. In this book the religious principles are covered or called upon to be executed.

Other than these books, great poet and narrator of story and dramatist, William Shakespeare has presented the conflict in stories or dramas i. e., Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth between Feudal and Medieval society. Edmond Spencer’s Fairy Questionueen; Christopher Marlow’s Creativity, ‘Taimur Lung’, ‘Great’, ‘Award’, ‘The Zoo of Malta’ and in Dr. Foster nationalism and materialism get reflected.

In this way, Renaissance period was the period of literary creativity by which Europe’s literature became the source of inspiration for human development.

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