university wits

UNIVERSITY WITS

Name : Virani Nilam v. Role No.:18

Sem. : 3 Paper :E-C-101 Renaissance Literature

Submitted to: S.B.Gardi Department of English , S.M.K. Bhavnagar University

Elizabethan Group Historian invent Attending Oxford or Cambridge Pioneer of English drama Rival of Shakespeare Educated Renaissance writer

Characteristic of the university wits

Who were university Wits?

Christopher Marlowe

Robert Greene

John Lyly

Thomas Nashe

George Peele

Christopher Marlowe:

An English dramatist, poet and Translator of the Elizabethan era.

The foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day

Greatly influenced William Shakespeare.

His plays are known for the use of blank verse and their overreaching Protagonist

His contribution in Drama

first play Tamburlaine the Great (1590)

The Jew of Malta

Edword the Second

The Massacre at Perris

The Tragically History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus

Robert Greene

First professional English author

Attended Cambridge and Oxford university

Writer of any genres including autobiography play and romance

His contribution in Drama

Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay

The History of Orlando Furioso

A Looking Glass for London and England

The Scottish History of James the Fourth

The comical History of Aphonsus, king of Argon

George Peele

A successful player and playwright

Left behind a pastoral, a romantic tragedy, a chronicle history, a mystery play and romantic literary satire.

He has noted for his poetic style and decorative phrases

He made no original contribution to drama like Lyly or Marlowe.

His contribution in Drama

The Famous Chronicle of King Edward the First

The arraignment of Paris

The old wives’ Tale

The Love of King David and Bathsheba

John Lyly

Attended oxford and Cambridge

Having adopted prose as medium for his expression

His comedies, mythological playa and allegorical play are extremely witty in character

His contribution in Drama

Women in the moon

Endymion Alexander and Campaspe

Midas

Thomas Nashe

Attended Cambridge

Important Part of group

His contribution in Drama:

Christes Teares over Jerusalem

The Terrors of the Night

Unfortunate Traveller

Summer last Will

Thomas Nashe

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