Basic differences in perception of man nature and time in Medieval and Renaissance literature
Basic differences in perception of man, nature and time in Medieval and Renaissance literature Time of Medieval literature started with the fall of the Roman empire in 5th century A.D. People were on the highest level of barbarism, man got all what he could, he did not have goals anymore. This was time of constant wars and instability. But world could not stop develop and in the result three parallel styles in literature started to develop at the same time: 1) literature of pagan traditions what mostly includes folklore of peasants. They could not write and read in Latin and Greek jet, so traditions went through the centuries orally and in their used language; 2) official church and state literature. Christianity was made as a sort of superstructure and almost everything were depended on it, also literature did; 3) feudal or knights' literature. It was written by knights and described their way of life. The time of Renaissance started to develop in 13th century. It was time when man got across to the culture of new time. Man became antifeudal in basis of his mind. He became social, anticlerical, and human. Man started to believe in himself, that he is creative and conscious creature in this world. Literature came b
stripped Himself, firm and unflinching, He dimed To my mind, people were not counting years yet in Middle ages. The counting order changed many times and it was more easily to count ages by seasons. I think man of Early Middle ages did not think much about age simply because he believed in immortality. In Renaissance man started to pay attention to present. He came to conclusion that probably there is something after death but nobody knows what. By living for present Renaissance man understood that time is going on and never comes back. He started to divide it on periods, mark his achievements. Time and live became very connected and important because man should do his task in time. gave the Geats success in their struggle, To my mind, perception of man in each time firstly is a hero. He just differentiates.
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