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1650\nClick to edit Master text styles\nSecond level\nThird level\nFourth level\nFifth level\nEarly Modern English\nEarly Modern English\nThe advent of the printing press in London in 1470 established the Chancery Standard dialect of English as the national standard.\nEarly Modern English\nModern readers of English are generally able to understand Early Modern English, though with some difficulties arising from changes in grammar, word meaning, and spelling.\nEarly Modern English\nEnglish spelling was finally (mostly) standardized in this time period, but it did not happen overnight.\nUnfortunately, since this era was filled with political and social upheaval, mass migrations after the Black Death …\nEarly Modern English\n… and an exaggerated attempt to further distinguish the \"English accent\" from that of the French, many peculiarities (i.e. contradictions) in English spelling and pronunciation were standardized into record at this time.\nClosing off the era of the Tudors, Elizabeth was crowned queen in 1558.\nHer reign is considered the start of the golden age of English history typified by national pride, classical ideals, international expansion, military might, and a much-welcomed renaissance of the arts.\nQueen Elizabeth’s Reign\nIn this peaceful era, the arts flourished and culture bloomed.\nSignificant writers of this time include William Shakespeare, Francis Bacon, Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe, Sir Philip Sidney, and Edmund Spencer.\nQueen Elizabeth’s Reign\nUnder King James, the golden age of Elizabethan literature and drama continued.\nThe Authorised King James Version of the Bible (1611) and Shakespeare's collected works (published posthumously in 1623) are the best examples of the English language from this era and remain the top 2 bestsellers to this day.\nKing James\nThe translators of the King James Version of the Bible intentionally preserved archaic pronouns and verb endings that had already begun to fall out of spoken use.\nThis enabled the English translators to convey the distinction between the 1st, 2nd and 3rd person singular and plural verb forms of the original Hebrew and Greek sources.\nKing James\ninformal singular:\nthou, thee, thy, thine\nformal singular and plural:\nye, you, your, yours\ne.g.    2nd Person (You)\nRevenge\nSensationalism\nMelodrama\nVengeance\nthe Human Condition\nCommon Themes of Elizabethan Drama\n… stands out in this period as a poet and playwright as yet unsurpassed due to sheer giftedness and versatility.\nThough most of his plays met with great success, it is in his later years that he wrote what have been considered his greatest works: Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, The Tempest, and of course Hamlet.\nWilliam Shakespeare\nHamlet\nShakespeare wrote The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark between 1599 and 1601.\nHamlet\nIt was first performed in 1602 and first released in print in 1603.\nThe story itself is set in Denmark during the 14th or 15th century, but culturally it has a very 17th century vibe.\nHamlet\nWhat is the play about? …\nIn a way, that’s been debated for centuries.\nHamlet\nIt’s a good play for anyone who is having trouble figuring things out.\nIt’s also a good play for anyone who isn’t having trouble figuring things out – yet.\nHamlet\nIt’s about a young man called on to exact revenge for the murder of his father.  Unfortunately …\nThe murderer is the king.\nThe source of the information is a ghost.\nThe revenge must be honorable.\nThere are spies everywhere.\nThe title character might be insane.\nHamlet\nIt is Shakespeare's most famous play about Shakespeare's most famous character, and it contains Shakespeare's most famous lines.\nThere exists more literary criticism and analysis on Hamlet than any other single piece of English Literature, so there’s no shortage of educated opinion on the play.\nHamlet\nHamlet depicts a conflict over what to do when an orderly state is actually internally corrupt and there seems to be n","cbCaig7mtPk3SV0V","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaig7mtPk3SV0V","pptx",2008928,22,"English","# Early Modern English\n## Printing press and the Chancery Standard\n## Spelling and pronunciation changes\n## Social upheaval and migrations\n# Queen Elizabeth’s reign and the arts\n## Major writers and cultural growth\n## Transition to King James\n# King James Bible and Elizabethan language features\n## Preserved archaic pronouns and verb endings\n## Singular vs plural forms\n# Common themes of Elizabethan drama\n## Revenge and the human condition\n# Shakespeare and Hamlet\n## Hamlet plot elements and debates\n## Themes from Hamlet","[{\"question\":\"Why can modern readers find Early Modern English difficult?\",\"answer\":\"They may encounter changes in grammar, word meaning, and spelling compared with contemporary English.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the printing press influence English during this period?\",\"answer\":\"Its advent in London in 1470 helped establish the Chancery Standard dialect of English as the national standard.\"},{\"question\":\"What language choices did translators make in the 1611 Authorized King James Version?\",\"answer\":\"They intentionally preserved archaic pronouns and verb endings to reflect distinctions between first, second, and third person singular and plural verb forms from the Hebrew and Greek sources.\"}]","Early Modern English and The Elizabethan Era - 1500 - 1650 | PPTX",1790158625,34]