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Romantic literature:

1. Features, attidudes and views:

1. tumultuous emotions, 2. interest into, about nature, 3. stormy expressions, 4. wild, power, force, 5. appeal to people sences and emotions, 6. interested in folklore, 7. idealised beautiful nature, 8. protest against classicism, 9. return to nature, 10. critical attitude to reality. 11. Earlier the head controlled the heart, now the heart controlled the head.12. Passionate 13. Included a lot of feeling and passion.

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Early English Plays

1. First told religious stories, where performed near churches, subjects were events of religious history (disobedience of Adam and Eve, Noah and the great flood, Abraham and Isaac, events of life of Christ etc.) These plays were called Miracles or Mystery Plays and were acted by townspeople on pagent – stage on weels. English comedy was born in Miracles (characters in the play become human in their behavoir).

2. Morality Plays – similar to Miracles, but characters were virtues and vices which walked and talked. Best-known is „Everyman“ from 15^th century, which was translated from dutch.

3. The Interlude – common in 15^th and 16^th centuries, the origin of this name is uncertain (perhaps they were played between long Moralities, perhaps in the middle of meals). They are often funny and were performed away from church. Until the beginning of 16^th century the author are unknown.

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By the 17^th and the 18^th c. time England had become a great colonial power. Thanks to the new inventions and flourishing trade, England became a more prosperous (edukas) and civilized country. The role of churches and religious thinking in earthly affairs was reduced, the scientific revolution took place, the Glorious Revolution in 1688 in England introduced party system of government.

The new class – the bourgeoisie – began to play the leading role in society. It had its own party called the Whigs, which was constantly at war with the Tories, the party of the landlords. The Tories supported the Church and the King and they were intolerant towards dissenters, the Thories were more popular in the country. The Whigs did not believe in the absolute power of the King and the Church, members were nonconformists or tolerant towards them, they were more popular in the towns.

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