World Literature

*Greek literature is known as 
Ans : Hellenic culture
*The most ancient literature in the world 
Ans : Greek literature
*The epics of Greece 
Ans : Iliad, Odyssey
*The person known as first epic poet 
Ans : Homer
*Father of English Literature 
Ans : Geoffrey Chaucer 
*Famous work of Geoffrey Chaucer 
Ans : Canterbury Tales 
*Father of English Essays 
Ans : Francis Bacon
*"Knowledge is power" are the words of 
Ans : Francis Bacon
*The person known as the poet of the nature
Ans : William Wordsworth
*Lyrical Ballads which marked the beginning of the English Romantic Movement was written by
Ans : William Wordsworth 
*The words "Child is the father of the man" are quoted by
Ans : William Wordsworth

WORKS OF FRANCIS BACON

*Of Discourse
*Of Studies
*Of Truth
*Of Travels

WORKS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH 

*Daffodils 
*The Prelude 
*The Solitary Reaper 
*Resolution and Independent
*The poet known as the founder of Humanism
Ans : Petrarch
*The idea of Dark Ages was propounded by
Ans : Petrarch
*The person who is known as the Bard of Avon
Ans : William Shakespeare
*William Shakespeare was born on
Ans : April 23,1564

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

*2016 commemorates 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare
*Shakespeare was born on 23rd April, 1564 and he died on 23rd April, 1616
*Has was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire just 5 miles from London
*His actual date of birth remains unknown, but is traditionally observed on 23 April, which is also observed as Saint George's Day
*He was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. 
*Shakespeare wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets. One play called 'Cardenio' has no written record today. Only 36 plays can be read today.
*'The Tempest' was his last play 
*He is often regarded as 'England's National Poet', and the 'Bard of Avon'
*Between 1585 & 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men.
*His early plays were primarily comedies and histories, and these are regarded as some of the best work ever produced in these genres.
*He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.
*After 1594, Shakespeare's plays were performed only by the Lord Chamberlain's Men, a company owened by a group of players, including Shakespeare. It become the leading playing company in London.
*After the dealth of Queen Elizabeth in 1603, the company was awarded a royal patent by the new King James I, and changed its name to the King's Men
*In 1599, a partnership of members of the company built
their own theatre on the south bank of the River Thames, which they named the Globe
*Hence scholars refer to the years between 1585 and 1592 as Shakespeare's lost years
*Shakespeare was buried in the chancel of the Holy Trinity Church 
*The first recorded works of Shakespeare are Richard III and the three parts of Henry VI, written in the early 1590s
*The titular her in one of his most famous tragedies, Hamlet, has probably been discussed more than any other Shakespearean character 
*The Poet and Critic TS Eliot, considered 'Antony and Cleopatra' and 'Coriolanus' contain some of Shakespeare's finest poetry and those are the most successful tragedies 
*It is though that his last three plays were probably in collaboration with John Fletcher
*In 2016, the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death, celebrations will commence in the United Kingdom and across the world to honour Shakespeare and his work
*In 1995 UNESCO decided that the World Book and Copyright Day would be celebrated on 23 April, as the date is also the anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, as well as that of the birth or death of several other prominent authors
*UNESCO started to observe April 23 as the World Book Day since 
Ans : 1995
*World Copy Right Day 
Ans : April 23
*400th Death Anniversary of Shakespeare was observed in 
Ans : 2016

SHAKESPEARE'S PLAY LISTED BY GENRE

COMEDIES

                     

HISTORIES

       

 TRAGEDIES

*All's Well That Ends Well         Henry IV, Part I      Antony and Cleopatra
*As You Like It                 Henry IV, Part II      Coriolanus
*Comedy of Errors                 Henry V      Cymbeline
*Love's Labour's Lost               Henry VI, Part I       Hamlet
*Measure for Measure              Henry VI, Part II       Julius Caesar
*Merchant of Venice Henry VI, Part III King Lear
*Merry Wives of Windsor          Henry VIII Macbeth
*Midsummer Night's Dream King John Othello
*Much Ado about Nothing Pericles Romeo and Juliet
*Taming of the Shrew Richard II Timon of Athens
*The Tempest        Richard III Titus Andronicus
*Twelfth Nigh                 Troilus and Cressida
*Two Gentlemen of Verona
*Winter's Tale