Question

Compare/contrast the heroic ideal from two time periods based on the literature we read. Explain how the authors portray their society’s ideals through their literature

Answer 1

Answer:

The Reinassance and the Ilustration. One period was mainly reflecting the church/dark period and the other the knowledge revolutionary thoughs of its society, all reflected on the correpondant literature.

Explanation:

The first period is the Reinassance, which was from the 1300s to 1600s approximately, this period was born in Europe, where the artist´s mater pieces were based mainly on the human factions, all related to the church. We have artist such as Leonardo Da Vinci, Botticelli, Dante, Machiavelli whom created a bunch of great art that is nowadays still recognized. The authors portray the society´s ideals through their literature by reflecting the fact that society had a closed way to see life, only based on what the church said, the medicine was denied and the dark literature appiered reflecting the dark thoughs of its authors.

The second period is the Illustration, which was from the 1880s to 1930s, this period was very different from the Reinassance because people started to look up for knowledge, science, and the literature reflected that as well. Many lightinig literature appear, such as the first Encyclopedia which traveled the world because of its revolutionary subjects. This period was mainly about knowledge and the revolution of many societies that were tired of the crown and church being the government.