1. Art and Literature

2. Question
What are some art forms?

3. Drama Middle Ages: based on stories from the Christian religion
Early 15th Century: “morality plays”
characters called Knowledge, God, Death, Beauty, etc
Late 15th Century: non-religious plays began to develop

4. Drama
Elizabeth I (queen ): “The golden age of English drama”
plays were very popular
They are much less popular now
Until 19th Century, drama was almost all written in verse
Now, almost none is verse

5. Question What language are the most famous Western operas written in?
Answer: Italian

6. Opera
(Carmen)

7. Opera Music, singing, acting, dancing
classical music
Popular in Europe and America during 18th and 19th centuries

8. Musical theatre
Similar to opera, but using “popular” styles of music (rather than classical)
eg. The Sound of Music, Cats
Reached their peak in 1940s, 1950s
Later, many movies were made in this style
Even today, these areas are famous for musical theatre:
West End (London), Broadway (New York)

9. Novels First successful novel published in England in 1719
Robinson Crusoe (by Daniel Defoe)
Some genres (types) of novel:
romance
western (historical American frontier)
mysteries (also called whodunits)
fantasy (set in different worlds, with dragons, swords, heros, etc)

10. Question
What recent, popular film was based on a fantasy novel?

11. Fantasy Novels Lord of the Rings was one of the first fantasy novels
published 1954