1. UNIVERSITY WITS
Name : Virani Nilam v.
Role No.:18
Sem. : 3
Paper :E-C-101 Renaissance Literature
Submitted to:
S.B.Gardi Department of English ,
S.M.K. Bhavnagar University

2. Characteristic of the university wits
 Elizabethan Group
 Historian invent
 Attending Oxford or Cambridge
 Pioneer of English drama
 Rival of Shakespeare
 Educated Renaissance writer

3. Who were university Wits?
 Christopher Marlowe
 Robert Greene
 George Peele
 John Lyly
 Thomas Nashe

4. Christopher Marlowe:
An English dramatist, poet and Translator
of the Elizabethan era.
The foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day
Greatly influenced William Shakespeare.
His plays are known for the use of blank verse
and their overreaching Protagonist

5. His contribution in Drama
first play Tamburlaine the Great (1590)
The Jew of Malta
Edword the Second
The Massacre at Perris
The Tragically History of the Life and Death of
Doctor Faustus

6. Robert Greene
First professional English author
Attended Cambridge and Oxford university
Writer of any genres including autobiography
play and romance

7. His contribution in Drama
Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay
The History of Orlando Furioso
A Looking Glass for London and England
The Scottish History of James the Fourth
The comical History of Aphonsus, king of
Argon

8. George Peele
A successful player and playwright
Left behind a pastoral, a romantic
tragedy, a chronicle history, a mystery
play and romantic literary satire.
He has noted for his poetic style
and decorative phrases
He made no original contribution to
drama like Lyly or Marlowe.

9. His contribution in Drama
The Famous Chronicle of King Edward the First
The arraignment of Paris
The old wives’ Tale
The Love of King David and Bathsheba

10. John Lyly
Attended oxford and Cambridge
Having adopted prose as medium for his
expression
His comedies, mythological playa and
allegorical play are extremely witty in
character

11. His contribution in Drama
Women in the moon
Endymion
Alexander and Campaspe
Midas

12. Thomas Nashe
Attended Cambridge
Important Part of group
His contribution in Drama:
Christes Teares over Jerusalem
The Terrors of the Night
Unfortunate Traveller
Summer last Will

13. Thomas Nashe
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