ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE. Christopher Marlowe was William Shakespeare’s senior by two months. One of the most striking figures of the English Renaissance and the true founder of the popular English drama, hence the father of English tragedy. Marlowe wrote four great tragedies and became a forerunner of Shakespeare.

Detailed explanation-2: -Geoffrey Chaucer (/ˈtʃɔːsər/; c. 1340s – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the “father of English literature", or, alternatively, the “father of English poetry".

Detailed explanation-3: -Swinburne has written that: “Marlowe is a Father of English Tragedy and the creator of English blank verse and therefore also the teacher and guide of Shakespeare.” He was born the same year as Shakespeare, or at least baptised, but lived only to the age of 29, when he was murdered in a brawl.

Detailed explanation-4: -Marlowe is the first English playwright to realise that tragic action must be reflected in character . He also adds to the conception of tragedy . According to him, tragedy is a distress resulting from some overwhelming weakness of strength in the character himself. In Tambourine, the Great, it is the lust of power .

Detailed explanation-5: -Christopher Marlowe was an Elizabethan poet and William Shakespeare’s most important predecessor in English drama. He is noted especially for his establishment of dramatic blank verse. In a playwriting career that spanned little more than six years, Marlowe’s achievements were diverse and splendid.