Self-study
P1
In Intellectual Culture in Elizabethan and Jacobean England, J. W. Binns asserts that the drama of Shakespeare, the verse of Marlowe, and the prose of Sidney—all of whom wrote in English—do not alone represent the high culture of Renaissance (roughly sixteenth- and seventeenth-century) England. ██████ ███ ████████ ██ ███████ █████ █████████ ██████ ████ ██████ ██ ██ ███ ████████ ████ ██ ██████████ ███ ███████ ██████████████ ███ █████ ██ ████ █████████ ███ ███████ ███████ ██ █████ █████ █████████ ██ ██████ █████ ███ ███████ ████████████ ██ ███ ████████████ ███
Binns' perspective ·
Latin was culturally important during English Renaissance
Problem ·
Specialists in Renaissance Latin neglect culturally important works
Theology, science, law, medicine
P2
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Expand problem ·
English intellectual historians neglect important influence of Latin
They only cover works written in English, and ignore influences of Latin on English intellectuals
Example of Latin influence ·
Late Renaissance humanism
English writers were influenced by humanist thinkers, who drew on ancient Latin texts
P3
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Summarize problem ·
Gap between specialists in Latin and specialists in English intellectual history
Implication of problem ·
Distorted understanding of Renaissance English history
Passage Style
Problem-analysis
Single position
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The author doesn’t propose any new approaches. The author merely describes a problem and the cause of the problem.
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The author doesn’t present different theories. She presents one view about the problem of insufficient attention given to certain Latin works.
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The author doesn’t present any intellectual disputes. She presents one view about the problem of insufficient attention given to certain Latin works.
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This best captures the purpose, which is to discuss the problem of insufficient attention given to certain Latin works.
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The author doesn’t suggest Binns has any misconceptions. So she doesn’t correct any misconception of Binns.