Basic differences in perception of man, nature and time in Medieval and Renaissance literature
             Time of Medieval literature started with the fall of the Roman empire in 5th century A.D. People were on the highest level of barbarism, man got all what he could, he did not have goals anymore. This was time of constant wars and instability. But world could not stop develop and in the result three parallel styles in literature started to develop at the same time:
             1) literature of pagan traditions what mostly includes folklore of peasants. They could not write and read in Latin and Greek jet, so traditions went through the centuries orally and in their used language;
             2) official church and state literature. Christianity was made as a sort of superstructure and almost everything were depended on it, also literature did;
             3) feudal or knights' literature. It was written by knights and described their way of life.
             The time of Renaissance started to develop in 13th century. It was time when man got across to the culture of new time. Man became antifeudal in basis of his mind. He became social, anticlerical, and human. Man started to believe in himself, that he is creative and conscious creature in this world. Literature came back to the values of the ancient times.
             To my mind, perception of man in each time firstly is a hero. He just differentiates.
             The hero of Medieval literature was man usually born from man and some kind of animal, as in case with old English epos "Beowulf", his mane means the son of bear. He also was the man sent by God to fight with evil.
             "But the Lord wove the webs of destiny,
             gave the Geats success in their struggle,
             that all were enabled to overcome their enemy
             through the strength of one man."
             The Renaissance new ideology came with new hero, of course. He was simple man as all we are. He lives between us and just you think is he or not sent by God. He looked ...