Scottish Renaissance
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The Scottish Renaissance was a 20th-century cultural movement in Scotland that revitalized national literature, arts, and identity through modernist experimentation and renewed use of the Scots language.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Scottish Renaissance canonical | 16 |
| Scottish literary renaissance | 5 |
| Scottish literary revival | 2 |
| Scottish Renaissance movement | 1 |
| Scottish artistic renaissance | 1 |
| Scottish folk revival | 1 |
| Scottish modernism | 1 |
| Scottish song revival | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Scottish Renaissance Context triple: [The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy, period, Scottish Renaissance]
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English Renaissance
The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England, roughly spanning the late 15th to early 17th centuries, marked by a flowering of literature, drama, and humanist thought exemplified by figures like William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe.
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Scottish literature
Scottish literature is the body of written works associated with Scotland, encompassing poetry, prose, and drama in Scots, Gaelic, and English that reflect the nation’s history, culture, and identity.
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Scottish Enlightenment
The Scottish Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual and cultural movement in Scotland marked by major advances in philosophy, economics, science, and literature, associated with figures such as David Hume and Adam Smith.
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Northern Renaissance
The Northern Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in Europe north of the Alps, characterized by detailed realism, religious reform themes, and the early use of oil painting in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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Scottish Reformation
The Scottish Reformation was the 16th-century religious and political movement that broke Scotland from papal authority and established a national Protestant church shaped largely by Calvinist doctrine.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Scottish Renaissance Target entity description: The Scottish Renaissance was a 20th-century cultural movement in Scotland that revitalized national literature, arts, and identity through modernist experimentation and renewed use of the Scots language.
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A.
English Renaissance
The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England, roughly spanning the late 15th to early 17th centuries, marked by a flowering of literature, drama, and humanist thought exemplified by figures like William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe.
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B.
Scottish literature
Scottish literature is the body of written works associated with Scotland, encompassing poetry, prose, and drama in Scots, Gaelic, and English that reflect the nation’s history, culture, and identity.
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C.
Scottish Enlightenment
The Scottish Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual and cultural movement in Scotland marked by major advances in philosophy, economics, science, and literature, associated with figures such as David Hume and Adam Smith.
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D.
Northern Renaissance
The Northern Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in Europe north of the Alps, characterized by detailed realism, religious reform themes, and the early use of oil painting in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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E.
Scottish Reformation
The Scottish Reformation was the 16th-century religious and political movement that broke Scotland from papal authority and established a national Protestant church shaped largely by Calvinist doctrine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artistic movement
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cultural movement ⓘ literary movement ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
reassert Scottish national identity
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revitalize Scottish arts ⓘ revitalize Scottish national literature ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Scottish Home Rule movement
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Scottish literary magazines ⓘ Scottish nationalism ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
interest in Scottish Gaelic culture
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modernist experimentation ⓘ renewed use of Scots language ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| field |
cultural criticism
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drama ⓘ literature ⓘ music ⓘ poetry ⓘ visual arts ⓘ |
| followedBy | post-war Scottish literature ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
modern Scottish identity
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status of Scots language in literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Scottish Renaissance
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Scottish artistic renaissance
Scottish Renaissance self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Scottish literary renaissance
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| influencedBy |
Celtic Revival
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European modernism ⓘ Irish Literary Revival ⓘ Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
English
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Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| mainRegion | Scotland ⓘ |
| movement | modernism ⓘ |
| notableFigure |
Alexander Moffat
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Catherine Carswell ⓘ Compton Mackenzie ⓘ Edwin Muir ⓘ Fionn MacColla ⓘ Hugh MacDiarmid ⓘ James Bridie ⓘ Lewis Grassic Gibbon ⓘ Nan Shepherd ⓘ Neil M. Gunn ⓘ Sorley MacLean ⓘ Willa Muir ⓘ William Johnstone ⓘ William Soutar ⓘ |
| peakActivity |
1920s
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1930s ⓘ |
| period | interwar period ⓘ |
| startTime | early 20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Scottish Renaissance Description of subject: The Scottish Renaissance was a 20th-century cultural movement in Scotland that revitalized national literature, arts, and identity through modernist experimentation and renewed use of the Scots language.
Referenced by (28)
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