AP Lit and Comp: Time Periods and Book Publications

Greek Mycenaean Age Time Period

Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE

For a detailed description of the Mycenaean Age, follow this link:
http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/History/#mycenaean

Greek Dark Ages Time Period

Period: 1100 BCE to 750 BCE

For a detailed description of the Dark Ages, follow this link:
http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/History/#dark

Greek Archaic Time Period

Period: 750 BCE to 500 BCE

For a detailed description of the Archaic Period, follow this link:
http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/History/#archaic

Greek Classical Time Period

Period: 500 BCE to 336 BCE

For a detailed description of the Greek Classical Period, follow this link:
http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/History/#classical

"Medea" is performed/published

431 BCE

"Medea" is a play that was written by Euripides and was performed for the first time at the City Dyonisia Festival in Ancient Greece in 431 BCE.

Greek Hellenistic Time Period

Period: 336 BCE to 146 BCE

For a detailed description of the Greek Classical Period, follow this link:
http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/History/#hellenistic

Medieval Time Period

Period: 500 to 1500

For a detailed description of the Medieval Period, follow this link:
http://www.shmoop.com/medieval-english-literature/

Renaissance Time Period

Period: 1500 to 1670

For a detailed description of the Renaissance Period, follow this link:
http://www.online-literature.com/periods/renaissance.php

Enlightenment Time Period

Period: 1700 to 1800

For a detailed description of the Enlightenment Period, follow this link:
http://www.online-literature.com/periods/enlightenment.php

Romantic Time Period

Period: 1798 to 1870

For a detailed description of the Romantic Period, follow this link:
http://www.online-literature.com/periods/romanticism.php

Realism Time Period

Period: 1820 to 1920

For a detailed description of the Realism Period, follow this link:
http://www.online-literature.com/periods/realism.php

Victorian Time Period

Period: 1837 to 1901

For a detailed description of the Victorian Period, follow this link:
http://www.online-literature.com/periods/victorian.php

"Jane Eyre" is published

1847

"Jane Eyre" is a novel that was written by Charlotte Brontë and then published in 1847.

"Wuthering Heights" is published

1847

"Wuthering Heights" is a novel that was written by Emily Brontë and then published in 1847.

Existentialism Time Period

Period: 1850 to 2017

For a detailed description of the Existensialism Period, follow this link:
http://www.online-literature.com/periods/existentialism.php

Naturalism Time Period

Period: 1870 to 1920

For a detailed description of the Naturalism Period, follow this link:
http://www.online-literature.com/periods/naturalism.php

"Dracula" is published

1897

"Dracula" is a novel that was written by Bram Stoker and then published in 1897.

Modernism Time Period

Period: 1910 to 1965

For a detailed description of the Modernism Period, follow this link:
http://www.online-literature.com/periods/modernism.php

"Of Mice and Men" is published

1937

"Of Mice and Men" is a novella that was written by John Steinbeck and then published in 1937.

"Death of a Salesman" is published

1949

"Death of a Salesman" is a play that was written by Arthur Miller and published in 1949.

"A Raisin in the Sun" is published

1959

"A Raisin in the Sun" is a play that was written by Lorraine Hansberry and published in 1959.

"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" is published

1966

"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" is a play written by Tom Stoppard and published in 1966.