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Jan 1, 1200
Middle English (Medieval)
Historical Dates:
-1215 King John agrees to the Magna Carta ,weakening the authority of the English crown
-1348 the black death hits Europe Style and Genre:
-During the Medival period the genre of literature that was written as lyrie poetry,mystery plays,liturgical plays,mortality plays fabliaux,etc,the style of writing varied throughout all these genres. Major Authors:
-Dame Sirith and his work "The Millers Tale"
-Geoffery Chaucer and his norks "The Caterburg Tales." -
Jan 1, 1500
Renaissance
Historical Dates:
-Leonardo De Vinci painted the Mona Lisa from 1505
-In 1517 the reformation began being heavliy influenced by Humanist thinking Style and Genre:
-durning the renaissance romance was the genre and the styles often were of tragedy and comedy and was oftenwritten and told from a mans perspective and used elements of the super natural,advanture,and magic Major Authors:
-William Shakespear "Romeo and Juliet ,"Maebeth "and "Hamlet"
-Johnson "A Dictoriary of the English Language" -
Neo-Classicism
Historical Dates:
-After Queen Anne dies king Geogre I becomes her successorin 1714
-1778 French Englightenment writer Voltire begans to have a great influence during the neoclassicism perod Styles and Genre:
-Mnay tpyes of literature written were poetry,eassys,satires,letters,fables,melodrama,novels,and diaries Major Authors:
-John Miller wrote "Paradise Lost"
-Johnson Swift wrote "A Modest Proposal"
-Samuel Johnson wrote "A Dictionary of the English Language" -
Romanticism
Historical Dates:
-1789 French Revolution
-1787-89 Aristoeratic revolution Style and Genre:
-During the romanticism period the style and genre of literature was that of gothic ,sublime,love of nature and the romanace narritve Major Authors:
-For the romanticism period three major authors were that of William Wordsworth and his work "Lundon 1802",Samuel T. Coleridge "The Rime of the Ancieet Mariner"and Jane Aueten "Pride and Prejudice." -
Victorian
Historical Dates:
-During the 1832,the Reform Bill gave the middle class the political power it needed to consolidate
-Queen Victoria was the name that was given to the period. Style and Genre:
-It is the body of poetry fiction,essays and letters produced during the reign of Queen Victoria .It form transtion between the writters of the romantic period Major Authors:
Charkes Dickens most famous work was "The Pickwick Flippers"
Mary Ann Evans famous work was "Middiemarch " -
Modern
Historical Datees:
-In th 1920's increasedattentipon was given to the idea that it was necessary to push aside previous norms
-there was a great war ,which ravaged Eurpoe in 1914 Style and Genre:
-the genres for modern literature had drama tragedy,comedy,erotic,romance,and even satire in books. Major Authors:
-T.S. Elliot who was famous for "The Love Song ofJ. Alfred Profrock"
-Italo Sevevo wrote "Zenos Conscience -
Post-Modern
Historical Dates:
-In 1921 and 1925,post modernism had been used to desribe new form of art and music
In 1949 the term was used to describe a dissatisficiton with modern architecture Style and Genre:
-this was characterized by reliance on narrative techiques such as paradox and unrealiable narrator. Major Authors:
-Waltor Gropius wrote an aricel"modern Architcture"
-Kathy Acker wrote "Blood and guts in Highschool" -
Comtemporory
Historical Dates:
-In 1980 people were beginning and new century and new millennium also media culture interprets values Style and Genre:
-The style of contemporary was an anti-hero,humorous irony,and storytelling emphasized Major Authors:
-Isabell Allenae wrote "House of Spirits to great Acclaim" in 1982
-Margaret Atwood wrote "Oryx and Cake" in 2005 -
old english
Historcal Dataes:
-518 lead by king Arthur, the British defeats the Saxons at Mount Badon
-891-2 Earlist manuseript of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Style and Genre:
-During the old english period traditional oral stories,heroic poetry,elegiac poetry,classical and Christan poetry were the styles and genres written. Major Authors:
-For old english,key authors would be "Bebe's Death Song", Caedmon and Cynewulf and thier key works "Beowulf"
