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450
Old English
The greatest Old English poem: Beowulf, whose author is unknown.
The two main Old English authors were: - Caedmon (author of a short hymn). - Cynwulf (author of four long poems). -
Period: 450 to 1066
Old English
The greatest Old English poem: Beowulf, whose author is unknown.
The two main Old English authors were: - Caedmon (author of a short hymn). - Cynwulf (author of four long poems). -
1066
The Middle English Period
Diverse forms of English language spoken between "The Normand Conquest" (occupation of England by Duke William II of Normandy).
Languages used: French, Latin, English (by different layers of the society). -
Period: 1066 to 1500
The Middle English Period
Diverse forms of English language spoken between "The Normand Conquest" (occupation of England by Duke William II of Normandy).
Languages used: French, Latin, English (by different layers of the society). -
Period: 1500 to
English Renaissance
Elizabethan period (1558-1603), Jacobean period (1603-1625),
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1558
English Renaissance
Elizabethan period (1558-1603), Jacobean period (1603-1625),
Carolina period (1625-1653).
All the plays of English renaissance theatre were the outstanding legacy of the period. -
Puritan Period
Called puritan Age or the Age of Milton, who was the noblest representative of the puritan spirit. The puritan movement in literature may be considered as the second and greater Renaissance marked by the rebirth of the moral nature of man. However in the Age of Renaissance despotism was still the order of the day and there was fanaticism in politics and religion. -
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Puritan
Called puritan Age or the Age of Milton, who was the noblest representative of the puritan spirit. The puritan movement in literature may be considered as the second and greater Renaissance marked by the rebirth of the moral nature of man. However in the Age of Renaissance despotism was still the order of the day and there was fanaticism in politics and religion. -
Restoration Period
Charles II restored the monarchy.
Many typical literary forms of the modern world including the novel, biography, history, travel writing and journalism gained confidence during the Restoration Period. -
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Restoration Age
Charles II restored the monarchy.
Many typical literary forms of the modern world including the novel, biography, history, travel writing and journalism gained confidence during the Restoration Period. -
18th Century Period
Divided in two: -Augustan literature (1700-1750) and -Age of sensibility (1750-1798).
The development of the literature in this period can be summarized as: the predominance of neoclassical poetry and prose. In the early decades of 18th century; the rise and flourishe of modern realistic novel in the middle years of the 18th century and the appearance of the gothic novel and the sentimental and pre romantic poetry and fiction in the last few decades of the 18th century. -
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18th Century
Divided in two: -Augustan literature (1700-1750) and -Age of sensibility (1750-1798).
The development of the literature in this period can be summarized as: the predominance of neoclassical poetry and prose. In the early decades of 18th century; the rise and flourishe of modern realistic novel in the middle years of the 18th century and the appearance of the gothic novel and the sentimental and pre romantic poetry and fiction in the last few decades of the 18th century. -
Romanticism Period
We find in this period: Romantic poetry and Romantic novels.
Wordsworth and Colerish publish Lyrical Ballads in 1798, thus starting the Romantic Era.
Keats, Byron and Shelley wrote their greatest poems in the early nineteenth century.
One of the most representative authors was Mary Shelley with her famous novel, Frankenstein, in 1818. She wrote several other books, including Valperga, The Last Man, the autobiographical Lodore (1835) and the posthumously published Mathilde. -
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Romanticism
We find in this period: Romantic poetry and Romantic novels.
Wordsworth and Colerish publish Lyrical Ballads in 1798, thus starting the Romantic Era.
Keats, Byron and Shelley wrote their greatest poems in the early nineteenth century.
One of the most representative authors was Mary Shelley with her famous novel, Frankenstein, in 1818. She wrote several other books, including Valperga, The Last Man, the autobiographical Lodore (1835) and the posthumously published Mathilde. -
Victorian Period
The age of critical realism and flourished in the fourties and in the early fifties. Puritan morality of the early and mid Victorian Period was reflected in the novels. In Victorian novels the society´s effects on individual are analized. -
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Victorian Period
The age of critical realism and flourished in the fourties and in the early fifties. Puritan morality of the early and mid Victorian Period was reflected in the novels. In Victorian novels the society´s effects on individual are analized. -
Modern Literature
Starts with the 20th century. the most important characteristic is that it is opposed to the general attitude to life and its problems adopted by the Victorian writers and also against the romantic poetry. -
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Modern Literature
Starts with the 20th century. the most important characteristic is that it is opposed to the general attitude to life and its problems adopted by the Victorian writers and also against the romantic poetry. -
Post Modernism period
Emerged after The Second World War as a reaction against Modernism. It is part of socio-cultural and historical development and can be seen as a specific way of a deciption of the postmodern life and culture. It shows a crisis of the identity of human being (ethnic, sexual, social and cultural). -
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Post Modernism
Emerged after The Second World War as a reaction against Modernism. It is part of socio-cultural and historical development and can be seen as a specific way of a deciption of the postmodern life and culture. It shows a crisis of the identity of human being (ethnic, sexual, social and cultural). -
Contemporary literature
Contemporary Literature also has a very important role because it reflects a society’s social as well as political point of views. … Because it helps them to illuminate the strength or weakness of society. Literature or to be more specific, Contemporary Literature helps the readers to develop their rational thinking.
Mockinjay completes Suzanne Collins´ trilogy, The Hunger games in 2010, J.K. Rowling (famous for Harry Potter), starts Cormoran Strikes, a series of crime fiction. (2013-present). -
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Contemporary
The present literature.
Contemporary Literature also has a very important role because it reflects a society’s social as well as political point of views. … Because it helps them to illuminate the strength or weakness of society. Literature or to be more specific, Contemporary Literature helps the readers to develop their rational thinking. Mockinjay completes Suzanne Collins´ trilogy, The Hunger games in 2010, J.K. Rowling, starts Cormoran Strikes, a series of crime fiction. (2013-present).
