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Period: 450 to 1066
The old English period
It is called the dark ages, and also The Anglo-saxon period, The term Anglo-Saxon comes from two Germanic tribes, the Angles and the Saxons. This period of literature dates back to their invasion of Celtic England circa 450. The era ends in 1066, when Norman France, under William, conquered England. in this period were born poems, medieval grammar, encyclopedia, proses, etc. -
1066
The middle english period (1066-1450 CE)
Because of a war the anglo-saxon era ends, renaissance raised. scholastic and theological works, secular literatur, but the most important event in this period is the importance in the language, culture, and lifestyle of England and results in what we can recognize today as a form of “modern” (recognizable) English. -
1485
Early tudor period
The war of roses ended in England with Henry tudor. -
Period: 1485 to
The renaissance and reformation
This period took place in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries in Britain. -
1558
The elizabethan period (1558-1603)
This period was the golden age of drama -
The caroline period (1625-1649)
In this period, creative writings began poems, schools of poetry and a vast range of poets. arising of great poets such as John Milton, John donne, Robert Herrick and John Suckling, This could be called the age of poetry. -
Restoration period (1660-1700)
literature based on political context and theaters. -
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The Neoclassical Period (1660-1790)
"Neoclassical" refers to the increased influence of Classical literature upon these centuries. The Neoclassical Period is also called the "Enlightenment" due to the increased reverence for logic and disdain for superstition, it also focuses on restoration comedies (comedies of manner) and satire, these became quite popular, as evidenced by the success of Samuel Butler. Other notable writers of the age include Aphra Behn, John Bunyan, and John Locke. -
The Augustan age (1700-1750)
This was the age of alexander pope and Jonathan swift and This period is marked by the imitation of Virgil and Horace's literature in English letters. -
The age of Jhonson (1750-1790)
This was the age of Edmund Burke, Edward Gibbon, Hester Lynch Thrale, James Boswell, and, of course, Samuel Johnson. It arose neoclassicism, a critical and literary mode, and the Enlightenment. -
The romantic period (1785-1832)
In this period, most poets wrote about nature, imagination and individually in england -
The victorian period (1832-1901)
For this period, many writers from queen victorian´s reign started writing about the medieval world and inspiration for romanticism and prose fiction novels. -
The modern period (1914-1945)
It appeared modern writers include W. B. Yeats, Seamus Heaney, Dylan Thomas, W. H. Auden, Virginia Woolf, and Wilfred Owen after the world war I, their texts experimented with subject, matter, style, form, narrative and drama. -
The postmodern period 1945- ?
This period started after world war II ended. it is said it was a response for modernism, poststructuralist literary theory and criticism movement were developed during that period using narrative techniques, it was also included for fiction, drama, poetry through politics, society, current events, and others.
