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500
Old English (450- 1066)
It was born in the period after the settlement of the Saxons and other Germanic tribes in England. Therefore it have little english influence .These works include genres such as epic poetry, hagiography, sermons, Bible translations, legal works, chronicles and others. are about 400 surviving manuscripts from the period as the poem of "Battle of Maldon" which name was given celebrating the real battle of Maldon of 911 -
1000
Middle English (1066- 1500)
The event that began the transition from Old English to Middle English was the Norman Conquest of 1066. As the invaders integrated, their language and literature mingled with that of the natives and the Norman dialects of the ruling classes became Anglo-Norman. In this period religious literature continued to enjoy popularity and it was adapted and translated, for example, Middle English Bible -
1500
English Renaissance (1500- 1600)
The English Renaissance covers the 16th and early 17th Century and is often referred to as the “Elizabethan Era” or the “Age of Shakespeare” Latín was considered the language of education and scholarship at this time, therefore the additions to English vocabulary during this period were deliberate borrowings, and not the result of any invasion or influx of new nationalities -
Puritan (1653-1660)
The Puritan religious faith originated in England during the early 1600s. The Puritans believed that the state's religious institution of England, needed to be purified of the influence of the Catholic religious faith. then, they left London to establish a new colony led by a one-time lawyer named John Winthrop -
Restoration age (1660- 1700)
Restoration period lasted from 1660 to around 1688. The name 'restoration' comes from the crowning of Charles II, which marks the restoring of the traditional English monarchical form of government following a short period of rule by a handful of republican governments.
One of the most significant aspects of restoration literature was the return of theatre -
18th century (1700- 1798)
British literature rised up at the beggining of the 18th century, and with this also the writers such as Alexander Pope -
Romanticism (1798- 1837)
Romanticism can be seen an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that rejects several concepts that implemented the 18th century, this period brought the romantic poetry and novels such as the novels written by William Blake -
Victorian period (1837- 1901)
Is the period of the reign of Queen Victoria, During this period the literature expanded thanks to the improvement in printing and distribution of books and it allows to highlight the talent of writers such as Charles Dickens -
Modern literature (1901- 1940)
Modernist literature was a predominantly English genre of writing, popular from roughly the 1910s into the 1960s, this period began in Europe and it broke with traditional styles of literature. One of the modern literatures writer was William Faulkner -
Post moderns (1940- 2000)
This period begins with the 20th century, it is a form of literature which is marked by unreliable narrators, often unrealistic and downright impossible plots, games, parody, paranoia, dark humor etc. Postmodern authors conceptualize the world as being impossible to define or understand -
Contemporary literature ( Actual literature)
It showed up after world war II, and include all literature works until current times
