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700 BCE
The Odyssey by Homor
This epic poem was based on Odyssey's way back home from the fall of Troy. -
404 BCE
Funeral Oration by Pericles
This speech was to parents who had lost their children in the war, but he used it to receive more soldiers. -
Period: 500 to 1500
Medieval
Medieval literature stories originate from passed on stories. -
Period: 1500 to
English Renaissance
When Martin Luther split from the Roman Church. -
Period: to
Enlightenment
This period of time drug people away from religious beliefs due to scientific theories. -
Period: to
Romantic Movement
This era consisted of emotional writing such as poetry. -
Period: to
Realism
Realism was factual writing with no opinions. -
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Transcendental Movement
In this movement, people more relied on themselves rather than religion etc. -
Period: to
The Victorian Time Period
This was a mix between the modernism and the romantic movement so it was a gateway for all kinds of writers to publish their works. -
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Existentialism
This time period is when writers write about problems in life. -
Period: to
Naturalism
This time period, people focused on nature and to be free is the key. -
Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
The play was based on the result of a married woman, who lacked self-fulfillment in a male-dominated world, that was treated like a doll. (It was written early December). -
Doll's House Play by Henrik Ibsen
The play was based on the result of a married woman, who lacked self-fulfillment in a male-dominated world, that was treated like a doll. (It was played on the 21st of December). -
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The Bloomsbury Group
A group of upper-class people came together to discuss topics and write about commonly debated subjects. -
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Modernism
This time period writers wrote more about how the world was exceedingly becoming worse because of the wars. -
The Second Coming by W.B. Yeats
This poem speaks about the present worlds situation and with those conditions, how the outcome is horendous. -
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber
This short story was written on how he imagined a different life if he chose different desicions. -
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
This book was written on C.S. Lewis' perception of Heaven and Hell. -
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The Beat Generation
This time period was when writings were more direct. -
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Things Fall Apart was written on pre and post colonial life in the late nineteenth century Nigeria. -
Period: to
Post-Modernism Era.
Most writers in this time stray away from meaningful writing. Usually they rely more on creativity. -
Thousand Pieces of Gold by Ruthanne Lum McCunn
This book was written to tell about Polly Bemis, a Chinese immigrant woman in the American Old West. -
How I Got That Name by Marilyn Chin
This poem touches on her father's journey to America from China and how she was named through his obsession of Marilyn Monroe. As well as how hard it is to deal with stereotypes that come with being Asian. -
Shisoi by Luci Tapahonso
This is a poem about how joyful a grandmother is to recieve a granddaughter. -
The Desert is My Mother by Pat Mora
This poem portrays a desert like a mother and how it nurtures. -
Immigrants by Pat Mora
This poem speaks of how immigrants have children in America and how they fear that they will not be accepted. -
Teenagers by Pat Mora
This poem is on how she loses closeness with her teenage children and touches on a code they use, which is just conversations between teenagers using words with altered meanings.