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400
Anglo Saxson
The anglo saxon move in as the romans the romans leave after 400 years of rule. the romans leave britain and the anglo saxon take over. -
Period: 450 to 1066
Old English
This extends from approximately 450 to 1066 the year of the Norman Conquest in England most of the old English poetry was composed to be sung with the accompaniment of the harp. Much of the literary works were written in order to be presented.
The epic poems became very popular and some as Beawulf have come to our days. https://www.google.com/search?q=old+english&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj23-OA7_3hAhUR0FkKHaBWAzkQ_AUIDigB&biw=1600&bih=757#imgrc=umaaH3NoAFFSQM: -
500
Beowulf
Beowulf is the oldest poem in the english language. -
781
Viking Attack
The first viking attack onbritainviking attacks on anglo saxon england start in 781 -
1066
Norman Conquest
Middle English was the Norman Conquest of 1066, when William the Conquero, invaded the island of Britain from his home base in northern France, and settled in his new acquisition along with his nobles and court. William crushed the opposition with a brutal hand and deprived the Anglo-Saxon earls of their property, distributing it to Normans.
Anglo-Norman French became the language of the kings and nobility of England though, Latin was mostly used for written language, -
1095
King Arthur by Geoffrey of Monmouth the british cleric
Geoffrey of Monmouth a Welsh cleric gives the earliest story of Arthur's life in Historia Regum Britanniae.. Although Geoffrey of Monmouth is not the earliest source that mentions Arthur, it is the first to identify him as a high king from Britain's past.
In his History, Geoffrey of Monmouth details Arthur's genealogy, conception, birth, childhood, ascension to the throne, military conquests, and death. -
Period: 1500 to
Middle English
The Middle english was from 1066 to 1500 in this verse was characteristic of the literary so the narrative genre comprises works in verse as well as prose many of the works were of anonymous character without specific author there was no awareness of the work to Late Middle Ages the sacred is mixed with the profane. -
Period: 1500 to
ENGLISH RENAISSANCE
In 1500 began a golden age of English literature that lasted until 1660.
During this period the literature is characterized by a special interest in human behavior as the main theme of the works in part by influence of Italian humanism. While the English medieval literature nourished from religious themes during the Renaissance, writers leaned on secular subjects.
This period divided in three parts
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1558
ELIZABETHAN LiTERATURE
Being Queen, Elizabeth worked hard at being a good queen. She visited different towns and cities in England and tried to keep her people safe. She set up a council of advisors called the Privy Council. The Privy Council helped her when dealing with other countries, working with the army, and taking care of other important issues. Elizabeth's most trusted advisor was her Secretary of State William Cecil. -
JACOBEAN LITERATURE
Shakespeare is considered by many to be the greatest writer of the English language. He is also one of the most influential. Through his works, he is credited with introducing nearly 3,000 words to the English language. In addition, his works are the second most often quoted after the Bible. -
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RESTAURATION AGE
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PURITIAN PERIOD
After the death of James I in 1625, the new monarch Charles I took religious persecution to a new level. He was asked by the Parliament to sign the petition of rights but he continued to show open disregard to Parliament and people. He also suffered unsuccessful foreign expeditions to France etc. After the Civil War in 1642, there was a division into the Cavaliers or Royalists -
Writting Style
The writing style of the Puritan Age was predominantly plain with simple sentences and language. Metaphorical constructions were in limited use and excessive ornamentation or dramatic appeals were discouraged.
Symbolism from scripture was used to make the sermons etc impactful. The main motive was, to tell the truth of Godly existence in a commonly understandable form. Therefore, the use of Greek mythology or forms of classical literature was avoided. -
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Eighteenth Century
This Particular period is divide in two. The August literatury from 1770 - 1775 and Age of sencibllity 1750 - 1798. -
Age of Sencibility
Samuel Johnson, often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".[95] He is also the subject of the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature. -
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ROMANTICEISM
At the turn of the century, fired by ideas of personal and political liberty and of the energy and sublimity of the natural world, artists and intellectuals sought to break the bonds of 18th-century convention. Although the works of Jean Jacques Rousseau and William Godwin had great influence, the French Revolution and its aftermath had the strongest impact of all. In England. -
Lyrical Ballads.
This movement in literature was preceded and accompanied by the change from monarchy to democracy in politics, from materialism to idealism in philosophy, from conservation (old style) to radicalism (revolutionary) in culture and from orthodoxy to emancipation in religion. -
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VICTORIAN
The Victorian era was the great age of the English novel—realistic, thickly plotted, crowded with characters, and long. It was the ideal form to describe contemporary life and to entertain the middle class. The novels of Charles Dickens, full to overflowing with drama, humor, and an endless variety of vivid characters and plot complications, nonetheless spare nothing in their portrayal of what urban life was like for all classes. -
Alice's Adventures In wonderland
by Lewis Carroll -
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens was a representative of critical realism. He saw the evils of bourgeois society of his time and his immortal works became an accusation of the bourgeois system as a whole. -
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MODERN LITERATURE
In its genesis, the Modernist Period in English literature was first and foremost a visceral reaction against the Victorian culture and aesthetic, which had prevailed for most of the nineteenth century. Indeed, a break with traditions is one of the fundamental constants of the Modernist stance. Intellectuals and artists at the turn of the twentieth century believed the previous generation’s way of doing things was a cultural dead end. -
The Trial
By Franz Kafka -
In Search of Lost Time
By Marcel Proust was
