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800
Old English
Representatives : Coedmo-Cynewulflf
Literary word c 800
old english literature, also called Anglo-Saxon literature,
litrature written in old english.
the major literature in english outside the British Isles are treated separately under American litrature, Australian, Canadian literature ,and New Zeland literature. -
1200
Middle English
At this time the oral tradition was very important and much of the literary works were written to be able to be represented the epic poems became very popular and some like Beowulf have come to this day. -
1500
1485 Renaissance
The poetry, drama and prose that were written during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I constitute what is now called "English Renaissance." During this period, literature is characterized by a special interest in human behavior as the main theme of the works, partly due to the influence of Italian humanism. While English medieval literature was nourished by religious themes, during the Renaissance writers opted for more secular subjects. -
( 1660-1700 )The restoration
Restoration literature includes works as disparate as John Milton's Lost Paradise, John Wilmot's Sodom, William Wycherley's Comedy, The Field Wife or John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. -
The age of enlightenment.
Some of the most important writers of the Enlightenment were the philosophers of France, especially Voltaire and the political scholar Montesquieu. A well-known poem of this era was The violation of the Lock by Alexander Pope. It is an intelligent parody of the ruling families of England. -
The Romantic period 1830
This definition would have changed a lot according to this era. Now, some actors quit writing social and methodological science linked to philosophy. They gave me a new chance to write about beauty and nature. -
Victorian literature 1837-1901
The so-called Victorian era constitutes a very important cultural stage in the history of England and in that of Europe. It is the great moment of England, and although it does not have the brilliant splendor of the Elizabethan and Jacobin period - the death of Lord Byron marks the decline of a heroic age - it presents, instead, a hard coherence, an organized tenacity in all fields of human activity, and shows a determined will to transform the world and the forces of nature for the well-being -
modernism era 1940
By Anglo-Saxon modernism, avant-garde literature in English is known in general terms that had its peak more or less between 1900 and 1940. Modernism developed mainly in Europe, so many American writers moved to London or Paris who were at that time the nerve centers of artistic culture. -
postmodernism period 2000
the period immediately after World War II (after 1945), As for literary postmodernism, and even being hard to define the discipline, it is both a denial and an affirmation of the modernist paradigm. We say this since while refusing the ideas implicit in modernist literature, he has no qualms about continuing the experimentation in terms of narrative structure initiated by modernist writers.
