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I Period
there was no such thing as ‘English’ during this period. The inhabitants of Britain – the Britons – did not speak English, but various Celtic languages. Beowulf is the oldest surviving Germanic epic and the longest Old English poem; it was likely composed between 700 and 750 -
Period: 450 to 1066
I Period (Old english periodo)
This period is characterised by the constant invasions to Britain, such as in 5th and 6th centuries, by the anglos, the saxons and jutes. There we can find the very first poetry written in old English landuage -
1066
IIPeriod
Chaucer was not particularly known for his poetry when he was alive—even though we now think of him as the go-to poet of medieval England. Instead, what made him popular among his peers and honored by the royal court was his life as a dedicated civil servant -
Period: 1066 to 1500
II period (Middle english)
Corresponds to the medieval period.
The Normand conquest of England in 1066 traditionally signifies the beginning of 200 years of the domination of French in ENglish letters.
-The literary writings are in Old English
-Works of literature focuses on: sadness, change, loss and death. -
1500
III Period
By the time of Elizabethan literature a vigorous literary culture in both drama and poetry included poets such as Edmund Spenser, whose verse epic The Faerie Queene had a strong influence on English literature but was eventually overshadowed by the lyrics of William Shakespeare, Thomas Wyatt and others. -
Period: 1500 to
III period (English Renaissance)
Strong influence in English writing.
This era, sees the birth of great authors like William Shakespeare, Edmund Spencer or Francis Bacon.
Literature workings to highlight:
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
The faerie Quene (Edmund Spencer)
Other author to have in mind: George Chapman and Thomas Wyatt -
1564
III period
William Shakespeare was the greatest writer of the era born in 1564 -
IV Period
The religious discourse emphasizes the concept of predestination and inevitability of sin and a strong sense of guilt and shame.
There is heavy usage of symbolism, especially, from the religious scripture. -
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IV period (Puritan)
Literature during this period did not have unity of soul.
Considered very intellectual in one part, in the other, this era is considered the era of sins and total decay. Pilgrims had their travels during this period.
Shakespeare collected works first published (1620)
George Herbert (1593-1633)
Richard Crashaw (1612-1649)
Notable periods:
Jacobean period : James 1st 1603-1625
Caroline period: Charles 1st 1625-1649 -
V Period
The most representative poet was Ben Johnson who put the bases of the artistic movement of Neo Classicism. -
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V period (Restoration age)
King Charles II restores English, Scotish and Irish monarchies.
Also, London lives one of the worst plagues, the Great plague of London, from 1665 to 1666.
This era is definitively religious. -
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VI period (18TH Century)
We can say that the novel as we know it, borns here.
Notable writers:
Daniel Dafoe -► Robinson Crusoe
Jonathan Swift -► Gulliver travels
Henry Fielding -►Tom Jones -
VII Period
Romantic authors value sentimental, heartfelt feelings and emotional experiences over historical and scientific facts. -
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VII Period (Romanticism)
In this period we have people as the romantics of lake school.
School of thought that values feeling and intuition over reason.
They were: William Wordsworth, Samuel T. Coleridge. Notable the exstences of Lord Byron (1771-1832)
Jane Austin with Pride and prejudice in 1813. -
VIII Period
Victorian novels tend to be idealized portraits of difficult lives in which hard work, perseverance, love and luck win out in the end -
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VIII Period (Victorian)
This era was characterised by the transition from romanticism to modern writing style.
We have outstanding authors like:
William Makepeace and his "Vanity Fair"
Oscarl Wilde and his "The importance of being Earnest"
Charles Dickens and his "David Copperfield"
Robert Louis Stevenson and his "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" -
IX Period
Experimentation and individualism became virtues, where in the past they were often heartily discouraged. Modernism was set in motion, in one sense, through a series of cultural shocks. The first of these great shocks was the Great War, which ravaged Europe from 1914 through 1918, known now as World War One -
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IX Period (Modern Literature)
20 century
The most important characteristic of modern literature is that it is opposed to general attitude to life and its problems adopted by the Victorian writers. -
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Postmodern works are seen as a response against dogmatic following of Enlightenment thinking and Modernist approaches to literature. -
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X Period (Post Moderns)
Situated after the WWII. This movement represents like modernism, a break with 19th century.
Some outstanting and remarkable writers are:
George Orwell with books like 1984 or animal farm.(1949)
William Goldin with Lord of the flies. (1954)
C. S. Lewis with his immortalised "Chronicles of Narnia" (1950-1956) -
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XI Period (Contemporary)
With the arriving of the new millnium, is quite difficult to draw a line between the postmodernism and contemporary. Since contemporary is dsplaying an imitation of earlier literay styles and techinques, not much difference can be noticed. Topics such war, sex, fantasy, sci-fi, and pseudosciences, are filling the nearest kioskos and libraries through easy to consume readings and fashion statements
