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450
OLD ENGLISH (450-1066)
BEOWULF: Greatest and first old english poem written by unknown author -
1066
MIDDLE ENGLISH (1066-1500)
-Works frequently of a religiously didactic content.
-Geofrey chaucer "the canterbury tales" -
1500
ENGLISH RENAISSANCE (1500-1660)
-Influence of Aristotle, Ovid, as well as science and exploration.
-William Shakespeare,Christopher Marlowe, Jhon Fletcher etc.
-Primarily texts for public performance -
RESTORATION AGE (1660-1700)
The monarchy was restored in england, Dryden was the representative writer of this period -
18TH CENTURY (1700- 1798)
Britain experienced vast social, political, economical and existencial changes, representatives autor such as montagu, finch, jhonson. -
ROMANTICISM (1798- 1837)
-William blake includes his poem "jerusalen" in the preface to his book MILTON.
-Charles Dickens first´ novel, Oliver Twist begins monthly publication -
VICTORIAN (1837-1901)
-Named for the reign of quen victoria, britain´s longest reigning monarch.
-literature seems as a bridge between romanticism and modernism. -
MODERN LITERATURE(1901-1940)
-Beatrix potter publishes at her own expense The Tale of Peter Rabbit. -Agata Christie´s miss marple makes her fis appearance, in Murder of the Vicarage -Flann o´ brien´s The Third Policeman is rejected by numerous publishers before becoming, decades later, his best- known novel -
POST MODERN (1940-2000)
-English author and alcoholic Malcolm Lowry publishes an autobiographical novel, Under the Volcano. -Politician and Author Winston Churchill completes his six-volume history The Second World War -The Amber Spyglass completes Philip pullman´s trilogy, his "Dark Materials" -
CONTEMPORARY(2000-2019)
-The film series of C.S. lewis´s Chronicles of Narnia is launched wih the Lion,The Witch and the Wardrobe.
-The Nobel Peace Prize to Juan Manuel Santos. -Michael schumacher becomes the first driver to win seven world championships titles in formula one
