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1520 BCE
Renaissance Drama 1520-1625
This was the introduction of theatre with writers such as Marlowe and Shakespeare. -
1500 BCE
Tudor Lyric Poetry 1500-1600
This begins in the 16th century with the work the great poets such as Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard.
Printing press- Shakespeare, Jhonson -
1066 BCE
Middle English -Medieval 1066-1500
When French became the language of the educated classes, gradually blending with Anglo-Saxon to produce this era, Chaucer was the first great name in this period of English literature. He introduces the iambic pentameter line, rhyming couplet and other rhymes.
Pilgrimage-Chaucer -
490 BCE
Anglo-Saxon or Old English
Romans withdrew from Britain, leaving it to Germanic and Scandinavian settlers.
Christianity- Rule of St Benedict -
1572
Elizabethan Lyric Poetry 1572-1700
Many poets of this era were preoccupied with the big questions of love, death and religious faith.
The greatest of Elizabethan lyric poets is John Donne whose short love poems are involve wit and irony.
Elizabethen Lyric Poetry metaphysical poetry -
Prose Fiction 1600-1700
The most popular was "Gulliver's Travels".
Writers such as Johnathon Swift wrote prose and satires. -
Epic Poetry 1600-1700
These poets include Homer and John Milton, Epic Poetry were long poems that told about heroic events. -
Romanticism 1785-1830
Which emphasized nature, passion, intellect and emotion, produced great poetry such as that of William Wordsworth, Lord Byron and John Keats.
Industrial Revolution- Fielding, Goldsmith -
Reaslism 1860- 1890
Realism focuses on the actual rather than the abstract.This beginning in the final of 19th century.
Hotels & travel for all- Hailey, Sankar -
Modern Literature 1865- Actualidad
Realism is still part of today's modern literature, this introduced important stylistic innovations such as stream of consciousness, the unreliable narrator, and stories driven more by psychology than by external plot.Of course there are many differences, however, between 19th century, 20th ceentury, and 21st century writers.
