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450 – 1066 Old English
Old English literature, also called Anglo-Saxon literature, originated in Germanic tribes called Saxons. It began when Germanic tribes invaded Celtic England around 450 and lasted until the Norman-French conqueror William conquered England in 1066. These works include epics, biographies of saints, sermons, Bible translations, legal works, chronicles, and riddles. The most famous example of Old English literature is the untitled epic "Beowulf". -
Period: 450 to 1066
Old English
It dates back to the invasion of Cela England around the year 450.
The Era ended in 1066 when Norman France under the command of William conquered England.
Half of this period featured oral literature.
The prose during this time was translated from something else. Works such as Beowulf stand out, the poem is a series of adventure stories about a village called Geats and a war hero called Beowulf.
Poets like Caedmon and Cynewulf stand out in this era. -
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1066 -1500 MIDDLE ENGLISH
During the English period in the Middle Ages, the language, culture and lifestyle of England had undergone tremendous changes. Some examples of words left over to English. -Some matters related to the crown (e.g., crown, castle, prince), government and administration (e.g., parliament, government, governor, city). -
Period: 1066 to 1500
Middle English
The era extends from 1066 to around 1500.
It is a difficult period to identify because it is a time of transition between two epochs that have a more solid definition: Old English and Modern English.
This period is home to characters like Chaucer , Thomas Malory and Robert Henryson.
Notable works include "Piers Plowman" and "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". -
Period: 1500 to
English Renaissance.
This period is subdivided into four parts.
The Elizabethan age (1558-1603), was the golden age of English drama. Some of his notable figures include Christopher Marlowe, Francis Bacon, William Shakespeare.
The Jacobean Age (1603-1625), is named after the reign of James I. It includes the plays of John Donne, Shakespeare, Michael Drayton.
The Carolina Age (1625-1649), covers the reign of Charles I ("Carolus"). John Milton and George Herbert are some of the notable figures. -
1653 -1660 – PURITAN
The Puritan period is also known as the period of the famous writer John Milton. This brief and sad period was from 1653 to 1660. The Puritans influenced religion, family life, community service and literature with great and noble poetry. -
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Puritan Time Period.
There were also secular poets who called themselves the poets of Caser. While the metaphysical poet delighted in mysticism and religiosity, the poets Cavalier dealt with the subject of love. The poets Cavalier - Herrick, Carew, Lovelaceand Suckling. -
1660 -1700 – RESTORATION AGE
During this period, the term "Puritan" was largely controversial, and English literature was written after the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 following the Commonwealth period. Many literary forms typical of the modern world, such as novels, biographies, history, travel literature, and news, gained confidence during the reformation period. Most importantly, the restoration period is a great age of dramatic and heroic works, influenced by the principles of French neoclassicism. -
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Restoration Age Period.
Restoration marks a complete break with the past.
People believed in the present, the real and the material. Writers, both in prose and in poetry, tacitly agreed upon the rules and principles according to which they should write. Literary rules and conventions became more important than the depth and seriousness of the subject for writers of this period.
Dryden was the first of the new ones. Butler’s Hudibras is a scathing satire on Puritans. -
1700 – 1798 - 18TH CENTURY
In the eighteenth century, it is often referred to as the age of reason, divided into two periods: Augustan literature and the sensitive age. It began in English literature and claimed to be comparable to the prosperity under Augustus Caesar. The literature of "The Age of Reason" published by Thomas Paine became very enlightening. The creative works show a sense of order and restraint. -
1798 – 1837 – ROMANTICISM
The Romantic era is about people's ancient connections and awe of nature. This is a movement of art, literature and music. Romanticism refers to a novel of free imagination, taking into account the value of imagination, emotion and rules. Some leftover words. Tragic, helpless, precarious, creeping, respectable, heavy. -
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Romantic Period.
Romantic literature is marked by six main characteristics: celebration of nature, focus on the individual and spirituality, celebration of isolation and melancholy, interest in the common man, idealization of women and pathetic impersonation and fallacy.
There is also a minor period, also quite popular (between 1786-1800), called the Gothic era. Notable writers of this period include Matthew Lewis, Anne Radcliffe, and William Beckford. -
1837 -1901- VICTORIAN
The Victorian period was very important for Britain because it was the most powerful country at the time. This period was very harsh for several writers who were condemned for engaging in homosexual activities.The novelists of this period responded to the industrial and political scenario. Therefore, Queen Victoria brought peace by creating an era of moral rigidity to repress sexual behavior. Some slang words of the Victorian era.
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Victorian Period
The Victorian period is in sharp dispute with the Romantic period as being the most popular, influential and prolific period of all English (and world) literature.
During the 19th century, the novel became the main form of English literature. The 19th century is often regarded as a highlight in European and Victorian literature, including the works of Emily and Charlotte, Robert Browning, Oscar Wilde, among others. -
1901 – 1940 – MODERN LITERATURE
This period was from 1901 to 1940, breaking the tradition and rejecting romanticism. World War I responded to the values and new literary genres appeared (poetry, free poems, epiphanies began to appear in literature, speeches, memoirs and novels) Modernists are concerned about the uncertainty and complexity of the postwar world. -
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Modern Period.
The five major nations of modern literature (ca. 1800-present) have been France, Germany, Russia, England, and the United States. The figures bearing the title "greatest novelist" and /or "greatest poet" of each nation are almost all widely accepted; most lived in the 19th century.
Some of the most notable writers of this period include novelists James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Aldous Huxley; and playwrights Tom Stoppard, George Bernard Shaw. -
1940 – 2000 – POST MODERNS
Modernism is an important literary movement of the first half of the 20th century. The term postmodern literature is used to describe certain trends in post-World War II literature. In the mid-20th century, important writers began to appear in different Commonwealth countries, including several Nobel laureates. -
POST MODERN PERIOD (1940-2000)
Postmodern literature is at the same time a continuation of the experiments advocated by writers in the modernist period. This experiment is largely based on fragmentation, paradoxes, suspicious narrators, etc. Postmodern literature is a novel about metaphors or satire that reveals skepticism. -
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PostModerns Period.
In literature, writers often playfully avoid the possibility of meaning, and the postmodern novel is often a parody of this.
Postmodern literature, as expressed in the writings of Beckett, Robbe Grillet, Borges, Marquez, Naguib Mahfouz and Angela Carter, is based on the recognition of the complex nature of reality and experience, the role of time and memory in human perception, of self and the world as historical constructions, and the problematic nature of language. -
Contemporary Period 2000
Contemporary literature refers to all literature of the 21st century. Literary works are used to discuss sociopolitical, economic, and religious issues. In addition, literature has become a genre through the development of hypertext and the development of the World Wide Web. Today, England is invaded by a large number of English language influencers.
Some new words in English: (Scrumptious, Textrovert, Eunoia). -
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Contemporary Period.
Contemporary literature presents a somewhat modern narrative, but it also contains a harsher reality. Contemporary written works tend to be influenced by a new reality that flourished in the post-war mind, and included a personal cynicism, disillusionment, and frustration that are common to this literary period.
These authors are the most popular in this period: Isabel Allende, Jonathan Franzen, Ian McEwan, Haruki Murakami, Zadie Smith, John Updike.