Timeline: History of English literature

Old English 460-1000

460

In Old English literature, the works belong to genres as diverse as epic poetry, hagiography, sermons, translations of the Bible, legal works, chronicles, spells, riddles and others, that arouses the interest.
Old English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4nZi5wQzz4

Ontological Argument 1078

1078

One of the most fascinating arguments for the existence of an all-perfect God is the ontological argument. While there purport to show that it is self-contradictory to deny that there exists a greatest possible being. Thus, The ontological argument, is unique among such arguments in that it purports to establish the real (as opposed to abstract) existence of some entity.

Middle English 1100-1500's

1100

English underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English period, saw significant changes to its grammar, pronunciation, and orthography. During the Middle English period, many Old English grammatical features disappeared altogether. Characteristics : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDqaamQ_JiI

Lyric Poetry 1500's - 1600's

1500

Lyric poetry is a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person, it begins with the work the great poets such as Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard.

Renaissance Drama 1520-1625

1520

Encompassed innovative flowering of Latin, and the 14th-century resurgence of learning based the introduction of theater with writers such as Marlowe and Shakespeare.

Elizabethan Lyric Poetry 1572-1700's

1572

Short love poems, involve and irony. Many poets of this era were preoccupied with the big questions of love, death and religious faith.

Prose of Fiction 1600's - 1700's

1600

English Prose Fiction is a balanced and representative collection of fictional prose works from the 16th and 17th centuries, is written in a straightforward narrative and shows influence from both drama and biography, and yet it also shows an awareness of the grand allegorical.

Romanticism 1780- 1850

1800

Romanticism was characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as glorification of all the past and nature, preferring the medieval rather than the classical. Romanticism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyoxnuHcJIU

Realism 1860-1890

1860

Beginning in the 19th century, People were interested in literature that they could relate with real in rather than the abstract.

´Postmodernism

1934

Is a broad movement that developed in the mid- to late 20th century, across philosophy, the arts, architecture, and criticism and that marked a departure from modernism.
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VjMzRcEW90

Contemporary 2000 present

2000

Works of contemporary literature reflect a society's social and/or political viewpoints, shown through realistic characters, connections to current events and socioeconomic messages. Realism is still part of today's modern literature.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN3syKIxdbo