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Old English ( anglo saxon)
The History of English emphasis on alliteration and percussive effects also a versy complex language where nouns had three genders (male ,female and nueter) -
Period: 500 to
British Literature timeline
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Period: 500 to Apr 1, 1100
OLD ENGLISH (ANGLO SAXON)
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Jan 1, 1031
Major Event (The book of life)
The book of life A book filled with names in order to keep record of who would be saved on judgement day -
Jan 1, 1066
Key event :The battle of Hastings
The battle of Hastings Fought between William the Conqueror and king Harold -
Apr 1, 1066
Middle English
The history of english
The Normans led by William the conqueror invaded Britain -
Period: Apr 1, 1066 to Apr 1, 1485
Middle English (Medival)
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Apr 1, 1384
Major event
The history of english In 1384, John Wycliffe translates “The Bible” in vernacular English -
Apr 1, 1412
The influence of Chaucer
After Chaucer's death in 1400 his legacy remained in Britain forever. -
Apr 1, 1476
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William Caxton establishes the first English printing press -
Period: Apr 1, 1485 to
Renaissance
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Apr 1, 1549
Major event
The history of english First version of “The Book of Common Prayer” published -
Major work
William Shakespeare wirtes his first play -
Key event
Death of William Shakespeare -
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Neo-Classicism
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Alexander Pope writes an essay on criticism, forming the basis for modern English literary criticism, insist that 'nature' is the true model and standard of writing. -
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Romanticism
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Major Event
Samuel Johnson publishes his “Dictionary of the English Language” -
Major Work
Coleridge proposed an influential theory of literature in his Biographia Literaria by Colridge Read more: English literature: The Romantic Period http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/entertainment/english-literature-the-romantic-period.html#ixzz3W6lghmRD -
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Major work
Emily Brontë's wrote Wuthering Heights Read more: English literature: The Victorian Age http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/entertainment/english-literature-the-victorian-age.html#ixzz3W6nqkC6z -
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Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (1847) -
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Jane Austen wrote during the romantic period. -
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Victorian Age
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Modern Literature
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Major work
E.E Cummings wrote The Enormous Room -
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F.Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby -
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William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying -
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post modern and comtemparary
