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This period arises from the arrival of the Trigermanic tribes to the British Isles in the 450s (Angles, Saxons, and the righteous). The Anglos called their own language English. In the 900s, the Vikings also invaded Britain, their exposition developed a dialect; West Saxon which was the official language of Great Britain.
In Old English, he unleashes epic poetry, lyrical and Christian poetry. -
Characterized by the infunciation of French literature, replacing it for English literature in literary compositions. By the fourteenth century, English was used again by the ruling classes, but it had transformations. This literature is more diverse than that of Old English, influencing Italian and French elements, thus appearing Old English words, some with double Latin and Germanic forms, the nomadic influence produced Middle English, also affecting the pronunciation of it.
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Also called Early Modern English, this linguistic form was practiced from late Middle English. In this period humanism (English's contribution to the European movement) favored the emergence of a style of the authors of classical antiquity, wealth, and metaphorical profusion. This is divided into three sub-periods: Elizabethan, Jacobean, and Carolina.
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This period was the flowering of literature, especially drama, here William Shakespeare, also popularized English sonnets by making a change. Here also flourishing English poetry, characterized by an elaborate language and by its hallucination to the themes of classical mythology. Prose writers featured, Thomas Nashe (November 1567c.1601), and John Lyly (1553 or 1554-1606). An important influence on the poetry of Thomas Wyatt (1503-42), one of the earliest English Renaissance poets. -
The reign of Jacobo I of England, after the period of Elizabeth I, is where a period of crisis in England begins.
Willlam Shakespeare dedicates some of his plays to King Jacobo I as Othello (1604), King Lear (1605), later after Shakespeare's death, the poet and dramatist Ben Jonson became the most prominent figure in literature, where his characters incorporate the theory of the four senses of humor: air, water, fire, earth. -
This period had a profound effect on the writing of the time, the authors written first-person with simplistic language and sentence structure, religious references, biblical hallucinations, poetry, and hysterical accounts. The civil war helped the Puritans establish the commonwealth. Oliver Cromwell was able to galvanize a military dictatorship, the monarchy was restored, having an important role in politics: William Bradford, John Winthrop, Edward Taylor, and John Milton. -
King Charles Charles Il, was the first ruler in the restoration period. Many literary forms of the modern world were born; the novel biography, history, travel, and journalism, there was excellent poetry, In particular, that of John Dryden, wrote poetry, prose, and drama, divided into political satirists, doctrinals, and fables, Dryden literary figure in the era of resaturation. Other literary works of great importance were: "Paradise Lost" (Jhon Milton) "The Sodom Side" (John Wilmot)
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There was an enormous growth in the publication of political literature. This was an era of the violent slave trade and global human trafficking. This period is divided into two sub-periods; Agustan and age of sensitivity. -
Historic poetry maintained the field throughout the eighteenth century. Lyric poet, William Collins, the criteria applied were those of intelligence not those of heart, this period did not know enthusiasm, having in literature the possession of what was better but being different from the poetry of the Elizabethans. This period was after the Age of Restoration until the death of Alexander Pope (1690-1744). Writers Pope and John Dryden in poetry, and Jonathan Swift and Joseph Addison in prose. -
Called "Age of Johnson", an English writer who made contributions to English literature, as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, his most impressive poem was "Vanity of human desires" ( 1749). The novel of sensitivity is a genre that developed during the second half of the seventeenth century. Among the most famous sentimental novels in English is "Samuel Richardson's Pamela, or Virtue reward" (1740). -
The most notable feature of the poetry of the romanticism era is the new role of individual thought and personal feeling, considering that poetry conveyed the truth of the feelings of the time, the emphasis on the sentiment generally seen in Robert's poems Burns. the most relevant authors of the time are: Lord Byron: "Don Juan"(1824) William Blake:"The Tyger (1794) Edgar Allan Poe:"The Raven" (1845) Robert Burns: "Auld Lang Syne (1788) Samuel Taylor Coleridge:"Christabel (1816) -
The literature of the Victorian era entered a new period after romanticism, following as characteristic of romanticism but followed by modernism or realism. Poets, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Robert Browning, being notable for the excellence of their prose. On the other hand, Victorian novels tend to be idealized portraits of difficult lives, winning love at the end of each story. Authors and outstanding works Alfred Lord Tennyson: "The lady of Shallot" William Wordsworth: "Return to nature" -
In this period, society at all levels underwent profound changes, war and industrialization devalued individualism, global communication, being a rhythm of changes of traditions. The writers of the time developed innovative techniques. Outstanding works and writers: Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson, 19919) Ulysses (James Joyce, 1922)
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Literature in the postmodern period is characterized by the dependence on narrative techniques such as fragmentation, paradox, and the unreliable narrator, post-modern works are seen as a response against the dogmatic follow-up of Enlightenment thinking and modernist approaches to literature. Writers in this era were: Kurt Vonne Gust: "Slaughterhouse-five (1969) Jorge Luis Borges: "The Library of Babel" Samuel Beckett: "Stirrings Still" (1988)
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Arises from the Declaration of Independence of the United States or the French Revolution, leading to growth in the underdeveloped and recently industrialized countries. Science and culture entered a period of development while contemporary art and contemporary literature were subjected to the impact of new communication. Featured authors: Harper Lee: "They kill a Mockingbird" Randall Jarrell: "The Death of Ball Turret Gunner"
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