ENGLISH LITERATURE

Anglo-Saxon period (450-1066)

450

from 2 Germanic tribes
This period ended in 1066 when France conquered England.
thus introducing oral literature and the main feature was the translation

Medium English (1066-1500)

Jan 30, 1066

Transition in language, culture, politic, etc
The literature is more understable
based on nature and religion
new poets like Thomas Malory and Robert Herryson

renaissance

Mar 5, 1500

the modern age is contemplated, and it is divided into several stages
Elizabethan marked by drama and as a reference we have william shakespeare
Jacobean marked by great works and the main work was the translation of the Bible into English
carolina and commonweath

neoclassical period

Nov 29, 1600

stage-based
Restoration comedies, with William Shakespeare and John Dryden as references
augusta and the main exponent alexander pope
and a stage of sensitivity was marked with the arrival of illustration accompanied by novels

romantical period

Mar 14, 1785

this period is in doubt, since it was tried to make English literature popular

victorian period

Dec 24, 1832

It was related to social, religious and economic problems in England, they had influence of powers to acquire a single style, and it was a matter of being based on English literature and from there expanding it worldwide

georgian period

Dec 23, 1910

was marked by poetry, based on rural or pastoral events and contradicted the romantic

modern period

Nov 14, 1914

They were works written after the First World War, where different styles and forms of expressions were covered and new criticisms of these emergence were generated.

posmodern period

Dec 30, 1945

They were works written after the First World War, where different styles and forms of expressions were covered and new criticisms of these emergence were generated.