ENGLISH LITERATURE

  • 450

    Anglo-Saxon period (450-1066)

    Anglo-Saxon period (450-1066)
    from 2 Germanic tribes
    This period ended in 1066 when France conquered England.
    thus introducing oral literature and the main feature was the translation
  • Jan 30, 1066

    Medium English (1066-1500)

    Medium English (1066-1500)
    Transition in language, culture, politic, etc
    The literature is more understable
    based on nature and religion
    new poets like Thomas Malory and Robert Herryson
  • Mar 5, 1500

    renaissance

    renaissance
    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

    neoclassical period
    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

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

    victorian period
    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

    georgian period
    was marked by poetry, based on rural or pastoral events and contradicted the romantic
  • modern period

    modern period
    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

    posmodern period
    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.