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He was born in the period after the settlement of the Saxons and other Germanic tribes in England. Therefore it has little English influence. These works include genres such as epic poetry, hagiography, sermons, Bible translations, legal works, chronicles, and others. There are about 400 surviving manuscripts from the period such as the "Battle of Maldon" poem, named after the actual 911 Battle of Maldon. -
The event that initiated the transition from Old English to Middle English was the Norman Conquest of 1066. As the invaders integrated, their language and literature mixed with that of the natives, and the Norman dialects of the ruling classes became Anglo. -norman. In this period, religious literature continued to enjoy popularity and was adapted and translated, for example, Middle English Bible -
The English Renaissance covers the 16th and early 17th centuries and is often referred to as the "Elizabethan Age" or the "Age of Shakespeare." Latin was considered the language of education and scholarship at this time, hence the additions to the English vocabulary during this period. they were deliberate loans, and not the result of any invasion or influx of new nationalities
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The Puritan religious faith originated in England in the early 17th century. The Puritans believed that England's state religious institution needed to purify itself from the influence of the Catholic religious faith. then, they left London to establish a new colony run by a former lawyer named John Winthrop -
The restoration period lasted from 1660 to around 1688. The name 'restoration' comes from the coronation of Charles II, which marks the restoration of the traditional English monarchical form of government after a brief period of rule by a handful of republican governments.
One of the most significant aspects of restoration literature was the return of the theater. -
British literature emerged in the early 18th century, and with it also writers such as Alexander Pope -
Romanticism can be seen as an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that rejects various concepts that implemented the 18th century, this period brought romantic poetry and novels like the novels written by William Blake. -
It is the period of the reign of Queen Victoria, during this period literature expanded thanks to the improvement in the printing and distribution of books and allows highlighting the talent of writers such as Charles Dickens. -
Modernist literature was a predominantly English genre of writing, popular from about the 1910s to the 1960s, this period began in Europe and broke with traditional styles of literature. One of the writers of modern literature was William Faulkner. -
This period begins with the 20th century, it is a form of literature that is marked by unreliable storytellers, often plots, games, parodies, paranoia, black humor, etc. unrealistic and absolutely impossible. Postmodern authors conceptualize the world as impossible to define or understand -
It appeared after the Second World War and includes all literary works up to the present time
