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OLD ENGLISH (450–1066)
Old English literature, or Anglo-Saxon literature, encompasses literature written in Old English in early medieval England from the 7th century to the decades after the Norman conquest of 1066. Some works, such as Beowulf and those of the period poets Caedmon and Cynewulf, they are important. -
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MIDDLE ENGLISH (1066–1500)
The Middle English period sees a great transition in the language, culture and lifestyle of England and results in what we can recognize today as a "modern" (recognizable) form of English. The era extends to around 1500. As with the Old English period, much of the writing of Middle English was religious in nature. Characters such as Chaucer, Thomas Malory and Robert Henryson stand out in this period. Notable works include "Piers Plowman" and "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". -
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ENGLISH RENAISSANCE (1500–1660)
This period is divided into three other periods: Elizabethan(considered the golden age in english history)Jacobean, Carolina; The writers wanted to change reality through art; during this period we can find the greatest of all english authors: Shakespeare, one example of his plays is Hamlet that expresses both the ideals of the Renaissance and the disillusion of a less confident age; Other authors of this age are:
John Donne
Edmund Spencer
John Milton
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PURITAN (1653- 1660)
The function of the puritan writers was to glorify God and make him more relevant to the universe; In 1653 devoted fisherman Izaak Walton publishes the classic work on the subject, The Compleat Angler (a pastoral discourse on the joys of fishing); In 1660 on the first day of the new year Samuel Pepys gets up late, eats the remains of the turkey and begins his diary -
RESTORATION AGE (1660- 1700)
In this age the monarchy was restored in England(Charles II became king) this literature includes extremes; in this age, Pepys ends his diary, Part I of The Pilgrim's Progress is published and is immediately popular,paradise Lost is published, earning its author John Milton just £10, and John Locke publishes his Essay concerning Human Understanding, arguing that all knowledge is based on experience. -
18TH CENTURY (1700-1798)
This age is known as the age of enlightenment or the age of reason; The 18th century saw the development of the modern novel as literary genre, in fact many candidates for the first novel in English date from this period, of which Daniel Defoe's 1719 Robinson Crusoe is probably the best known, with its detailed realism, can be seen as the first English novel. -
ROMANTICISM (1798-1837))
This era was characterized by the spirit of realism and romantic features like enthusiasm, passion, imaginations, etc includes the works of such juggernauts as Wordsworth, Coleridge, William Blake, Lord Byron, John Keats, Charles Lamb, Mary Wollstonecraft, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Thomas De Quincey, Jane Austen, and Mary Shelley. There is also a minor period, also quite popular (between 1786–1800), called the Gothic era. -
VICTORIAN (1837–1901)
The Victorian period coincides with the reign of Queen Victoria over england , in literature, the early Victorian age is considered to be the age of critical realism. Charles Dickens dominated the first part of Victoria's reign and is called "The King of Victorian Literature", author Thomas Hardy is considered the major novelist of the later part of Queen Victoria's reign;Oscar Wilde published novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, Bram Stoker published Dracula, William M.Published Vanity Fair. -
MODERN LITERATURE (1901-1940)
The modern period had less zeal for love, natural beauty and feelings.
Writers of the 20th century experimented with other types of structures. Virginia Woolf, for example, wrote novels whose main plot was often "interrupted" by memories of the characters. Ford Madox The Ford classic "The Good Soldier" plays with chronology, jumping from one period to another. Other recognized writers are:
-Beatrix Potter
-James Joyce
-Joseph Conrad
-Henry James
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POST MODERNS (1940-2000)
The postmodern period begins at the time that World War II ended. Poststructuralist literary theory and criticism developed during this time.
Postmodernists often defy authorities.During this period, C.S. Lewis gets his first look at Narnia in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Roald Dahl publishes Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, And J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone sees the light. -
CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE (2000- ?)
Literature written after World War II to this day, the events of World War II are the paths to this type of literature; There is no particular style identified during this time and not only books but also the millions that now exist online are also considered literature.Works of contemporary literature reflect the social and / or political views of a society, shown to through realistic characters, connections with the present. and socioeconomic messages.