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450
OLD ENGLISH
The word 'English' was said in old English 'Englisc', and comes from the name of the Anglos, whose name they derived from Engle, their homeland. There are few texts of this period -
Period: 450 to 1066
OLD ENGLISH
During the 5th and 6th centuries Germanic tribes, the Saxons, Anglos and Jutes, came to the British Isles from different parts of northwestern Germany and Denmark. The mixture of its dialects forms Old English or Anglo-Saxon. During this period religion and heroism were great influence. ( ) Caedmon and Cynewulf wrote on religious and biblical themes (731) Venerable Bede, wrote Ecclesiastical history of the English people (800) Beowulf, the greatest of Germanic epics -
1066
MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD
Middle English is the name given in historical philology to the various forms that symbolically adopted the English language spoken in England from the late eleventh century until the end of the fifteenth century. -
Period: 1066 to 1500
MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD
William the Conqueror invades England. Ancient French is the language of the court and culture. Latin was used in written language, especially in the church. Meanwhile, the English language is considered the vulgar language. 1387 The Canterbury Tales. A collection of 24 stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer. 1469 Thomas Malory compiles Morte d'Arthur an English account of the French tales of King Arthur 1470 William Caxton leads the printing press to England -
1500
RENAISSANCE
In this period, it is no longer the religious themes but the man who returns to be a center of interest for the arts, including literature. -
Period: 1500 to
ENGLISH RENAISSANCE
The age of Shakespeare" or "the Elizabethan era". Most words from Latin and Greek entered English. There was an explosion of culture in the form of support for the arts. 1604 William Shakespeare's name appears among the actors in a list of the King's Men. He writtes comedies and tragedies 1616 Shakespeare dies 1633 Jhon Donne publishes Holy sonets. 1667 Jhon Milton Paradise Lost -
ROMANTICISM PERIOD
The romantic period saw the flourishing of the English novel. The romantic novel and the Gothic are closely related; both imagine almost supernatural forces that operate in nature or direct human destinies. -
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ROMANTICISM PERIOD
Search for a freedom in creation. The authors wrote about love, life and nature. The greatest exponents of romantic poetry in England: 1807 William Wordsworth publishes the world is too much with us 1812 - 1818 Lord Byron publishes The Perigrinations of Childe Harold 1813 Percy Bysshe Shelley publishes Queen Mab, in which she expresses her faith for humanity. John Keats wrote extensive narrative poems -
VICTORIAN PERIOD
During this period Great Britain becomes the first world power. It was a period of profound social, cultural and political changes, under the reign of Victoria I. -
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VICTORIAN PERIOD
The novel dominated during this era. They were long and prolix and the close representation to the real social life of the time. 1813 Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice. 1837 Charles Dickens' first novel, Oliver Twist, begins monthly publication (in book form, 1838) 1842 English poet Robert Browning publishes a vivid narrative poem about the terrible revenge of The Pied Piper of Hamelin 1891 Oscar Wilde publishes The Picture of Dorian Gray -
MODERN LITERATURE
Modernist literature focused mainly on fiction and gained strength due to the growing industrialization and globalization as well as the new technology that emerged after two world wars. -
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MODERN LITERATURE
The most outstanding novelists of this period were D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. The Sitwells also gained strength among literary and artistic movements, but with less influence. The most important writers of popular literature were P.G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie. -
POSMODERN LITERATURE
It is characterized by a rejection of the traditional position of literature. -
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POSMODERN LITERATURE
Two examples of English postmodern literature are: John Fowles and Julian Barnes. Some important writers of the beginning of the 21st century are: 1940 Flann O'Brien's The Third Policeman is rejected by numerous publishers before becoming, decades later, his best-known novel 1973 Martin Amis publishes his first novel The Rachel Papers 1978 Ian McEwan publishes his first novel, The Cement Garden
