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1066
Old English
It endend with the norman Conquest -
1066
I PERIOD OLD ENGLISH ( 450-1066)
When the Jutes, Anglos and Saxons came to England from Germany defeated the english tribes and started their reign. -
1500
II PERIOD MIDDLE ENGLISH (1066-1500)
The middle age was a period of enormous historical, social and lingusitic change despite the continiuty of the Roman catholic church. -
1500
Middle English
Middle English saw significant changes to its vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and orthography. Writing conventions during the Middle English period varied widely. Examples of writing from this period that have survived show extensive regional variation. -
Elizabeth`s Era ( Renaissance)
This Renaissance period can be directly attributed to Elizabeth`s character. -
Jacobean (Renaissance)
Jacobean Age During reign of James I. Breach b/w Puritan and Cavalier widened, growth in realism in art and cynics in thought. -
Carolina period ( Renaissance)
The Caroline age is named after Charles I (1625-1649).The age of Caroline is an age of poetry of three kinds or schools: Metaphysical, Cavalier and Puritan schools of poetry. -
III PERIOD ENGLISH RENAISSANCE (1500-1660)
The Elizabeth Era , is a period of the time associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth, she was 25 years old when she became the Queen of England and she held the Title for 45 years until her death. -
IV PERIOD PURITAN AGE
Is characterized by the civil war thata broke out in 1642, putitanism was a protestan religious reform movement developed within church of England during late sixtheenth century. -
V PERIOD RESTORATION AGE (1660-1700)
The period from 1660 to 1700 is known as the Restoration period or the Age of Dryden. Dryden was the representative writer of this period. The restoration of King Charles II in 1660 marks the beginning of a new era both in the life and the literature of England. The King was received with wild joy on his return from exile. -
Augustan Period ( 1700-1750)
It was part of the 18th Century period. One of the most illustrious periods in Latin literary history. -
VI PERIOD 18TH CENTURY (1700-1798)
The period is also known as the "century of lights" or the "century of reason". In continental Europe, philosophers dreamed of a brighter age. -
Age of Sensibility ( 1798)
"Age of Sensibility,” in recognition of the high value that many Britons came to place on explorations of feeling and emotion in literature and the other arts. -
VII ROMANTICISM PERIOD (1798-1837)
Divided in Romantic poetry and roamantic novel . The Romantic Age was a reaction of the Revolution. It was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement. -
VIII VICTORIAN PERIOD ( 1837-1901)
The period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 1837 until her death in 1901 was marked by sweeping progress and ingenuity. -
IX 20 CENTURY PERIOD MODERN LITERATURE ( 1091-1940)
During this period, society at every level underwent profound changes. War and industrialization seemed to devalue the individual. Global communication made the world a smaller place. The pace of change was dizzying. Writers responded to this new world in a variety of ways. -
X POSTMODERN PERIOD ( 1940-2000)
Postmodernism is a late 20th-century movement in philosophy and literary theory that generally questions the basic assumptions of Western philosophy in the modern period (roughly, the 17th century through the 19th century). Read more about modern philosophy. -
XI CONTEMPORARY PERIOD ( Present)
The Contemporary Period of literature occurred directly after the Modernist period. In fact, it is often referred to as the "Postmodern" period.
