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410
the Anglo-Saxon
English literature begins with the Anglo-Saxon, or Old English, period, which began approximately 410 A.D. when the Romans withdrew from Britain, leaving it to Germanic and Scandinavian settlers. -
1066
The Old English period
The Old English period ended with the Norman invasion of 1066, when French became the language of the educated classes, gradually blending with Anglo-Saxon to produce Middle English, best known as the language of Geoffrey Chaucer. -
1384
An English Bible
In 1384, John Wycliffe published his Bible translation in English. A pesar de estas dificultades, la Biblia de Wycliffe fue una obra histórica en inglés. A finales del siglo XIV y XV, el idioma inglés había evolucionado rápidamente. No es probable que incluso Chaucer hubiera entendido el inglés antiguo que se había convertido en su inglés medio -
1496
The History of the Sonnet
Derived from the Italian word “sonnetto” or “little song,” a sonnet is a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter. It expresses a single sentiment or subject matter. While commonly associated with William Shakespeare, the Italian scholar and poet Petrarch actually introduced the sonnet in the 13th century. -
1554
the appearance of the novel
The decades that ended the 18th century and opened the 19th ushered in the British Romantic period, and the works of the Romantic poets. The 19th century is considered the great age of the novel. -
Important Authors and Titles
The most famous example of Old English literature is the anonymous "Beowulf" "The Canterbury Tales" by Chaucer, ''William Shakespeare'' the Elizabethan period, John Milton "Paradise Lost" and John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress. authors of the novel Daniel Defoe ''Robinson Crusoe'' Jonathan Swift, ''Gulliver's Travels'' -
Early British Literature
The poem is a series of adventure tales about a people called the Geats and an embattled hero named Beowulf. Next, most courses move onto "The Canterbury Tales," which helped English to gain credibility as a literary language in a culture where educated people wrote mainly in Latin. -
the Age of Enlightenment
including justice, politics, science, technological progress and education, appeared in the essays and satires of the 18th century. With the novel, a new emphasis on realism and specificity, and a new interest in exploring the characters' development, choices and relationships, appeared in English literature. -
The Romantic Period
Students often study his many odes, especially one contemplating the unchanging nature and eternal youthfulness of characters painted on a Grecian urn. -
The preromanticism of the second half of the century
Anticipatory elements of romanticism appear in poetry, as in Edward Young's Complaint, which introduces the nocturnal element.At the same time, a certain medievalist fashion arises that generates a curious literary fraud: James Macpherson , publishes the Poesías de Ossián (1765), supposed pieces by an ancient Celtic poet, which for a long time will be considered authentic. -
Victorian and Modernist British Literature
the love poems of Elizabeth and Robert Browning, Lord Alfred Tennyson's sweeping saga of Camelot entitled "Idylls of the King," and the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure stories and novels, including his famous "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Modernist English literature includes the works of William Butler Yeats, Virginia Woolfe, James Joyce and D. H. -
Hellenist Culture
Hellenism was one of the main cultures in which Jesus and the earliest Christians lived and taught. Hellenistic language and literary forms played vital roles in the development of Scripture. -
The History of the Haiku
By the 7th century, many Japanese Shinto religious rituals were preceded by short, melodic poems called "uta." The poems typically focused on harvests, celebrations, nature or prayer. One of the most popular of the uta forms was called "waka," and referred to a poem composed of 31 syllables broken into five lines. -
Social Evils
Modernist novels did not treat lightly topics about social woes, war and poverty. John Steinbeck's “Grapes of Wrath” frankly depicts families plagued by economic hardship and strife, contradicting idyllic depictions of American life represented elsewhere in literature. -
Drama Kings
Arguably the greatest and most influential playwright in history, William Shakespeare’s plays are recommended reading by Common Core. The list includes his play “Macbeth,” but “Hamlet,” and “King Lear” also rank among his greatest works. -
odernism
odernism was a cultural wave that originated in Europe and swept the United States during the early 20th century. Modernism impacted music, art and literature by radically undoing traditional forms, expressing a sense of modern life as a sharp break from the past and its rigid conventions. In literature, the elements of modernism are thematic, formal and stylistic. -
Practice Tests and Flashcards
American literature through 1925 will also take up a large portion, with the 19th century being the most prevalent. Hone in on works by Herman Melville -- particularly "Moby Dick," Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Reading and understanding the classics will be essential as well: Homer’s "The Odyssey," the works of Virgil and even the "Bible," and the miscellaneous myths of gods and goddesses will be helpful texts to read. -
The Use of Figurative Language in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Figurative language is any word usage that is not literal, and almost everyone speaks more figuratively than literally -- a friend is a "homie" even if he doesn't live at home; one stands solid and is still "trippin'." Figurative language intensifies meaning; that's why everyone uses it. -
Individual Reading Strategies
The initial strategy is to plan and monitor your own reading. This includes previewing texts and skimming or scanning to find key terms and concepts prior to reading. Determining the significance of ideas, or focusing on the key concepts, in a story is the next step.
