LITERARY PERIODS TIMELINE BY MARIA FLORES By marijen Period: 1200 BCE to 485 CLASSICAL 1200 BCE-485 700 BCE THE ODYSSEY BY HOMER (CIRCA 700) Period: 500 to 1500 MEDIEVAL 500-1500 1000 BEOWULF (CIRCA 1000) Period: 1500 to 1670 THE RENAISSANCE 1500-1670 1597 ROMEO AND JULIET BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Period: 1700 to 1800 ENLIGHTENMENT 1700-1800 1759 CANDIDE BY VOLTAIRE Period: 1798 to 1870 ROMANTIC 1798-1870 1818 FRANKENSTEIN BY MARY SHELLEY Period: 1837 to 1901 VICTORIAN 1837-1901 1847 WUTHERING HEIGHTS BY EMILY BRONTE Period: 1910 to 1965 MODERN 1910-1965 1925 THE GREAT GATSBY BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Period: 1965 to 2021 POSTMODERN 1965-PRESENT 1977 SONG OF SOLOMON BY TONI MORRISON