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WGU LCC1 Literary Periods Topics, Themes, Genres, Background

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Theme, Genre, Keyword, Date
Literary Period
400BCE-500AD   Classical  
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Greece and Rome   Classical  
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Tragic Love   Classical  
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Heroes   Classical  
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Gods and Goddesses   Classical  
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The Afterlife   Classical  
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Muses   Classical  
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Theatre - Tragedy - Unity/Chorus   Classical  
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Theatre - Satyr - Mythological   Classical  
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Poetry - Epics   Classical  
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Poetry - Lyrics   Classical  
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Amphitheatre   Classical  
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Orchestra/Skene   Classical  
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Picture-frame Stage   Medieval  
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Proscenium Arch   Medieval  
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Troubadours   Medieval  
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Villanelle   Medieval  
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Commedia dell'arte   Renaissance  
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Madrigal   Renaissance  
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Thrust Theatre   Renaissance  
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Arena Theatre   Modernist  
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Theatre of the Absurd   Modernist  
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500AD-1066AD and 1067-1500AD   Medieval  
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Anglo Saxon/Old English Period   Medieval  
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Originally Spoken(oral poetry)   Medieval  
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Loyalty Between Chief and Warrior   Medieval  
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Warrior Code   Medieval  
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Vengeance/Courage in Battle   Medieval  
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Good/Evil   Medieval  
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Christian/Pagen   Medieval  
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Chivalry/Bravery/Adventure   Medieval  
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Courtesy   Medieval  
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Courtly Love/romance   Medieval  
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Genres - Anglo Saxon/Old Enlish Poetry   Medieval  
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Genres - Mystery Plays/Morality Plays   Medieval  
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Plays - Divine Judgement   Medieval  
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Plays - Perseverance and Sacrificing Leading to Salvation   Medieval  
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Plays - Allegory/Saints' Lives   Medieval  
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Plays - Following God   Medieval  
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Genres - Religious Prose   Medieval  
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Religious Prose Written for Women - Mary Magdalene, Virgin Martyrs   Medieval  
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1500-early 1600's   Renaissance  
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Also called the "Early Modern Period"   Renaissance  
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Praise of Queen Elizabeth   Renaissance  
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Individualism and Personal Growth Towards and Ideal   Renaissance  
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Revisiting of Themes from the Classical Period   Renaissance  
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Pastoral Themes (Shepherds and country life)   Renaissance  
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Humanism and Science   Renaissance  
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Revenge Tragedies - Gruesome and Violent/Personal Revenge v. Accepted forms of justice   Renaissance  
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Genres - Poetry: Ballad   Renaissance  
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Genres - Poetry: Sonnet   Renaissance  
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Genres - Drama: Blank Verse   Renaissance  
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Genres - Drama: England's Mythological Past   Renaissance  
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Genres - Drama: Romantic Comedy   Renaissance  
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Genres - Drama: Revenge Tragedy   Renaissance  
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Genres - Travel Writing: Supremacy of English Language and Religion   Renaissance  
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Genres - Travel Writing: Newly Discovered Trade Routes Showing Prowess of English Explorers   Renaissance  
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Sonnets: Love   Renaissance  
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Sonnet Cycles - Individual Sonnets and Groups of Sonnets   Renaissance  
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Printing Press   Renaissance  
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Romantic Comedy: Dramatic Action Takes Place Outdoors, Often in the Forest   Renaissance  
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Gets its name from the ______ of Charles II as England's King in 1660   Restoration/Neoclassical  
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Spans 18th century   Restoration/Neoclassical  
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Concept of 'wit'   Restoration/Neoclassical  
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Reaction against Puritanism   Restoration/Neoclassical  
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Satirizing religion, manners, and the aristocracy   Restoration/Neoclassical  
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Didactic(teaching) message in many literary works   Restoration/Neoclassical  
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Attention to the forms established by Classical literature   Restoration/Neoclassical  
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Advancements in science and knowledge of the world   Restoration/Neoclassical  
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Western discovery of exotic cultures and places   Restoration/Neoclassical  
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Genres - Theatre - Comedy of Manners   Restoration/Neoclassical  
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Genres - Theatre - Many set in and around London   Restoration/Neoclassical  
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Genres - Periodicals - Weekly magazines and journals   Restoration/Neoclassical  
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Genres - Mock Epic - Taking the Classical genre of the epic and using it to present comedic tropes   Restoration/Neoclassical  
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1607-1765 (US)(17th and 18th Century)   Colonial Period  
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Ideas and Theories of Enlightenment   Colonial Period  
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Freedom of Religion   Colonial Period  
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Native American / Colonial Relations   Colonial Period  
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African Slave Trade   Colonial Period  
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English Monarchy   Colonial Period  
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Puritan concept of 'innate depravity' and 'predestination' and 'destiny'   Colonial Period  
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Genres - Diaries - Daily struggles and the wildness of America and brushes with diseases and wilderness   Colonial Period  
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Genres - Sermons - Proclaimed the historical and moral importance of the Colonies   Colonial Period  
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Genres - Sermons - Colonies as a Puritan religious example   Colonial Period  
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Genres - Sermons - Attacks on witchcraft   Colonial Period  
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Genres - Histories   Colonial Period  
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1765-1830 (us) 18th Century   Revolutionary Period  
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Possiblity of social mobility in a new nation   Revolutionary Period  
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Stories of ordinary people and their communities   Revolutionary Period  
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Enlightenment ideals of scientific inquiry, human reason, and mutual sympathy   Revolutionary Period  
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Sentiment as a guiding principal   Revolutionary Period  
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Idealism and common sense   Revolutionary Period  
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'Wit'   Revolutionary Period  
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Genres - Non-fiction - including newspapers and periodicals   Revolutionary Period  
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Genres - Non-fiction - Articles that use satire to make judgments   Revolutionary Period  
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Genres - Non-fiction - Editorials on political subject   Revolutionary Period  
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Genres - Non-fiction - Women writers emerge   Revolutionary Period  
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Genres - Non-fiction - Polemic style (argue for or against)   Revolutionary Period  
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First comedy written by an American was during this period   Revolutionary Period  
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Also called the Age of Reason   Revolutionary Period  
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1780-1850approx Late-18th to mid-19th century(brit)   Romantic Period  
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Emphasis on the individual, emotions, and the imagination   Romantic Period  
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Subjective and intuitive experience (letting your heart be your guide) as key   Romantic Period  
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The mysteries of nature as a religious experience   Romantic Period  
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Interest in the super-natural and mysterious   Romantic Period  
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Gothic   Romantic Period  
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Sublime   Romantic Period  
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Sturm and Drang (Storm and Urge,Stress and Urge) - turmoil   Romantic Period  
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Orientalism   Romantic Period  
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Genres - Poetry, Gothic Novel   Romantic Period  
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Genres - Gothic Novel   Romantic Period  
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Expression was perhaps everything   Romantic Period  
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19th Century (brit)   Realist  
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Also called the Victorian Period for Queen Victoria's reign (1837-1901)   Realist  
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Industrial Revolution   Realist  
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Portraying life as it really was, including wrting about the poor and domestic life   Realist  
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Role of women: Women's Suffrage   Realist  
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Role of women: Right to own land   Realist  
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Role of women: Education   Realist  
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American Realism - Westward Expansion   Realist  
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American Realism - Race relations   Realist  
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American Realism - Writers wrote in 'dialect'   Realist  
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Versimilitude   Realist  
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Local Color   Realist  
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Regionalism   Realist  
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Concrete Detail   Realist  
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Genres - Poetry, Novels, Periodicals (Newspapers, journals)   Realist  
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1900-1930's (early 20th century)   Modernist  
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Influence of World War 1   Modernist  
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Experimentation with literary forms   Modernist  
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Some authors wanted to make works difficult to read   Modernist  
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Disconnectied thoughts and images in a single work   Modernist  
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Stream of consiousness   Modernist  
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Questioned traditional literary form and truths: Thought older literature was fake and artificial   Modernist  
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Influenced by the raising movement of psychoanalysis and Freud   Modernist  
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Interested in the 'unconscious'   Modernist  
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Felt alienated from the past and the future   Modernist  
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Stream of Consciousness   Modernist  
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Imagism   Modernist  
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Surrealism   Modernist  
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Existentialism   Modernist  
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Genres - Poetry, Novels   Modernist  
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1945-Present   PostModern  
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Also known as Contemporary   PostModern  
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Rejection of traditional literary forms and conventions, including the novel   PostModern  
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Experimentation with literary forms   PostModern  
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Fragmentary style and lack of historical congruity   PostModern  
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Continuing Modernist themes of alientation and existential thought   PostModern  
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Late 20th Century   PostModern  
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Existentialism   PostModern  
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Metafiction   PostModern  
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Magical Realism   PostModern  
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Genres - Beat Poetry, Anti-Novel   PostModern  
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