Historical Periods Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Old English (Angelo-Saxon) | 450-1066*; oral tradition, narrative poems, religious themes *Norman conquest of England by the French |
Middle English | 1066-1500; tales of knights and lords, religious themes |
English Renaissance (Englnad) (1607-1780 considered Colonial in America) | 1550-1660; lyric poetry, drama, social commentary |
Neoclassical Period | 1660-1798; "new classic" Return to Ancient Roman/ Greek leaders -plays -orations -fixed form poetry |
Colonial Period | 1650-1750; religious, historical writing, letters, personal narrative |
Revolutionary Period (America) | 1750-1800; political style with flowery language, travel writing |
Romantic Period | 1792-1832; nature writing and freedom of imagination |
Early Victorian Age | 1832-1870 |
American Renaissance | 1840-1860; Gothic horror, idealism, and spiritual uplift |
Realistic Period (American) | 1865-1914 <-- (after civil war) social stories without obvious presence of the author |
Naturalistic & Symbolistic Period (American Only) | 1900-1930 |
Modernism | 1900-1950 <--- after WWI experimental, unique voices, youth culture, and progress |
First World War | 1914-1918 |
Second World War | 1939-1945 |
Postmodernist Period | 1965-present <---- after WWII anti-heros, media culture, numerous irony, and social conflict |
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