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Literary Periods
Sydney Huynh
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Old English | (450-1066) Oral Traditional, Narrative Poems, Religious themes |
| Middle English | (1066-1500) tales of knights and lords, religious themes |
| English Renaissance | (1500-1660) Lyric poetry, drama, and social commentary |
| English Neoclassical | (1660-1798) a return to the ideals of Ancient Roman/ Greeks |
| American Colonial | (1620-1750) religious, historical writing, letters, personal narratives |
| American Revolutionary | (1750-1800) political style with flowery language, travel writing |
| English Romantism | (1800-1860) nature writing and freedom of imagination |
| American Renaissance | (1830-1860) gothic horror, idealism, and spiritual uplift |
| English Victorian | (1830-1870) gothic horror, idealism, and spiritual uplift |
| American Realism | (1855-1900) social stories without the oblivious presence of the author |
| Modernism | (1900-1950) Experimental, unique voices, youth culture and progress |
| Postmodernism | (1950-present) Anti-heroes, mediaculture, humorous irony, social conflict |