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British Lit Periods

British Periods

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When was the Old English period? 500-1066
What are the main historical events of the Old English period? Fall of Rome, the "dark ages" of early medieval England, & anglo-saxons gain control
What are the common themes of the Old English period? Written in Old English, Epic poetry, Christianity, Heroism
What are some texts from the Old English period? Beowulf, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
When was the Middle English period? 1066-1550
What are the main historical events of the Middle English period? Norman conquest of England, Hundred Years War, Roman Catholicism, Feudalism, Chivarly, & Black Death (bubonic plague)
What are the common themes of the Middle English period? Written in Middle English, Christianity, Journeys, Romance and Adventure
What are some texts from the Middle English period? Canterbury Tales, Le Morte d'Arthur
When was the English renaissance? 1550-1660
What are the main historical events of the English renaissance? Elizabeth I (Elizabethan period), Classical Revival (greek/roman literature, philosophy, & culture), England gains power
What are common themes of the English renaissance? Drama, focus on human character and emotions
What are some texts from the English renaissance? Hamlet (and the rest of Shakespeare), Dr. Faustus
When was the Enlightenment (neoclassical) period? 1660-1785
What are the main historical events of the Neoclassical period? Rise of new sciences, broad movement toward democracy and human rights discourse, British colonialism, American revolution
What are the common themes of the Enlightenment period? Classical, logic > superstition, questioning of authority and satire
What are some texts from the Neoclassical period? Gulliver's Travels, Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
When was the British Romantic period? 1785-1837
What are the main historical events of the British Romantic period? Industrial Revolution, French Revolution, Rise of Liberalism
What are the common themes of the British Romantic period? Poetry, rejection of Neoclassical ideas, Nature, Imagination, Individuality
What are some texts from the British Romantic period? Lyrical Ballads (Wordsworth & Coleridge), "Ode on a Grecian Urn" (Keats)
What was the large movement that took place in the British Romantic period? Romanticism: against industrialism = return to nature, individualism, and emotional expression
When was the Victorian period? 1837-1901
What are the main historical events of the Victorian period? Queen Victoria, "the sun never sets on the British empire", racism & colonialism, expansion of education and literacy (questioning of religion and politics), move towards science, Progressive movement
What are the common themes of the Victorian period? Novels, examination of class systems and daily life, moral and practical purpose
What are some texts from the Victorian period? Great Expectations, Middlemarch, Bronte sister novels (and Sherlock and all the ones we learned technically)
When was the British modernist period? 1901-1945
What are the main historical events of the British Modernist period? Devastation of World War I, The Great Depression, Urbanization
What are the common themes of the British Modernist period? Break from tradition, Individualism, Disillusionment, stream of consciousness, post-colonial literature (minority literature)
What are some texts from the British Modernist period? Ulysses, To the Lighthouse
What is the large movement that took place in the British Modernist period? Modernism: loss of hope and stability after World War I shown through bold, fragmented writing and pessimistic themes
What is the full, correct order of the 8 British literature periods? Old English period, Middle English period, English Renaissance, the Enlightenment (Neoclassical) period, the British Romantic period, the Victorian period, the British Modernist period, and the Postmodern period
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