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WGU LCC1 Lit. Period
WGU LCC1 Literary Periods Topics, Themes, Genres, Background
| Theme, Genre, Keyword, Date | Literary Period |
|---|---|
| 400BCE-500AD | Classical |
| Greece and Rome | Classical |
| Tragic Love | Classical |
| Heroes | Classical |
| Gods and Goddesses | Classical |
| The Afterlife | Classical |
| Muses | Classical |
| Theatre - Tragedy - Unity/Chorus | Classical |
| Theatre - Satyr - Mythological | Classical |
| Poetry - Epics | Classical |
| Poetry - Lyrics | Classical |
| Amphitheatre | Classical |
| Orchestra/Skene | Classical |
| Picture-frame Stage | Medieval |
| Proscenium Arch | Medieval |
| Troubadours | Medieval |
| Villanelle | Medieval |
| Commedia dell'arte | Renaissance |
| Madrigal | Renaissance |
| Thrust Theatre | Renaissance |
| Arena Theatre | Modernist |
| Theatre of the Absurd | Modernist |
| 500AD-1066AD and 1067-1500AD | Medieval |
| Anglo Saxon/Old English Period | Medieval |
| Originally Spoken(oral poetry) | Medieval |
| Loyalty Between Chief and Warrior | Medieval |
| Warrior Code | Medieval |
| Vengeance/Courage in Battle | Medieval |
| Good/Evil | Medieval |
| Christian/Pagen | Medieval |
| Chivalry/Bravery/Adventure | Medieval |
| Courtesy | Medieval |
| Courtly Love/romance | Medieval |
| Genres - Anglo Saxon/Old Enlish Poetry | Medieval |
| Genres - Mystery Plays/Morality Plays | Medieval |
| Plays - Divine Judgement | Medieval |
| Plays - Perseverance and Sacrificing Leading to Salvation | Medieval |
| Plays - Allegory/Saints' Lives | Medieval |
| Plays - Following God | Medieval |
| Genres - Religious Prose | Medieval |
| Religious Prose Written for Women - Mary Magdalene, Virgin Martyrs | Medieval |
| 1500-early 1600's | Renaissance |
| Also called the "Early Modern Period" | Renaissance |
| Praise of Queen Elizabeth | Renaissance |
| Individualism and Personal Growth Towards and Ideal | Renaissance |
| Revisiting of Themes from the Classical Period | Renaissance |
| Pastoral Themes (Shepherds and country life) | Renaissance |
| Humanism and Science | Renaissance |
| Revenge Tragedies - Gruesome and Violent/Personal Revenge v. Accepted forms of justice | Renaissance |
| Genres - Poetry: Ballad | Renaissance |
| Genres - Poetry: Sonnet | Renaissance |
| Genres - Drama: Blank Verse | Renaissance |
| Genres - Drama: England's Mythological Past | Renaissance |
| Genres - Drama: Romantic Comedy | Renaissance |
| Genres - Drama: Revenge Tragedy | Renaissance |
| Genres - Travel Writing: Supremacy of English Language and Religion | Renaissance |
| Genres - Travel Writing: Newly Discovered Trade Routes Showing Prowess of English Explorers | Renaissance |
| Sonnets: Love | Renaissance |
| Sonnet Cycles - Individual Sonnets and Groups of Sonnets | Renaissance |
| Printing Press | Renaissance |
| Romantic Comedy: Dramatic Action Takes Place Outdoors, Often in the Forest | Renaissance |
| Gets its name from the ______ of Charles II as England's King in 1660 | Restoration/Neoclassical |
| Spans 18th century | Restoration/Neoclassical |
| Concept of 'wit' | Restoration/Neoclassical |
| Reaction against Puritanism | Restoration/Neoclassical |
| Satirizing religion, manners, and the aristocracy | Restoration/Neoclassical |
| Didactic(teaching) message in many literary works | Restoration/Neoclassical |
| Attention to the forms established by Classical literature | Restoration/Neoclassical |
| Advancements in science and knowledge of the world | Restoration/Neoclassical |
| Western discovery of exotic cultures and places | Restoration/Neoclassical |
| Genres - Theatre - Comedy of Manners | Restoration/Neoclassical |
| Genres - Theatre - Many set in and around London | Restoration/Neoclassical |
| Genres - Periodicals - Weekly magazines and journals | Restoration/Neoclassical |
| Genres - Mock Epic - Taking the Classical genre of the epic and using it to present comedic tropes | Restoration/Neoclassical |
| 1607-1765 (US)(17th and 18th Century) | Colonial Period |
| Ideas and Theories of Enlightenment | Colonial Period |
| Freedom of Religion | Colonial Period |
| Native American / Colonial Relations | Colonial Period |
| African Slave Trade | Colonial Period |
| English Monarchy | Colonial Period |
| Puritan concept of 'innate depravity' and 'predestination' and 'destiny' | Colonial Period |
| Genres - Diaries - Daily struggles and the wildness of America and brushes with diseases and wilderness | Colonial Period |
| Genres - Sermons - Proclaimed the historical and moral importance of the Colonies | Colonial Period |
| Genres - Sermons - Colonies as a Puritan religious example | Colonial Period |
| Genres - Sermons - Attacks on witchcraft | Colonial Period |
| Genres - Histories | Colonial Period |
| 1765-1830 (us) 18th Century | Revolutionary Period |
| Possiblity of social mobility in a new nation | Revolutionary Period |
| Stories of ordinary people and their communities | Revolutionary Period |
| Enlightenment ideals of scientific inquiry, human reason, and mutual sympathy | Revolutionary Period |
| Sentiment as a guiding principal | Revolutionary Period |
| Idealism and common sense | Revolutionary Period |
| 'Wit' | Revolutionary Period |
| Genres - Non-fiction - including newspapers and periodicals | Revolutionary Period |
| Genres - Non-fiction - Articles that use satire to make judgments | Revolutionary Period |
| Genres - Non-fiction - Editorials on political subject | Revolutionary Period |
| Genres - Non-fiction - Women writers emerge | Revolutionary Period |
| Genres - Non-fiction - Polemic style (argue for or against) | Revolutionary Period |
| First comedy written by an American was during this period | Revolutionary Period |
| Also called the Age of Reason | Revolutionary Period |
| 1780-1850approx Late-18th to mid-19th century(brit) | Romantic Period |
| Emphasis on the individual, emotions, and the imagination | Romantic Period |
| Subjective and intuitive experience (letting your heart be your guide) as key | Romantic Period |
| The mysteries of nature as a religious experience | Romantic Period |
| Interest in the super-natural and mysterious | Romantic Period |
| Gothic | Romantic Period |
| Sublime | Romantic Period |
| Sturm and Drang (Storm and Urge,Stress and Urge) - turmoil | Romantic Period |
| Orientalism | Romantic Period |
| Genres - Poetry, Gothic Novel | Romantic Period |
| Genres - Gothic Novel | Romantic Period |
| Expression was perhaps everything | Romantic Period |
| 19th Century (brit) | Realist |
| Also called the Victorian Period for Queen Victoria's reign (1837-1901) | Realist |
| Industrial Revolution | Realist |
| Portraying life as it really was, including wrting about the poor and domestic life | Realist |
| Role of women: Women's Suffrage | Realist |
| Role of women: Right to own land | Realist |
| Role of women: Education | Realist |
| American Realism - Westward Expansion | Realist |
| American Realism - Race relations | Realist |
| American Realism - Writers wrote in 'dialect' | Realist |
| Versimilitude | Realist |
| Local Color | Realist |
| Regionalism | Realist |
| Concrete Detail | Realist |
| Genres - Poetry, Novels, Periodicals (Newspapers, journals) | Realist |
| 1900-1930's (early 20th century) | Modernist |
| Influence of World War 1 | Modernist |
| Experimentation with literary forms | Modernist |
| Some authors wanted to make works difficult to read | Modernist |
| Disconnectied thoughts and images in a single work | Modernist |
| Stream of consiousness | Modernist |
| Questioned traditional literary form and truths: Thought older literature was fake and artificial | Modernist |
| Influenced by the raising movement of psychoanalysis and Freud | Modernist |
| Interested in the 'unconscious' | Modernist |
| Felt alienated from the past and the future | Modernist |
| Stream of Consciousness | Modernist |
| Imagism | Modernist |
| Surrealism | Modernist |
| Existentialism | Modernist |
| Genres - Poetry, Novels | Modernist |
| 1945-Present | PostModern |
| Also known as Contemporary | PostModern |
| Rejection of traditional literary forms and conventions, including the novel | PostModern |
| Experimentation with literary forms | PostModern |
| Fragmentary style and lack of historical congruity | PostModern |
| Continuing Modernist themes of alientation and existential thought | PostModern |
| Late 20th Century | PostModern |
| Existentialism | PostModern |
| Metafiction | PostModern |
| Magical Realism | PostModern |
| Genres - Beat Poetry, Anti-Novel | PostModern |
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