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WGU Lit History
WGU Literature history -- periods and their elements
| Period | Element or movement |
|---|---|
| Classical | Epic poem |
| Classical | pastoral verse |
| Classical | Greek mythology characters and themes |
| Classical | unities |
| Classical | Orchestra, skene, and altar |
| Classical | tragedy and satire combination performed |
| Classical | Christian and Pagan religions are discussed |
| Classical | Not much left written |
| Classical | Greeks invented, others copied |
| Medieval | Largely anonymous |
| Medieval | Hymns and religious poems and plays |
| Medieval | Troubadours |
| Medieval | Love important subject |
| Medieval | Travel and political subjects |
| Medieval | Nuns and religious women write |
| Medieval | literary devices -- espceially allegory |
| Renaissance | Printing press widened audience |
| Renaissance | Stage thrusts into yard and groundlings pay a penny |
| Renaissance | Sonnets |
| 17th and 18th centuries | Restoration |
| 19th century | Romantic period |
| 19th century | Victorian period |
| 17th and 18th centuries | Baroque |
| 19th century | Romanticism |
| 17th and 18th centuries | Bizarre or fantastical artifice |
| 17th and 18th centuries | Elaborate ornamentation |
| 17th and 18th centuries | Prevalent in Italy, Germany, and Spain |
| 19th century | Philosophical background was provided by the work of Rousseau |
| 19th century | Exhibited a belief in self-knowledge |
| 19th century | Favored personal inspiration over imitation of the classics |
| 20th century | Questioning and expansion of the traditional literary canon |
| 20th century | Emergence of meta-fiction |
| 20th century | Experimental literature which blurred traditional boundaries of form and genre |
| 20th century | modern post modern |
| 20th century | theater in the round |
| 20th century | flexible theater |
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