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During this period, written literature began to develop from the oral tradition, and in the 8th century written poetry appeared in the Anglo-Saxon vernacular.
The venerable Bede, in his monastery at jarrow completes histoy of the English church and people -
:Famous works of ancient English literature
Epic narrative poems in the history of English literature:
- Beowolf: Which is a series of stories about a people called the Geats and a battle-hardened hero named "Beowulf" and Widsith.
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Also known as the Late English period.
-characterized by Christian morality and the chivalry code
-Translation of legal, medical or religious texts
- The population of this period was already literate and a considerable part was also bilingual and trilingual.
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-Cultural life was influenced by the church.
-standard literary language derived from the dialect of the London
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"Everyman", was a morality play of the time and miracle plays were taken from the bible and were frequently performed in churches.
-The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, The anonymus Sir Wagne and the green knight and Thomas Mallory mort the author.
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The war of the roses ended in England with Henry Tudor, Henry VII claiming the throne. Martin Luther's with rome marks the emergence of protestantism followed by Henry VII, XV anglicam protestant church schism which created the first protestant in England. -
The classical renaissance
Finding a place for the human being in a changing world in free expression. -
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During this time the medieval tradition was blended with renaissance optimism lyric poetry, prose and drama. Were the major styles of literature that flowered during the elizabethan age. -
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-The writers of this age wrote with refinement and elegance
-This era produced a circle of poets known as the cavalier poets poets and dramatist. -
Includes the literature produced during the time of puritan leader oliver cromwell.
-The puritans closed theaters on moral and religious grounds for the next 18 years the theaters remained closed accounting for the lack of drama producing during this period.
This period produced political writings of:John Milton, Thomas Hobbes political treatise leviatha and the prose of andrew marvel. -
Refers to the increased influence of classical literature upon these countries.
-Is also called the enlightenment due to the increased reverence for logic and disdain for superstition.
-marks the first great age of english literary criticism -
-Age of enlightenment
-Monarchy and the triumph of reason and tolerance over religious and political passion.
-Abundance of prose and poetry distinctive comedy of manners known as restoration comedy.
-Use of philosophy reason, skepticism with and refinement
-Science can help understand nature -
The brilliant literary period under emperor roman Augustus.
-Refining, clarity, elegance and balance of judgment -
-Reflects the world view of enlightenment and began to emphasize instinct anfd feeling rather that judgment and restraint.
-Growing simphaty for the middle age during the ages of sensibility sparked an interest in medieval ballads and folk literature. -
-John Dryden became one of the most prominent literary figures of this era. He wrote a famous heroic poem "Asta Redix"
-John Milton published paradise lost and paradise regained.
-Rober Buns
-John Locke wrote an essay on human understanding .
-Daniel Defoe experimented with prose narrative and wrote a novel called "Robinson Crusoe".
-In the field of prose, Richars Steel and Jonatah Swift were known for a satirical style. -
Characterized by :
-Mysterious nature
-Mortality and mutability
-Imagination
-Search for sublime
-Person emotion and experience
-Develop into Gothic Period -
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-Deals with the issues and problems of the day
-Include the social, economic, religious and intellectual issues
-Industrial revolution
-Growing class tensions
-The early feminist movement
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-Expression of natural spirit the writers.
-Utilization of native dialect, history, landscape an character.
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- Philosophy or system of through based on the idea that humans are essentially good, that humanity's greatest thruths maybe formulated through insight rather than logic, and that there is essential unity to all creation. Notable writers: -Ralph Waldo and Henry David Thoreau
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-Attemptted to portray an accurate, detailed picture of ordinary, contemporary life.
-Character is more important that action and plot
-Humans control their destinities
-Render reality closely and in comprehensive detail.
-Events will usually be plausible
-Class is important
-Diction is natural vernacular
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-Attempts to apply scientific principles of objective and detachment to its study of human beings.
-It focuses of the " brote within" of each individual
-Native is viewed as an indifferent force acting on the lives of human beings.
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-Edith Wharton
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-Provided a radical break with traditional modes of literature
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The writing of the Edwardian périod reflect on these social conditions
during this time the british empire was at its height and the wealthy lived of materialistic luxury.
-Four-fifth of the english population lived in Squalor
Others writers of the time include:
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-An Explosion of African-America literature, art and music
-It marks the rise of black writers such as Baldwin and Ellison.
-Thi is the time when African-American received formal education. -
Generation of writes, many of them ere solders, who publishes in the years following
-These authors were said to be disillusioned by the large number of casualties of the WW1, cynical, disdainful of the antiquated nations of morality and propriety of them elders and ambivalent about gender ideals -
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It refers to the Period of British literature that is named after the reign of George V.
This era produced a group of poets known as the georgian poets.
-Experimented with the subject matter form and style and have produced achievements in all literary genres.
.Poets of the period includes:Yeats, T.S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas and Seamus Haney.
-Novelist Include: james Joyce, D.H Lawrence and Virginia Woolf
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-Common Themes
-New form of war
-The rise of Multiculturalism & capitalism
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-A new cultural and literary movement internet of sheer numbers, but in influence and cultural status, they were more visible then any other competing aesthetic.
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Post colonialism, the historical period or state of affray, representing the aftermath of western colonialism the term can also be used to describe the concurrent project to reclaim and rethink the histry and agency of people subordinated under various forms of imperialism
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- Confessional poetry is the poetry of the personal. -private experiences with and feeling about death, trauma, depression and relationship were addressed in this type of poetry, often in an autobiographical manner.
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