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British literature till 19th (Victorian era (Charles Dickins (1812 - 1870)…
British literature till 19th
Old English literature
Beowulf
8th century
unknown author
old English, epic
Legendary hero who kills powerful frightening creatures and becomes a king
medieval literature
Geoffrey Chauser (1340 - 1400)
Father of English poetry
Canterbury tales (the imagined conversation of pilgrims as they journeyed form London to Canterbury), rhyming couplets
Renaissance and Reformation
The Renaissance in England culminated during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (ruled 1558 − 1603), a period of prosperity, successful sea voyages, and cultural activities. The Reformation of the Church in England from Catholic to Protestant was begun by Elizabeth’s father, King Henry VIII in the 1530s.
William Skaespeare (1564 - 1616)
the wold's greatest playwright
37 plays
historical plays abour Kkings of England (Richard II, Henry V)
comedies (Twelfth Night, As You Like It)
tragedies (Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear)
tragicomedies
sonnets (short poem about love - 150)
wife: Anna Hadway (3 children)
farming family
Stratford-upon-Avon
The Globe
18th century
This century is the time of the Enlightenment, the "Age of Reason", when all branches of science were developed and resulted in great technical progress.
Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)
black humour and irony in his satirical pamphlets (The Battle of Books)
His most famous work: Gulliver's Travels, a satire on British society. (novel)
Daniel Defoe (1660 - 1731)
Robinson Crusoe (still one of the most popular books among children)
Moll Flanders (a realistic picture of the life of a prostitute in London)
Romantic literature
Literature at the end of the 18th century turned again to sentiments, traditions, and exotic settings.
Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832)
his novels themes from Scottish history (Waverly, Rob Roy) and from English history (Ivanhoe)
Themes of horror and mystery: in prose "Gothic novels"
Jane Austin (1775 - 1817)
Roide and prejidice (1813)
Sence and sensiblility (1811)
Emma (1815)
Romantic novels
Victorian era
novels in which writers described English society with all its characters became the most popular literary form
Brontë sisters (Anna, Emily, Charlotte)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte)
Wuthering Heights (Emily)
Charles Dickins (1812 - 1870)
wrote novels where heroes and villains were taken from the hustle and bustle of Victorian London
Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, Bleak House
Christmas Carol
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
The picture of Dorian Gray
The Importance of being earnest