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A Short History of English Literature (Anglo-Saxon Period (Striking…
A Short History of English Literature
Anglo-Saxon Period
Año 1066
Striking features
Alliteration
Certain words accented with same consonant sound
Epic
Poem presenting characters with high positions
Making of England and invasion of Roman Empire
Medieval Period
1066 - 15th Century
Literature
Allegory
Extended metaphor focused on
The events, characters and settings
The ideas they convey
Ballad
Most important of English folk Literature
A story told in song
4.line stanzas 2nd and 4th rhyme
Romance
Most prevailing kind of literature
Long composition, verse or prose
Life and adventures of only the noble
Chaucer
Founder of English poetry
Introduced rhymed stanza from France to English Poetry
Made London dialect the standard
Norman conquest and battle of Hastings
English Renaissance
15th and 16th Century
Literature
Renaissance
Transition from medieval to modern
Recover the purity of the church
Get rid of feudalistic ideas
Thirst for classical literature
Keen interest of activities of humanity
Humanism
Dignity of human beings
Present life
Right to enjoy beauty of this life
Ability to perfect himself
Drama
Highest of glory: Shakespeare
Weakening of nobility and power of the church
Period of Revolution and Restoration
17th Century
Literature
Milton
Poet, political.
Bunyan
Religious allegory
Dryden
Use of heroic couplet
Two lines, equal in length and rhyme
Clash between kings and parliament, civil war: 1642-1649
Period of Enlightenment
Literature
Classicism
Formed after classical Greek and Roman works
Some fixed laws and rules
Order, logic and accuracy
Sentimentalism
Bitter disconnect with enlightenment people
Resorted to countryside for inspiration
Midway from classicism to romanticism
Celebrate reason, equality, science,order and rules
The romantic Period
18th and 19th century
Literature
Romanticism
Sees the individual as the center of life
Literature as an expression of their unique feelings
Nature provides dominant subject matter
Tends to be nationalistic
French and English Industrial Revolution
Critical Realistic Period
Literature
Critical Realism
Criticism of society and defense of the mass
Concern of common people
Truthful picture of people's life
Took part of improvement of society
Dramatic Monologue
The characters talk about their lives in moments of crisis
Readers form own opinions of characters from the monologue
And about the situation
Naturalism
True to life
Details without any selection
Usually about poor and oppressed
Neo-romanticism
Dissatisfied with ugly social reality
Avoiding positive solution of social contradictions
Emphasis of exciting adventures
Led back to story-telling and romance
Aestheticism
Theory of art-for-art's sake
Serve no religious or moral end
Hardy
Characters and enviroment
Talks about people who live in an agricultural setting
Nostalgic touch of primitive life
Mid and late 19th century
Struggle between workers and capitalists
The Modern Period
The 20th Century
Postwar economic dislocation
Literature
Realistic Novels
Strong swing of leftism
Urgent social problems
Bitter protest on social and political values
Modernism
In fiction the golden years were the first 3 decades
In drama represented by John Osborne
In poetry- revolution against Victorian poetry