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PERIODS IN BRITISH LITERATURE - Coggle Diagram
PERIODS IN BRITISH LITERATURE
THE RENAISSANCE -16th -17th centuries)
FLOURISHING OF ARTS AND CULTURE
RENEWED INTEREST IN THE VALUES OF CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY
DOMINANT GENRE: THE PLAY (A SPECIES OF THE DRAMATIC GENRES
THE ELIZABETHAN AGE
INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION
NAVAL TRIUMPH
NATIONAL PRIDE
FAVOURITE PASTTIME: GOING TO THE THEATRE
HUMANISM STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MAN OF MERIT
THE ENLIGHTENMENT PERIOD (late 17th-18th centuries)
ABSTRACT IDEAS: REASON, ORDER, SOCIAL HIERARCHY
IMPORTANCE ATTACHED TO THE SCIENCES: ASTRONOMY, MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, PHILOSOPHY, BIOLOGY
ALL PHENOMENA HAVE A RATIONAL EXPLANATION - THE SCHOLAR (SAVANTUL) IS THE MAIN FIGURE
NEOCLASSICISM (APPROVAL OF THE CLASSIC PRINCIPLES)
CLARITY
ORDER
PROPORTION
THE NOVEL=IS THE DOMINANT LITERARY GENRE
VOYAGES OF EXPLOARTION IN SEARCH OF DISCOVERY OF NEW LANDS
DANIEL DEFOE-ROBINSON CRUSOE AND JONATHAN SWIFT
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ROMANTICISM
The dominant genre is the poem=the expression of human feelings
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preference for natural landscapes
EMPHASIS ON ARTISTIC SENSIBILITY, ESCAPISM
ARTISTIC CREATIVITY AS A MEANS OF REBELLION AGAINST THE RIGID ENLIGHTENMENT NORMS
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AS OPPOSED TO CENSURE
CELEBRATION OF INDIVIDUALISM - THE GENIUS
LATE 18th-early 19th century