History of English literature Brief History of English Literature

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History of English literature
Brief History of English Literature...!
History of English literature is divided into following period
1.Old or Anglo Saxon literature
2.Middle English literature
3.Elizabethan literature
4.The age of Milton
5.Restoration drama
6.Neoclassicism
7.Romanticism
8.The Victorian period
9.The twentieth century (modern)
10.Post modernism (present)

  1. Old English literature: was written from about 600-1100,
    The greatest old English poem called 'Beowulf ' whose
    author is unknown.
    The old English authors, are known by name are
    Cadmon,the author of a short hymn,and Cynewulf' the
    author of four long poems
    2.Middle English literature:(1100-1500)
    Poetry: the most important poet of the time is Geoffrey
    Chaucer, his greatest work is Canterbury tales.
    Drama: The three main types of medieval drama are
    mystery plays,about Bible stories,miracle plays about the
    lives of saints and the miracles the performed and
    morality plays,in which character s personify moral
    qualities such as charity or vice.
    3.Elizabethan literature: Written approximately during the
    time of queen Elizabeth (1558-1603).
    Poetry:
    Edmund Spencer the author of The Faerie Queen's, Walter
    Raleigh,and William Shakespeare.
    Drama:
    Drama is the greatest form written during the Elizabethan
    age.Shakespeare is considered the greatest playwright of
    all times ,his best works include Hamlet, king
    Lear,Macbeth Othello and merchant of vinice, Marlow six
    plays. Ben Johnson alchemist John donne 1572 -1631
    metaphysical school of poetry
  2. The age of Milton
    Milton's paradise lost,
    Robert Herrick famous for beautiful lyrics.
    5.Restoration Drama
    The main form of drama of this period are the heroic
    plays as written by john Dryden,and the comedy of
    manners as written by Richard sheriden and William
    Congreve.
    6.Neoclassicsm:
    The characteristics of neoclassicism are;
  1. Poetry should be guided by reason
  2. The role of the poet is that of the teacher
  3. Poetry should be written according to fixed rules.
  4. Poetry should use special diction
    The major representative of this school
    Are john Dryden and Alexander pope.
  1. Romanticism
    The main characteristics are
  1. Poetry is the expression of personal feelings and
    emotions.
  2. Imagination is a main source of poetry
  3. Nature in romantic poetry is a living thing,a teacher of
    man,and a healing power Wordsworth' Keats, Byron,
    Shelley and Coleridge
  1. The Victorian period.
    It includes second half of the nineteenth century.
    Poetry. Alfred tennyson and Robert Browning are the major
    poets of this period.
    (Novel) the novel was the main literary production of the
    Victorian age
    Charles Dickens, Jane Austen,Emily Bronte,George
    Eliot,Thomas hardy.
    (Drama)
    Oscar wild' s importance of being Earnest.
    9.(20th century)
    As a result of the political changes and the world wars,the
    sense of confidence in Victorian literature is replaced by
    the loss of faith,suffering, and uncertainty that modern
    literature expresses.stylistic experimentation and revolution
    against all literary tradition are the mark of modern
    literature. Some major figures include w.b Yeats, T.S. Eliot
    and W.H Auden in poetry,
    Virginia wolf and James Joyce in the novel, and Samuel
    Becket in drama.
    10.(Post Modernism (C.1945-present)
    A notoriously ambiguous term,specially as it refers to
    literature, post modernism can b seen as response to the
    elitism of high modernism as well as to the horrors of
    world war ll .post modern literature is characterized by a
    disjointed,fragmented pasticcio of high and low culture
    that reflects the absence of tradition and structure in a
    world driven by technology and consumerism,
    Julian Barnes,don't delillo,tony Morrison,Vladimir
    nobokov,Thomas Pynchon and Kurt Vonnegut are modern
    writers.
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