History of English Literature

Old English 490

490

in this moment of the english literature stand out works as epyc poetry, hagiography, sermons, translations of the Bible, legal works, chronicles, spells, riddles etc.

Middle English

1066

in this period the English had many variations after the old english period, had changes in the grammar, pronunciation, and orthography and manny Old English grammatical dissapear.

Liryc Poetry

1500

is a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, in this time Highlight the work of Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard.

Renaissance Drama

1520

based the introduction of theater with writers such as Marlowe and Shakespeare, its known as Renaissance Drama.

Elizabethan Lyric Poetry

1572

An important fact of this period was that the poets preoccupied with the big questions of love, death and religious faith.

Prose of Fiction

1600

is a balanced and representative collection of fictional prose works from the 16th and 17th centuries, it's written in a easy narrative and shows influence from both drama and biography, also shows an awareness of the grand allegorical.

Romanticism

1800

was characterized by its emphasis on emotions, the individualism and glorification of all the past and nature, preferring the middle age rather than the classical.

Postmodernism

1940

Is a movement that developed in the middle and finish 20th century, across philosophy, the arts, architecture, and criticism and that marked a departure of modernism.

contemporary

2000

Works of contemporary literature reflect a society's social and/or political viewpoints, shown through realistic characters, connections to current events and socioeconomic messages. Realism is still part of today's modern literature.