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Anglo-Saxon literature or Old English literature cover from 600 to 1066 (year of the Norman conquest). From this time genres were known such as: epic or heroic poetry, sermons, translations of the Bible, legal texts, chronicles, riddles, tongue twisters, etc.
We can see that the texts that were embodied in this time are related to mythology, legends and early Christian heritage.
The most outstanding texts of the period are: Beowulf, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and the Book of Exeter.
One thing to note is that most of the texts of this time were written in Latin or vernacular language. Therefore, King Alfred the Great was in charge of restoring te English culture.

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For the Middle Ages English literature takes an influence from French literature, acquiring a touch of romance in the texts of this period.
We find great figures of this era such as: Cheterien de Troyes who is known as the author of Arthurian Romances, the cantar de gesta, allegorical poetry, courtly love and the allegory of the dream.
From these flexible lingustic works emerged in the 14th century William Langland author of Piers Plowman and Geoffrey Chaucer author of The Canterbury Tales who is considered the father of English literature.
William Shakespeare would emerge a few centuries later, inheriting the literary richness of the aforementioned authors.
The best known plays in the theater of this period are: Miracle, Morality and Mistery plays. These texts are known for dealing with religious themes mixed with folk music and for being anonymous.
The most outstanding works that are still preserved today by authors such as York, Wakefield, Chester and Conventry.
Finally the surviving morality players are: Mankind, The Pride of Life, The Castle of Preseverance, Wistom and Everyman.

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In the English literature of the Renaissance we can observe three main periods that were promoted by the Tudor dynasty: Elizabethan Theater (comedies and tragedies), Jacobite (revange tragedies) and Carolingian (bloody tragedics). In this period, plays that in any way disrepected the church were forbidden by direct order of the Vatican.
The plays were performed in the part of the rivers or walls of the city, but in the year 1574 had to perform the plays outside the cities, since it was said that they were promoting satanism and had to restrain themselves from performing the acts as they wanted.
- The Elizabethan Theater lasted from Elizabeth I in 1558 until the death of her succesor, James I in 1652.
Authors who were prominent in this period: Christopher Marlowe known for his play Doctor Faustus and William Shakespear known for plays such as: Hamlet, A Midsummer Night´s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, etc.
- The Jacobite Theater highlights authors such as: Ben Johnson for The Alchemist, John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont. The most prominent work financed by King James I was the King James Bible witten by William Tyndale.
Prominent in Baroque style poetry were Jhon Done and the metaphysical poets. Baroque poetry was known for being epic and religious.
- For the Carolingian era the figures of power that represented them at this time were King Charles I and Oliver Cromwell. Thus, political and pamphlet literature was born at this time because civil wars were already visible.
Authors such as Thomas Hobbes for his work Leviathan, John Milton and Andrew Marvell stood out.
From this period, new informative literary texts were born, such as the newspaper, with outstanding journalists of the time: Henry Muddiman, John Birkenhead and Marchamont Needham.

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At this time there was a literary rupture due to censorship and moralism imparted by the puritan Cromwell. So that many of the literary works published at this time were anonymous, so that the authors would not get into trouble with the law.
An author recognized for having problems with the law for his works that allegedly defamed the nobility is John Dryden who is known for his works Panegyric on his Coronation and Marrige à lo mode.
The most recognized works of this era are: John Milton's Paradise Lost, John Wilmot's Sodom, William Wycherley's The Country Wife and John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.
The writings of this era focused on prose linked to Christianity, but later two genres were created: journalism and fiction.

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This era was characterized by industry and commercialization, and also because the British Empire undertook voyages in search of new horizons (conquest) to North America, India and Australia. Thus, the most important texts of this period were autobiographies, legal texts, travel guides and, finally, trade records. One of the most outstanding autobiographies of this era was that of Benjamin Franklin.
At this time it was important that the texts were non-fictional, but the writers used in some part of his work this element of fiction to give more energy to the novel, but always taking into account the argumentative part, Daniel Dafoe is a clear example of this with his work Robinson Cruose.
Many of the writers of this era were interested in political influence, thus creating political satire to criticize the political figures of the time, some of the prominent authors were: Jonathan Swift for his work The Travels of Gulliber, Alexander Pope and Mary Wollstonecraft for works such as Vindication of the Rights of Man and Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
Finally, something to highlight is that in this period magazines were born whose interest was to publish topics such as: scientific advances, discoveries of new territories and new philosophical currents.

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In romanticism we can find the abandonment and rejection of enlightened thinking and rationalism, this movement focuses more on the relationship of human beings with their roots and nature, it is characterized by melancholic tones and deals with issues such as loneliness.
Romanticism is influenced by the ideologies of the French revolution in such a way that writers such as: Mary Wollstonecraft created Vindication of the rights of men, who would later write the first feminist treatise Vindication of the rights of women, William Wordswoth, Samuel T. Coleridge, John Keats and before them William Blake known for being the author of All religions in one.
In this period we can see how the first literary works created by women are included, being true rivals for men, we can see great influences such as: Jane Austen with Pride and Prejudice and Mary Shelley for Frankenstein, Elizabeth Barret Brownin and Christian Rossetti.
The main characteristics that stand out of romanticism are:
- the concept of poetry and the figure of the poet.
- commemoration of nature
- poetic spontaneity and freedom
- interest in the human being and its currents
- the supernatural and the fantastic better known as the Gothic
- the Byronic hero and the fallacy of pathos

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The Victorian era is divided into three periods:
- Early (1830-1848): the types of works that were characterized in this period are newspapers, magazines and narrative novels because through them the authors sought to embody democracy.
- Middle (1848-1870): we can find great figures such as Charles Darwin, who gave birth to his theory of the evolution of species, and we have George Eliot and Henry James with their development of psychological realism.
- Late (1870-1901): because of the war and the industrial revolution, new technological advances are created, which are against morality. In the literary part new movements are seen such as: pre-Raphaelism, decadentism, aestheticism, realism and naturalism.
The novels at this time had to bring a moral in such a way that these novels were characterized by idealizing the character with the difficulties he had in the story, in order to end each one of them. By the end of this era this type of novel ceases to exist and begins with the gothic novels where different objects are used as symbols, such as mirrors, portraits, reflections, etc.. The main authors are: Charles Dicksen his outstanding works Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Great expectation, George Eliot, Lord Tennyson, Elizabeth Barret Browning, Oscar Wilde known for The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Canterville Ghost and the Bront sisters.
In Victorian poetry we continue to find epic poems such as the renowned poet of the time Alfred Lord Tennyson who was characterized by using the technique of the dramatic monologue

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In this era we can see how writers express themselves freely and creatively bringing new techniques such as stream of consciousness, the inclusion of exotic cultures and free verse narration.
A clear example of this type of literary works is: Mrs. Dalloway by Virgina Woolf.
Prominent authors: Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman who were responsible for writing short poems but which illustrate a relevance.
A writer who stood out for the First World War was Wilfred Owen.
To conclude we have 4 fundamental pillars for the analysis of a modernist work:
- the unreliable narrators
- the figure of the man who is existentially lost
- the construction of time
- the construction of space

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Postmodernism was characterized by leaving behind the types of traditional literary forms that were known in antiquity. The authors of this era did not create something aesthetic or perfect, they created texts in a random way.
After World War II, black humor, parody and satire began to be born.
Writers such as: George Orwell, known for his work Without a White Man in Paris and London and Animal Farm, Aldous Huxley for Brave New World and The Doors of Perception, William Golding, John Osborne and Samuel Beckett emerged.
The characteristics of this movement are:
- adopting a sense of randomness
- fragmentary narrative and budding
- metafiction
- intertextuality
Important philosophers and theorists of literary study in the era of modernism and postmodernism are: Ronald Barthes, Jesn Baudrillard, Jacques Derrida, Jorge Luid Borges, Fredic Jameson, Michael Foucault and Jean François Lyotard.

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Nowadays we can access to great short literary works through the different digital platforms that allow us to read books electronically, on our mobile devices, tablets, e-books, etc.
Something that highlights the works of today are the short stories, both the audience and writers, prefer the works to be short.
In the first decade of the 21st century we have as one of the outstanding English authors is Ken Follett for his trilogy The Century.
Another issue to mention is that nowadays we can see literary works that highlight issues such as gender diversity, the LGTBQIA+ community and the feminist movement. These types of themes are mostly seen in essays.
We see a growth in texts with science fiction and fantasy genre.