Literary Periods Throughout Time 🌎 by Cooper Brown

CLASSICAL FEATURE

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The classical era of literature had an emphasis on the relationship of man to the gods.

CLASSICAL AUTHOR - HOMER

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Homer was an author in the classical period. He was a greek poet born in the year 800. Homer wrote a famous book called The Iliad and the Odyssey.

https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/homer

MEDIEVAL FEATURE

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Later in the medieval period, there was a shift in focus to everyday, common people.

MEDIEVAL AUTHOR - GEOFFREY CHAUCER

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Geoffrey Chaucer was an author in the medieval era. He wrote a famous book that is still read often today called The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer has often been called the "Father of English literature & poetry".

THREE CLASSICAL EVENTS

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In 410 CE, Barbarians had attacked Rome.
In 146 CE, Rome had conquered Greece.
The first Bible was created, and Christianity grew.

https://englishliteratureaf.blogspot.com/p/the-classical-period-1200-bce-455-ce.html

THREE MEDIEVAL EVENTS

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The Battle of Hastings. William the Conqueror led a norman invasion of England on October 14, 1066.
Vikings attack London in 842 and 851
The first crusade was launched by Pope Urban II. From 1095-1099

https://fajardo-acosta.com/worldlit/timeline-02.htm

RENAISSANCE FEATURE

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There was new thinking, innovation and philosophy in the renaissance period.

RENAISSANCE AUTHOR - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

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William Shakespeare was an English playwright back in the renaissance period. He had written (at least) 37 plays and 154 sonnets. He wrote plays like Romeo and Juliet and King Lear. He lived from 1564 to 1616.

THREE RENAISSANCE EVENTS

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The hundred years' war had begun, and the hundred years' war ended. This was a conflict between England and France kingdoms. This lasted 1337 to 1453.
Joan of Arc had been burned to death. Joan of Arc was a woman that had led the French army to a victory in Orleans.
30 had started (and ended) from 1618 to 1648.

https://sites.udel.edu/britlitwiki/medieval-and-renaissance-literature/

RESTORATION & 18th CENTURY FEATURE

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The restoration & 18th century period had a great age of satire in English literature.

RESTORATION & 18th CENTURY AUTHOR - JONATHAN SWIFT

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Jonathan Swift had been an author in the restoration & 18th century who wrote under pseudonyms. Wrote Gulliver's Travels.

THREE RESTORATION & 18th CENTURY EVENTS

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The Great Fire of London (1666): Over 13,000 homes were destroyed, and other buildings like warehouses, St. Paul's Cathedral, and the Royal Exchange.
A peaceful revolution called the Glorious Revolution had happened.
The Industrial Revolution had started.

https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/british-literature-through-history/s05-01-the-restoration-and-18th-centu.html

COLONIAL & EARLY NATIONAL FEATURE

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The colonial & early national era of literacy was inspired by cultural, societal, and political forces.

COLONIAL & EARLY NATIONAL AUTHOR - THOMAS PAINE

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Thomas Paine was one of the founding fathers. He had written famous pamphlets like Common Sense and The American Crisis. He's known as the Father of the American Revolution.

THREE COLONIAL & EARLY NATIONAL EVENTS

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Independence had been declared in the United States (1776).
A collection of short stories and essays were published by Washington Irving.
One of the earliest slave narratives were made by Olaudah Equiano.

https://www.britannica.com/list/periods-of-american-literature

ROMANTIC FEATURE

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Romantic literature was inspired by nature, emotion, and sensibility.

ROMANTIC AUTHOR - EDGAR ALLAN POE

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Edgar Allan Poe was a short story poet. He wrote famous poetry like The Raven and Tell Tale Heart. Most of his stories were depressing, and about love, death, and modern detective stories.

THREE ROMANTIC EVENTS

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In 1828, one of the first English dictionaries were published by Noah Webster.
The French Revolution had ended in 1799.
Frankenstein had been published by Mary Shelley in 1818.

https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/romantic-period-1798-1852

REALISM & NATURALISM FEATURE

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Realism & Naturalism had a focus on real life experiences and human fraility.

REALISM & NATURALISM AUTHOR - NELLIE BLY

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Nellie Bly was a realism & naturalism journalist. She was famous for her 72-day trip around the world (which was a very short amount of time to travel the entire world at the time), and documented her entire journey.

THREE REALISM & NATURALISM EVENTS

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The realism & naturalism event had started, an era started because of the human loss that came from the civil war. This period had a focus on how the world really was.

https://www.britannica.com/list/periods-of-american-literature

MODERNIST FEATURE

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Modernist era had strong reactions to established religious, political, and social views.

MODERNIST AUTHOR - ROBERT FROST

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Robert Frost was an American poet. He wrote poems like Nothing Gold Can Stay, Out Now, and Mending Wall. He also won 4 Pulitzer Prizes.

THREE MODERNIST EVENTS

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WWI had started in 1914, and it had ended in 1918.
The Great Gatsby was written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
WWII had begun in 1938, and it had ended in 1945.

http://jrhe.weebly.com/the-modernist-period-1910---1945.html