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    The document outlines the eight periods of English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the modern period. Some of the key aspects covered include: - The Anglo-Saxon period brought oral literature steeped in Celtic traditions and included significant works like Beowulf. - The medieval period saw works in genres like elegy, religious liturgy, and narrative romance including Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. - The Elizabethan period was a golden age that saw flourishing of songwriters, dramatists, poets and sonneteers including Shakespeare's works. - Significant literary genres through the periods included sonnets, dramas, novels, and poems.

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    The document outlines the eight periods of English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the modern period. Some of the key aspects covered include: - The Anglo-Saxon period brought oral literature steeped in Celtic traditions and included significant works like Beowulf. - The medieval period saw works in genres like elegy, religious liturgy, and narrative romance including Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. - The Elizabethan period was a golden age that saw flourishing of songwriters, dramatists, poets and sonneteers including Shakespeare's works. - Significant literary genres through the periods included sonnets, dramas, novels, and poems.

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    The document outlines the eight periods of English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the modern period. Some of the key aspects covered include: - The Anglo-Saxon period brought oral literature steeped in Celtic traditions and included significant works like Beowulf. - The medieval period saw works in genres like elegy, religious liturgy, and narrative romance including Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. - The Elizabethan period was a golden age that saw flourishing of songwriters, dramatists, poets and sonneteers including Shakespeare's works. - Significant literary genres through the periods included sonnets, dramas, novels, and poems.

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    English Literature

    - Originated from Celts, earliest inhabitants of British Isles


    - Celts were invaded by; Jutes, Angles & Saxons

    Alfred the Great


    - He sponsored the translation of Latin text into Old English Language
    - Initiated the writing of the Anglo – Saxon Chronicle in the native tongue
    - United the Anglo – Saxons to resist the Vikings

    The 8 Periods of English Literature


    A. Anglo – Saxon (449-1066 AD)
    - Brought a rich tradition of oral lit. Steeped in their customs, beliefs, etc.
    1. Anglo – Saxon Chronicle by Alfred the Significant Literary Genres
    Great 1. Chronicle
    2. The Wonderer 2. Formulaic Poetry
    3. A Dream of the Road 3. Epic Poem
    4. Beowulf

    B. Medieval Period (1066-1485)


    Some Significant Literary Words Significant Literary Genres
    1. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 1. Elegy
    2. Morte D’ Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory 2. Religious Liturgy
    3. Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chancer 3. Narrative Romance
    4. Arthurian Romance

    C. Elizabethan Period (1485-1625)


    ~ At the dusk of the middle Ages and the dawn of the modern world comes the Renaissance
    ~ Songwriters. Dramatist, Poets and Sonneteers flourished in
    ~The most splendid in the History of Literature.

    Some Significant Literary Words Significant Literary Genres


    1. Faerie Queene 1. Sonnet
    2. The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd 2. Elizabethan Lyric
    3. William Shakespeare’s Works 3. Elizabethan Drama
    4. Historical Play

    D. Puritan Period (1625 – 1700)


    Some Significant Literary Words Significant Literary Genres
    1. Devotions 1. Restoration Comedy and Tragedy
    2. History of Henry VII 2. Metaphysical Poetry
    3. The Garden 3. Light Prose
    4. Ode and Elegy
    E. Classicism Period (1700 – 1800)
    Some Significant Literary Works Significant Literary Genres
    1. The London Merchant 1. Opera
    2. Conscious Lovers 2. Ballad Opera
    3. The Fair Pertinent 3. Pantomime
    The Tragedy of Jane Shore 4. Prose Tragedy
    4. The Tragedy of Lacy Grey

    F. The Romantic Period (1800-1839)


    ~ The golden age of the lyric poetry belong to the youth
    ~ Early 19th century Britain was stirred by new feelings about the world of nature, about both personal and
    political liberty and about the common name

    Significant Literary Work


    1. Song of Innocence and Experience by William Blake
    2. Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    3. Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Persuasion by Jane Ansten

    Significant Literary Genres


    1. Heroic Couplet
    2. Historical Novel

    G. The Victorian Period (1837-1900)


    ~ named after Queen Victoria I of England in 1817
    ~ Similar to the Elizabethan Period; Victorian Age was one of the energetic expansion, imperial ambition and
    profound optism about future of England and Mankind

    Significant Literary Works: Significant Literary Genres


    1. The Pickwick Papers; Oliver Twist; David 1. Novels
    Copperfield; A tale of 2 Cities; Great 2. Magazine Serials
    Expectations by Charles Dickens 3. Dramatic Monologue
    2. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brente
    3. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brente
    4. The Cry of the Children by Elizabeth Barrett
    Browning

    H. The 20th Century or The Modern Period


    ~ The literature of this period exemplifies the improved crafts of masters

    Significant Literary Works Significant Literary Genres


    1. The Egoist by George Meredith 1. Novel
    2. To the lighthouse by Wirginia Woolf 2. Blank Verse

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