LITERATURE

This week is about literature. We have gotten information to aware what we will have done for all term like historical,political,social event ,and old-middle-early-modern period of English Literature.

Old English (it is called Anglo-Saxon Era) : 450-1066


'According to the information ı have gotten from 'universalteacher.org.uk' , old english descends from the language spoken by the north Germanic tribes who settled in England from the 5th century A.D. onwards. They had no writing (except runes, used as charms) until they learned the Latin alphabet from Roman missionaries. The earliest written works in Old English (as their language is now known to scholars) were probably composed orally at first, and may have been passed on from speaker to speaker before being written.'


Middle English : 1066-1500

This period is noted for the extensive influence of French literature on native english forms and theme.Geoffrey Chaucer is the most important name of the term , he knows also the father of English Literature. His greatest work is mostly narrative poetry.

the other periods of English literature :

450-1066 Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Period1066-1500 Middle English Period

1500-1600 The Renaissance (Early Modern) Period

1558-1603 Elizabethan Age

1603-1625 Jacobean Age

1625-1649 Caroline Age

1649-1660 Commonwealth Period(extended from the end of the Civil War)

1600-1785 The Neo-classical Period

1660-1700 Restoration Period

1700-1745 The Augustan Age

1745-1783 The Age Of Sensibility

1785-1830 The Romantic Period

1832-1901 The Victorian Period

1848-1860 The Pre-Raphaelites

1880-1901 Aestheticism and Decadence

1901-1910 The Edwardian Period

1910-1914 The Georgian Period

1914- The Modern Period

1945- Post Modernism

The Modern Period : 1914

changing world conditions create this period of Literature. Language, life style, people needs were changed rapidly because of the advancing technology. Pictures, radio, and television brought the world into view,and Most of American writers began to influence world literature.


these are enough for this week , more are next week =)