OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE THROUGH THE AGES AGUSTIN. Kimberly W. ANCHETA, Kenzie M. BSED 3F-1
Meaning of World Literature Literature, History and Culture Introduction to World Literature Period
WORLD LITERATURE -- “ Littera ” means “Letter” Literature – Knowledge of books-- -- refer to the sum total of the world’s national literatures
LITERATURE, HISTORY AND CULTURE The relationship is reciprocal. Our culture affects what we write and what we write is used to interpret our history. However, our history influences culture, which creates a beautiful loop in which these three things work together to define a group of people, a nation, etc. - ANONYMOUS “
Introduction to World Literature Periods Overview of Literature through Ages
EARLY PERIOD OF LITERATURE The Classical Period (1200 BCE – 455 CE) The Medieval Period (455 CE – 1485 CE) The Renaissance Period (1485-1660 CE)
A golden age for literature and arts The Classical Period (1200 BCE – 455 CE)
The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer Works and Days by Hesiod Theogony by Hesiod The Classical Period (1200 BCE – 455 CE) Some Significant Literary work in this period:
Gorgias Aesop Plato The Classical Period (1200 BCE – 455 CE) Greek writer and philosopher during this period: Socrates Aristotle Euripides
Also known as Anglo-Saxon Period The Medieval Period (455 CE – 1485 CE)
The Canterbury Tales Beowulf The Dark Ages and the Bards The Dream of the Holy Rood The Medieval Period (455 CE – 1485 CE) Some Significant Literary work in this period:
Geoffrey Chaucer Thomas Aquinas Martin Luther Caedmon The Medieval Period (455 CE – 1485 CE) Famous Author during this period:
Elegy Religious Liturgy Narrative Romance The Medieval Period (455 CE – 1485 CE) Significant Literary Genres
It is considered to be the division between the Middle age and Modern era. The Renaissance Period (1485-1660 CE)
Romeo and Juliet When I was Fair and Young Utopia The faerie Queen The Renaissance Period (1485-1660 CE) Some Significant Literary work in this period:
William Shakespeare Sir Thomas More Queen Elizabeth I Edmund Spencer The Renaissance Period (1485-1660 CE) Famous Author during this period:
LATER PERIOD OF LITERATURE The Enlightenment Period (1660 BCE – 1790) The Romantic Period (1790 – 1830) The Vitorian Period (1832 – 1901) The Modern Period (1914 – 1945) The Post Modern Period (1945 onward)
--Referred to as The Age of Reason. --Era of Logic The Enlightenment Period (1660 – 1790)
All for love The Rake of the Lock Rights of Man Elegy written in a Churchyard The Enlightenment Period (1660 – 1790) Some Significant Literary work in this period:
John Dryden Alexander Pope Thomas Paine Thomas Gray The Enlightenment Period (1660 – 1790) Famous Author during this period:
Essay Melodrama Letters Fables The Enlightenment Period (1660 – 1790) Popular Types of literature during this period:
--Great Age for the Novel --Emphasize on Emotion, Imagination and Individualism. The Romantic Period (1790 – 1830)
I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud Kubla Khan Song of Innocence and of Experience Mathilda The Romantic Period (1790 – 1830) Some Significant Literary work in this period:
William Wordsworth Samuel Taylor Coleridge William Blake Mary Shelley The Romantic Period (1790 – 1830) Famous Author during this period:
--The Reign of Queen Victoria. -- The literature of this Era expressed the fusion of pure romance to gross realism. The Victorian Period (1832 – 1901)
The Pickwick Papers How do I love Thee Ulysses The Victorian Period (1832 – 1901) Some Significant Literary work in this period:
Charles Dicken Elizabeth Browning Alfred Lord Tennison The Victorian Period (1832 – 1901) Famous Author during this period:
Characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional ways of writing, in both poetry and prose fiction. The Modern Period (1914 – 1945)
The Road Not Taken And Death Shall Have No Dominion Insensibility The Modern Period (1914 – 1945) Some Significant Literary work in this period:
Robert Frost Dylan Thomas Wilfred Owen The Modern Period (1914 – 1945) Famous Author during this period:
Characterized by reliance on narrative techniques such as fragmentation, paradox, and the unreliable narrator The Postmodern Period (1945 – Onward)
Infinite Jest The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock Waiting for Godot The Postmodern Period (1945 – Onward) Some Significant Literary work in this period:
David Foster Wallace T.S Eliot Samuel Beckett The Postmodern Period (1945 – Onward) Famous Author during this period:
Questions !
The Classical Period The Medieval Period The Enlightenment Period The Romantic Period 1. It is the Golden Age of Literature and Arts
The Modern Period The Medieval Period The Enlightenment Period The Romantic Period 2. It referred to as The Age of Reason and also known as neoclassical period
The Renaissance Period The Victorian Period The Enlightenment Period The Romantic Period 3. It is the Great Age for Novels and it emphasize on Emotion, Imagination and Individualism
The Renaissance Period The Victorian Period The Enlightenment Period The Romantic Period 4. In what period does the First printing press was invented?
The Classical Period The Medieval Period The Enlightenment Period The Romantic Period 5. Also known as Anglo-Saxon Period or Old English Period.