English literacy periods

Question 1

Who are some of the influential writers during the Renaissance period?

Answer 1

William Shakespeare and John Milton

Question 2

The Enlightenment period occurred during which years?

Answer 2

1660-1790

Question 3

Who are some of the influential writers during the Postmodernism period?

Answer 3

Salaman Rushdie and Kurt Vonnegut

Question 4

What are some of the major events during the Romantic period?

Answer 4

Enlightenment ideas failed and the ideas fell out of fashion. People tried to find answers through logic and rationality

Question 5

Who are some of the influential writers during the modernism period?

Answer 5

Virginia Woolf and Ernest Hemingway

Question 6

Who are some of the influential writers during the Enlightenment period?

Answer 6

Jonathon Swift and John Locke

Question 7

What are some of the major events during the postmodernism period?

Answer 7

The World Wide Web and television is invented and there is social changes

Question 8

Who are some of the influential writers during the Romantic period?

Answer 8

William Wordsworth and John Keats

Question 9

The Renaissance period occurred during which years?

Answer 9

1550-1660

Question 10

Who are some of the influential writers during the Victorian period?

Answer 10

Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, George Eliot, and the Bronte Sisters.

Question 11

What are some of the major events during the modernism period?

Answer 11

Ongoing horrors like World War 1,2 and depression.

Question 12

The Postmodernism period occurred during which years?

Answer 12

1945-present

Question 13

The Mordenism period occurred during which years?

Answer 13

1901-1945

Question 14

The Romantic period occurred during which years?

Answer 14

1790-1830

Question 15

What are some of the major events during the Victorian period?

Answer 15

Industrialization increases wealth gaps. There was women’s rights groups.

Question 16

What are some of the major events during the Enlightenment period?

Answer 16

The power of the kings was decreased and scientific discovery was made by scientists who tried to solve problems on Earth without superstition.

Question 17

What are some of the major events during the Renaissance?

Answer 17

The catholic church lost power and the printing press was developed so more books could be distributed through different countries. The loss of Catholic power meant that writers wrote about subjects that were usually banned by the Catholic Church.

Question 18

The Victorian period occurred during which years?

Answer 18

1830-1901