English literacy periods Flashcards

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

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William Shakespeare and John Milton

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The Enlightenment period occurred during which years?

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1660-1790

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

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Salaman Rushdie and Kurt Vonnegut

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

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

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

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Virginia Woolf and Ernest Hemingway

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

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Jonathon Swift and John Locke

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

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

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

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William Wordsworth and John Keats

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The Renaissance period occurred during which years?

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1550-1660

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

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

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

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Ongoing horrors like World War 1,2 and depression.

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The Postmodernism period occurred during which years?

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1945-present

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13
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The Mordenism period occurred during which years?

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1901-1945

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14
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The Romantic period occurred during which years?

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1790-1830

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

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

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

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

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What are some of the major events during the Renaissance?

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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.

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The Victorian period occurred during which years?

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1830-1901