ENGLISH LITERATURE history updated Flashcards

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Common theme featured in Old English Literature

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Heroism

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Refered to as the “rebirth” period of english literature

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Reneissance Period

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Also known as the early medieval period

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Old English

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3 germanic tribes English people descent from.

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Anglo,Saxons,Jutes

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5
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A prominant essayist from the elizabethan age

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Francis Bacon

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Common themes in middle english literature

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Morality, religion

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Most famous writer of the victorian period

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Charles Dickens

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Most prominent works of William Shakespear

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Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Julius Ceasar

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A period which valued intellect,logic, and reason

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Neo Classical

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Three common themes in Renaissance literature

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Power, Individuality,humanism

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10
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Name 3 of christopher marlowes work

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Doctor Faustus, Tamburlaine,The Jew of Maltha

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Name the most famous work of Geoffrey Chaucer

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The Canterbury Tales

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12
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Name 3 works of Ben Johnson

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Every man in his humor,Every man out his humor,The Alchemist

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13
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literature is from the word?

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Literatura

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14
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Name William COngreves work

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Great Mogul, All for love

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