ENGLISH LITERATURE history updated Flashcards
Common theme featured in Old English Literature
Heroism
Refered to as the “rebirth” period of english literature
Reneissance Period
Also known as the early medieval period
Old English
3 germanic tribes English people descent from.
Anglo,Saxons,Jutes
A prominant essayist from the elizabethan age
Francis Bacon
Common themes in middle english literature
Morality, religion
Most famous writer of the victorian period
Charles Dickens
Most prominent works of William Shakespear
Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Julius Ceasar
A period which valued intellect,logic, and reason
Neo Classical
Three common themes in Renaissance literature
Power, Individuality,humanism
Name 3 of christopher marlowes work
Doctor Faustus, Tamburlaine,The Jew of Maltha
Name the most famous work of Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales
Name 3 works of Ben Johnson
Every man in his humor,Every man out his humor,The Alchemist
literature is from the word?
Literatura
Name William COngreves work
Great Mogul, All for love