final exam worldviews and centuries match Flashcards
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anglo saxon period
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normoons conquered anglo-saxon
historical background pre-anglo saxon
earliest people the celts
rome conquered celts
—introduced christianity
—— roman’s withdraw
—-celts attacked by picas and scott’s from north
who introduced old english and reintroduced paganism
anglo saxons
what is the golden age of british lit
english renaissance.
elizabethan period
henry VII-james 1
engl;ish renaissance
end of civil war ;henry vii became king
english renaissance
james died
engislgh renaissance.
what does renaissance mean ?
rebirth
what did english experience ?
rebirth in polotics religion philosophy
brief over view matching: early modern english
english ren.
Brief overview: controversy over national religion
english ren
brief overview :1532-Henry VII establish Church of Engla
english ren
brief overview:Mary I- Catholics
english ren.
• Elizabeth I (1558-1603)angelican
english ren/.
• Persecution of seperatist (minority groups of puritans)
1620–Plymouth colony established in new world
english ren.
lit characteristics of english ren
best period for drama;known for poetry
characterized by religious and political turmoil
british puritan age
purify the church of england
british puritans age
brief overview: wenglsih civil war
british puritan age
royalist vs. puritans
brit pure age
- Execution of Charles I (1649)
brit pure. age
- Restoration of charles the I
british pure age
poet with deep and spiritual topics
metaphysical
nature romance pastorals topics
cavalier
1607 jamestown
american colonial period
1620 plymouth
american colonial period
smasachusent sbay colony
American colonial period ( 1607-1776)
puritans escaping pusecuttion
American colonial period ( 1607-1776)
1726-56 great awakening— Edward
1776 Declaration of Independence
American colonial period ( 1607-1776)
overview restoration of monarchs
british restroation and 18th period
glorious rev.
british restoration
18th century industrial revolution
british restroatioon
revolutionary war
american neoclassical period
decoration of independence
• 1788 ratification of constitution
american neoclassic period
popular genre and techinques:
• Imitated styles of classical Greek and Roman - satire - ode - elegy - epistle * didactic ( teaches, lesson) Realistic - satire - heroic couplet -literary critisism
american neoclassic
lyrically ballad by wadswarth and coleridge published.
sir walter scott died
brttish romantic age
rejected neoclassic rationalism and literature rules
british romantic age
• Emphasized emagination (feelings, emotionalism,
british romantic
• Love of nature
british romantic age
• Emphasis on common mans language
british romantic age
lyric poetry
british romantic
golde age of american lit
american romantic age
british empire covered 1/2 the world
british victorian ere
known for religion science and morality
brttish victorian
great expansion
british victorian era
modernism
20th century subdivision
contemporary or postmodern period
20th century
edwardian period
irish free state
britian 20th century
jfk assasinated
milk assinsated
american 20th century
modernism
20th century writers use halfway experimenta; forms to capture the disintegration
worldviews of 20th century
Darwinism (now accepted)
• Marxism (politics)
Must eliminate social classes to achieve social justice
• Freudianism (psychology)
Man driven by subconscious, not responsible for his own actions
• Existentialism (man/world has no inherit meaning) seen with Postmodernism
literary characteristics match: highly experimental
reject traditional literary styles
20th century
emphasised the disentigration of civilization
lack of true meaning
cynical and pessimistic
20th century