(FINISHED) Literary Eras Flashcards
When was medieval literature at its most popular?
500-1500
When was Renaissance literature at its most popular?
1500-1670
When was Enlightenment literature at its most popular?
1700-1800
When was Romantic literature at its most popular?
1798-1870
When was Victorian literature at its most popular?
1837-1901
When was Transcendental literature at its most popular?
1830-1860
When was Naturalist literature at its most popular?
1870-1920
When was realist literature at its most popular?
1820-1920
When was Bloomsbury group literature at its most popular?
1903-1964
When was Existential literature at its most popular?
1850-
When was modernist literature at its most popular?
1910-1965
When was Post-modernist literature at its most popular?
1965-
What are the characteristics of medieval literature?
Major Themes: - Seven Deadly Sins - Seven Heavenly Virtues - Physiognomy and "the Humours" - Values of courtly love - Code of Chivalry Ranging from epics to anti-clerical satires, sermons and Confessions
What on earth is physiognomy?
the assessment of a person’s character or personality from his or her outer appearance, especially the face.
What are the characteristics of the Renaissance?
- Classical antiquity- interest in the grand concepts and theories of the Greeks and Romans
- Humanism - the superiority of humanity through reason
- Political reformation - hierarchies and subversion - Macbeth
- Imitation - ‘mirror to life’ of classical masters
- Religious reformation - questioning of the Pope