Historical-Geographic Arc of Lit Readings Flashcards
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When was the Odyssey written?
725 - 675 BC
BC meaning Before Christ
Where was the Odyssey written?
Ionia
Modern day Turkey
When was Antigone written?
441 BC
BC meaning Before Christ
Where was Antigone written?
Athens
Who spread a lot of Greek Literature?
Alexander the Great
Such as places like Alexandria
When did Alexander the Great die?
320BC
BC meaning Before Christ
What year was Jesus born in?
Year 0
What year was the rise of the Roman Empire?
625 BC
BC meaning Before Christ
What year was the fall of the Roman Empire?
476 AD
AD meaning Anno Domini(Year of the Lord)
What year the rise of the Middle Ages?
476 AD / from the fall of rome
AD meaning Anno Domini(Year of the Lord)
This is an approximation!
What year was the fall of the Middle Ages?
~1000 AD
AD meaning Anno Domini(Year of the Lord)
This is an approximation!
When was the English Reformation?
1510 AD
AD meaning Anno Domini(Year of the Lord)
During Henry the 8th’s reign
Where was Hamlet written?
England
What year was Hamlet written in?
1600 AD
AD meaning Anno Domini(Year of the Lord)
During Elizabeth the 1st’s reign
What year was the rise of the Early Modern Period?
1450 AD
AD meaning Anno Domini(Year of the Lord)
What year was the fall of the Early Modern Period?
1650 AD
AD meaning Anno Domini(Year of the Lord)
This is an approximation!
What years was the English Civil War?
Who were/was some/a writer(s) of this time?
1642 - 1651 AD
AD meaning Anno Domini(Year of the Lord)
John Milton
What year was the start of Enlightenment?
1685 AD
AD meaning Anno Domini(Year of the Lord)
What year was the end of Enlightenment?
1815 AD
What year was the start of British Romanticism?
Who were/was some/a writer(s) of this period?
1785 AD
AD meaning Anno Domini(Year of the Lord)
Williams Wordsworth
What year was the end of British Romanticism?
Who were/was some/a writer(s) of this period?
1832 AD
AD meaning Anno Domini(Year of the Lord)
Williams Wordsworth
What year was the start of the British Victorian Era?
Who were/was some/a writer(s) of this period?
1837 AD
AD meaning Anno Domini(Year of the Lord)
A. E. Houseman, and Lord Tennyson(1842)
What year was the end of the British Victorian Era?
Who were/was some/a writer(s) of this period?
1901 AD
AD meaning Anno Domini(Year of the Lord)
A. E. Houseman, and Lord Tennyson(1842)
What year was the start of American Romanticism?
Who were/was some/a writer(s) of this period?
1830 AD
AD meaning Anno Domini(Year of the Lord)
Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Nathaniel Hawthorne
What year was the end of American Romanticism?
Who were/was some/a writer(s) of this period?
1870 AD
AD meaning Anno Domini(Year of the Lord)
Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Nathaniel Hawthorne
What year was The Scarlet Letter written?
1850 AD
AD meaning Anno Domini(Year of the Lord)
Where was The Scarlet Letter written?
Boston
What year was the start of Literary Realism?
Who were/was some/a writer(s) of this period?
1865 AD
AD meaning Anno Domini(Year of the Lord)
Henry James
What year was the end of Literary Realism?
Who were/was some/a writer(s) of this period?
1900 AD
AD meaning Anno Domini(Year of the Lord)
Henry James
What year was Daisy Miller written?
1878 AD
AD meaning Anno Domini(Year of the Lord)
Where was Daisy Miller written?
London
When was the renaissance?
1450 - 1650 AD
Whos reign was Thomas Wyatt under?
Henry VII
Whos reign was Michael Drayton under?
Elizabeth I
Whos reign was Mary Wroth under?
Elizabeth I
When was the English Civil War?
1640 - 1660 AD
When was the restoration?
1667
When was Paradise Lost written?
1667
When was the
