Historical-Geographic Arc of Lit Readings Flashcards
When was the Odyssey written?
725 - 675 BC
BC meaning Before Christ
Where was the Odyssey written?
Ionia
Modern day Northern Turkey
When was Antigone written?
441 BC
BC meaning Before Christ
Where was Antigone written?
Athens, Greece
Who spread a lot of Greek Literature?
Alexander the Great
When did Alexander the Great die?
320 BC
What year was Jesus born in?
0 AD
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 was the rise of the Middle Ages?
476 AD (aka the fall of Rome)
(This is an approximation)
What year was the fall of the Middle Ages?
1000
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?
London, England
What year was Hamlet written in?
1600
During Elizabeth the 1st’s reign
What year was the rise of the Early Modern Period?
1450
What year was the fall of the Early Modern Period?
1650
What years did the English Civil War span?
Who was a writer that we learned about from this time?
1642 - 1651
John Milton
What year was the start of Enlightenment?
1685
What year was the end of Enlightenment?
1815
What year was the start of British Romanticism?
Who was a writer we studied from this period?
1785
Williams Wordsworth
What year was the end of British Romanticism?
1832
What year was the start of the British Victorian Era?
Who were some poets from this time period?
1837
A. E. Housman and Lord Tennyson
What year was the end of the British Victorian Era?
1901
What year was the start of American Romanticism?
Who were some writers of this period?
1830
Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Nathaniel Hawthorne
What year was the end of American Romanticism?
1870
What year was The Scarlet Letter written?
1850
Where was The Scarlet Letter written?
Boston, Massachusetts
What year was the start of Literary Realism?
Who was a writer of this period?
1865
Henry James
What year was the end of Literary Realism?
1900
What year was Daisy Miller written?
1878
Where was Daisy Miller written?
London, England
When was the Renaissance?
1450 - 1650
Whose reign was Thomas Wyatt under?
Henry VII
Whose reign was Michael Drayton under?
Elizabeth I
Whose reign was Mary Wroth under?
Elizabeth I
When was the English Civil War?
1642 - 1651
When was the Restoration?
1667
When was Paradise Lost written?
1667
