Lesson 2.2 (English) Flashcards
It refers to all works of literature in English produced in the United Kingdom; one of the richest, most developed, and important bodies of literature in the world.
English Literature
It is the earliest form of the English language where it is known for its ‘kennings’ (phrases or compound words for indirect naming).
Old English Literature
What is the longest epic in Old English?
Beowulf
It is the blend of Old English and Norman French
Middle English Literature
Who is the father of English Literature?
Geoffrey Chaucer
What is the famous work of Geoffrey Chaucer?
The Canterbury Tales
It is considered as the ‘golden age of English literature.’
Elizabethan Period
He is the notable author during Elizabethan and considered as ‘Bard of Avon.’
William Shakespeare
What are some of the best plays of William Shakespeare?
Hamlet
King Lear
Macbeth
Othello
The Merchant of Venice
This period is considered as the ‘golden age of lyric poetry.’
Romantic Period
This period is focuses more on personal feelings and emotions.
Romantic Period
Who created the ‘Lyrical Ballads’?
William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
What is William Blake’s work during Romantic period?
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Who is the author of ‘The Eve of St. Agnes’?
John Keats
Who wrote the ‘Don Juan’?
Lord Byron
Who wrote the ‘Ode to the West Wind’?
Percy Bysshe Shelley
This period is the rise of the novels.
Victorian Period
One of the notable authors during Victorian period is __ that is considered as the greatest English novelist of the 19th century.
Charles Dickens
What is the notable work of Charles Dickens (greatest English novelist)?
Great Expectations
Who wrote the poem ‘In Memoriam A.H.H.’?
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Who wrote ‘My Last Duchess’?
Robert Browningh
Who is a notable dramatist during Victorian period and wrote ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’?
Oscar Wilde
Who are some poets during Victorian period?
Alfred Lord Tennyson; and
Robert Browning
This period is where Yeats and Eliot wrote their masterpieces.
20th Century
Who are the notable poets during 20th Century?
William Butler Yeats; and
Thomas Stearns Eliot
Some of his works are ‘The Tower,’ ‘The Winding Stair,’ and New Poems.
William Butler Yeats
Some of his works are ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,’ and ‘The Waste Land.’
Thomas Stearns Eliot
This writer wrote ‘Mrs. Dalloway.’
Virginia Woolf
This author wrote ‘Ulysses.’
James Joyce
Who are the writers during 20th century used the stream of consciousness technique in their writings?
Virginia Woolf; and
James Joyce
