LIterary Eras FORM 4 Flashcards
1550 - 1660
Renaissance
Authors in Renaissance
Plato
Plutarch
Socrates
Main types of text in Renaissance
Poetry and Drama
Themes of writing in Renaissance
Interested in thoughts of the Ancient World- inspired by or retelling old Greek and Roman Stories
What it means to be human
New era or art and culture - The ReBIrth or ReAwakening after the middle ages
1660 - 1790 era
Enlightment and Neoclassical
Writers in the Enlightenment
Robert Swift
John Locke
Influential events in the Enlightenment
TBD
Types of writing in the Enlightenment
Start of the modern novel
What event meant end of faith in Enlightenment ideas
the French Revolution
1790-1830 era
Romantic era
Authors in the Romantic Era
Wordsworth
John Keats
Events influencing the Romantic Era
Urbanisation
Industrialisation
Loss of nature through buildings
Types of writing in Romantic Era
Romantic Poetry
Gothic NOvel
Themes in Romantic Era
Celebrating nature
Exploring feelings
Beauty
Freedom from rules/Spontentaity
Emphasis on individualism not society
1830-1901
Victorian Era
Writers in the Victorian Era
George Elliot
Charles Dickens
Thomas Hardy
Bronte Sisters
Form and themes in writing in Victorian Era
The Novel was most prominent form of literature
Themes
- Theory of Evolution (Darwin);
- adventures in the sea
- criticism of war
- fables
1901 - 1945
Modernist Era
Modernist Authors
Ernest Hemingway
Events influencing Modernist Writers
Spanish Flu
WW One
WW two
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Themes in Modernist Writing
Exploring the trauma of conflict or war - confusion isolation
Writing about inner psychology - what do people think they way they do
Writing about chaos in the world and irrationality
1945 to present
Port Modernism
Author in Post Modernism
Kurt Vonnegut
Themes in Post Modernist writing
Realistic depictions of major events in their time
Sceptism
Suspicion of reason - is anyone telling the truth?
Role of ideology in asserting political or economic power
Gay Rights Civil Rights Feminism
Events influencing POst Modernist writers
World Wide Web
TV
Civil Rights
Gay movemnet
Feminism
Revelation of Holecaust
What date was Renaissance Era
15505-1660
Date of Enlightenment
1660 - 1790
date of Romantic
1790-1830
date of Victorian
1830-1901
date of Modernist
1901-1945
date of post modernist
1945 to present
Nature was a theme of what era ?
Romanitic
trauma, conflict and isolation was a theme in what era
Modernist - from the wars
the Ancient World was a theme in what era
Renaissance
What does Renaissance mean
the rebirth or reawakening - a new era in art and cultre (after the Middle Ages)
What era was inspired by Ancient greek and roman stories
The renaissance
What era was influenced by TV and the World Wide Web
post modernist
what era are the Bronte Sisters from
Victorian
what era has the themes
- loss of trust in politics and religion
- limiting the power of kings
- less focus on God
Enlightenment Period
what era had the theme or loss of access to nature
Romantic - they celebrated nature but were also losing access to nature because of urbanization and industrialization
