Literary periods and genres

Question 1

Old English Period / Anglo-Saxon Period

Answer 1

450 - 1066
Epic Heroic poems
themes:
-war, invasion, heroism
poems
-Beowulf (3000 verses), The Seufarer, The Wanderer

Question 2

Anglo-Norman / Middle-Aged period

Answer 2

1066 - 1450s’
Forms of writing:
-chronicles, poetry, drama, short stories, fables
“The Age of Chaucer” -> Geoffrey Chaucer - Canterbury tales

Question 3

Reinessance period

Answer 3

1500 - 1660
revival of learning
Poetry and drama -> W. Shakespeare, Ben Johnson

Question 4

Neoclassical

Answer 4

1660-1798

“Age of reason”
-John Lock, Alexander Pope

Question 5

Romantic period

Answer 5

1798 - 1837
-romantic poetry, novel
-nature, emotions, individuality
sub-genre: Gothic Novel (gloomy, dark)
-J. Keets, L. Byron

Question 6

Victorian Period

Answer 6

1837 - 1901
-development of psychological and realistic novel
*Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde

Question 7

Modern Period

Answer 7

1914 - 1945
-realistic and psychological modern novels
-Virginia Woolf, James Joyce

Question 8

1945 - onwards

Answer 8

Topics are:
-war, genocide, life experience, discrimination, genders, inner transformation, consumption