Periods in English Literature (When) Flashcards
1
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Old English
A
428 (invasion of England by Teutonic tribes) - 1100 (post-Norman Conquest)
2
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Anglo-Norman (aka, Early Middle English Period)
A
1100 - 1350
3
Q
Middle English
A
1350 (replacemnet of French by Middle English in the court) - 1500 (appearance of Modern English writings)
4
Q
Renaissance
A
1500 - 1660
5
Q
Neoclassic (“Age of Reason”)
A
1660 (return of Stuarts to throne) - 1798 (publication of Lyrical Ballads)
6
Q
Romantic
A
1798 (Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical Ballads) - 1870 (death of Dickens)
7
Q
Realistic
A
1870 - 1914 (WWI)
8
Q
Modern/Modernist
A
1914 (WWI) - 1965 (uncertainty was replaced by protest)
9
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Post-Modernist/Contemporary
A
1965 - Present
