Timeline of Literature Flashcards
what is the earliest era of literature and what years did it go from and to?
ancient period
C.800-1BC
3 influencers of the ancient period
aristotle
homer
socrates
sophocles
plato
virgil
3 themes of ancient period literature
morality
fate
mythology
what era occurred during AD 500-1500?
medieval period
3 themes from medieval period
chivalry
religion
love
3 influencers of medieval literature
chaucer
malory
dante
what years was medieval period from and to?
AD 500-1500
what comes after the medieval period?
the renaissance period
what years was the renaissance period?
1500-1670
3 themes from renaissance
drama
kingship
conflict
what are the 2 periods that happened during the renaissance era?
years from and to
elizabethan 1558-1603
Jacobean 1603-1625
3 influencers from renaissance era
machiavelli
spenser
shakespeare
marlowe
milton
what happera happened before the romantic period?
the enlightenment
what year was the enlightenment to and from?
1670-1837
3 themes of enlightenment
science
reason
criticism
3 influencers of enlightenment
rousseau
voltaire
kant
locke
hobbes
what happened from 1790-1870?
the romantic period
what dates were the romantic period from and to?
1790-1870
3 themes of romantic literature
nature
beauty
freedom
3 influencers from romantic era
walpole
mary shelley
bronte sisters
what was born during the romantic period
gothic literature
what happened between the romantic period and modernism?
victorian period
what years was the victorian period from and to
1837-1901
3 themes in victorian literature
society
power
urbanisation