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OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE
THROUGH THE AGES
AGUSTIN. Kimberly W.ANCHETA, Kenzie M.
BSED 3F-1
Meaning of World Literature
Literature, History and CultureIntroduction to World Literature Period
WORLD LITERATURE
-- “Littera” means “Letter”
Literature – Knowledge of books--
-- refer to the sum total of the world’s national literatures
LITERATURE, HISTORY AND
CULTUREThe relationship is reciprocal.
Our culture affects what we write and what we write is used to interpret our history. However, our history influences culture, which creates a beautiful loop in which these three things work together to define a group of people, a nation, etc.
- ANONYMOUS
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Introduction to World Literature
Periods
Overview of Literature through Ages
EARLY PERIOD OF LITERATURE
The Classical Period (1200 BCE – 455 CE)The Medieval Period (455 CE – 1485 CE)
The Renaissance Period (1485-1660 CE)
A golden age for literature and
arts
The Classical Period(1200 BCE – 455 CE)
• The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer
• Works and Days by Hesiod• Theogony by Hesiod
The Classical Period(1200 BCE – 455 CE)
Some Significant Literary work in this period:
• Gorgias• Aesop• Plato
The Classical Period(1200 BCE – 455 CE)
Greek writer and philosopher during this period:
• Socrates• Aristotle• Euripides
Also known as Anglo-Saxon
Period
The Medieval Period(455 CE – 1485 CE)
• The Canterbury Tales• Beowulf
• The Dark Ages and the Bards• The Dream of the Holy Rood
The Medieval Period(455 CE – 1485 CE)
Some Significant Literary work in this period:
• Geoffrey Chaucer• Thomas Aquinas• Martin Luther• Caedmon
The Medieval Period(455 CE – 1485 CE)
Famous Author during this period:
• Elegy• Religious Liturgy•Narrative Romance
The Medieval Period(455 CE – 1485 CE)
Significant Literary Genres
It is considered to be the division
between the Middle age and Modern
era.
The Renaissance Period(1485-1660 CE)
• Romeo and Juliet• When I was Fair and Young
• Utopia• The faerie Queen
The Renaissance Period(1485-1660 CE)
Some Significant Literary work in this period:
• William Shakespeare• Sir Thomas More• Queen Elizabeth I• Edmund Spencer
The Renaissance Period(1485-1660 CE)
Famous Author during this period:
LATER PERIOD OF LITERATURE
The Enlightenment Period (1660 BCE – 1790)
The Romantic Period (1790 – 1830)
The Vitorian Period (1832 – 1901)
The Modern Period (1914 – 1945)The Post Modern Period (1945
onward)
--Referred to as The Age of
Reason.--Era of Logic
The Enlightenment Period
(1660 – 1790)
• All for love• The Rake of the Lock
• Rights of Man• Elegy written in a Churchyard
The Enlightenment Period
(1660 – 1790)Some Significant Literary work in this period:
• John Dryden• Alexander Pope• Thomas Paine• Thomas Gray
The Enlightenment Period
(1660 – 1790)Famous Author during this period:
• Essay• Melodrama• Letters• Fables
The Enlightenment Period
(1660 – 1790)Popular Types of literature during this period:
--Great Age for the Novel
--Emphasize on Emotion,
Imagination and Individualism.
The Romantic Period(1790 – 1830)
• I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud• Kubla Khan
• Song of Innocence and of Experience• Mathilda
The Romantic Period(1790 – 1830)
Some Significant Literary work in this period:
• William Wordsworth• Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• William Blake• Mary Shelley
The Romantic Period(1790 – 1830)
Famous Author during this period:
--The Reign of Queen Victoria.
-- The literature of this Era expressed the fusion of pure romance to gross
realism.
The Victorian Period(1832 – 1901)
• The Pickwick Papers• How do I love Thee
• Ulysses
The Victorian Period(1832 – 1901)
Some Significant Literary work in this period:
• Charles Dicken• Elizabeth Browning• Alfred Lord Tennison
The Victorian Period(1832 – 1901)
Famous Author during this period:
Characterized by a self-conscious
break with traditional ways of
writing, in both poetry and prose
fiction.
The Modern Period(1914 – 1945)
• The Road Not Taken• And Death Shall Have No
Dominion• Insensibility
The Modern Period(1914 – 1945)
Some Significant Literary work in this period:
• Robert Frost• Dylan Thomas• Wilfred Owen
The Modern Period(1914 – 1945)
Famous Author during this period:
Characterized by reliance on narrative techniques such as
fragmentation, paradox, and
the unreliable narrator
The Postmodern Period(1945 – Onward)
• Infinite Jest• The Love Song Of J. Alfred
Prufrock• Waiting for Godot
The Postmodern Period(1945 – Onward)
Some Significant Literary work in this period:
• David Foster Wallace• T.S Eliot
• Samuel Beckett
The Postmodern Period(1945 – Onward)
Famous Author during this period:
Questions !
a) The Classical Periodb) The Medieval Periodc) The Enlightenment
Periodd) The Romantic Period
1. It is the Golden Age of Literature and Arts
a) The Modern Periodb) The Medieval Periodc) The Enlightenment
Periodd) The Romantic Period
2. It referred to as The Age of Reason and also known as
neoclassical period
a) The Renaissance Period
b) The Victorian Periodc) The Enlightenment
Periodd) The Romantic Period
3. It is the Great Age for Novels and it emphasize on Emotion, Imagination and Individualism
a) The Renaissance Period
b) The Victorian Periodc) The Enlightenment
Periodd) The Romantic Period
4. In what period does the First printing press was invented?
a) The Classical Periodb) The Medieval Periodc) The Enlightenment
Periodd) The Romantic Period
5. Also known as Anglo-Saxon Period or Old English Period.