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.