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![ā¢The old English [450AD -1066AD]
ā¢The Middle English [1066AD-1500AD]
ā¢The Renaissance period[1500-1600]
ā¢The Elizabethan period[1558-1603]
ā¢The Romantic period[1785-1830]
ā¢The Victorian period[1830-1901]
ā¢The Modern period[1890-1918]
IMPORTANT PERIODS INTHE HISTORY OF
ENGLISH LITERATURE](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/englishliterature-180309072422/75/English-literature-3-2048.jpg)
![THE ELIZABETHAN
PERIOD[1558-1603]
ā¢The golden age of English history
ā¢The Elizabethan era is perhaps more famous for its
theatre and the works of William Shakespeare
ā¢Elizabethan Renaissance theatre begins with the
opening of the āthe red lionā theatre in 1567
ā¢Other famous theatres:-curtain theatre[1577] - globe
theatre[1599]
ā¢Shakespeare is considered the greatest writer of the
English language ā¢Important genres of theatre are
history plays , the tragedy and the comedy](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/englishliterature-180309072422/75/English-literature-10-2048.jpg)
![Authors and their works
EDMUND SPENCER[1552-1599]
ļ± Poets poet and prince of poet- called by Charles lamb and Milton
ļ± Poets poet and criticās critic - T.S Eliot
WORKS
ļ± The Faerie queen
ļ± Shepherds calendar
ļ± Prothalamion
ļ± Epithalamion
SIR PHILIP SYDNEY [1554-1586]
ļ± Father of English criticism
ļ± He took a brilliant in the military-literary-courtly life.
WORKS
-Astrophel and stella
-Arcadia
-Apology for poetry](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/englishliterature-180309072422/75/English-literature-11-2048.jpg)
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- 3. ā¢The old English[450AD -1066AD] ā¢The Middle English [1066AD-1500AD] ā¢The Renaissance period[1500-1600] ā¢The Elizabethan period[1558-1603] ā¢The Romantic period[1785-1830] ā¢The Victorian period[1830-1901] ā¢The Modern period[1890-1918] IMPORTANT PERIODS INTHE HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
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- 5. OLD ENGLISH PERIOD(450 AD- 1066 AD) According to British traditions the English from the continent came first as mercenaries to help in the defence against the Picts and Scots ā¢Then followed the Christianization of the pagan English tribes ā¢The establishment of the Dane law in English ā¢The accession of a Danish king ā¢The Norman influence on the English court began before the conquest in 1066
- 6. IMPORTANTWORKS Beowulf ā¢ The themeof the poem is continentalGermanic ā¢ The poem can be considered as the pagan origin ā¢ Work is anonymous Anglo- Saxon Chronicle ā¢ Inspired by kingAlfred ā¢ Description of the horrors of Stephen's reign ā¢ Description ofWilliam the conqueror Authors Caedmon(poet) ā¢ The Genesis ,Exodus ,Daniel ā¢ Three shorter poems often considered as one under the title āChrist and Satan Cynewulf(poet) ā¢Four poems contain the signature of Cynewulf in runic characters :Juliana , Elene ,Christ , andThe Fates of Apostles
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- 8. MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD ā¢Establishmentof Norman and Angevin dynasties ā¢General movements of the times:-the rise of the religious orders , the blossoming of chivalry, the spirit of romance, bringing new sympathy for women and poor, the crusades, widening European outlook, THE RENAISSANCE FEATURES OFTHE AGE ā¢ Period of transition and of experiment ā¢The anonymous natureWorks are entirely without known authors ā¢The domination of poetry. surviving works of the period is poetry IMPORTANT WOKKS ā¢The vision ofWilliam concerning piers the plowman-William Langland Brut- Lazamon
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- 10. THE ELIZABETHAN PERIOD[1558-1603] ā¢The goldenage of English history ā¢The Elizabethan era is perhaps more famous for its theatre and the works of William Shakespeare ā¢Elizabethan Renaissance theatre begins with the opening of the āthe red lionā theatre in 1567 ā¢Other famous theatres:-curtain theatre[1577] - globe theatre[1599] ā¢Shakespeare is considered the greatest writer of the English language ā¢Important genres of theatre are history plays , the tragedy and the comedy
- 11. Authors and theirworks EDMUND SPENCER[1552-1599] ļ± Poets poet and prince of poet- called by Charles lamb and Milton ļ± Poets poet and criticās critic - T.S Eliot WORKS ļ± The Faerie queen ļ± Shepherds calendar ļ± Prothalamion ļ± Epithalamion SIR PHILIP SYDNEY [1554-1586] ļ± Father of English criticism ļ± He took a brilliant in the military-literary-courtly life. WORKS -Astrophel and stella -Arcadia -Apology for poetry
- 12. FRANCIS BACON 1561-1526 Fatherof English essays Baconās fame rests very largely on his essays -the style and epigrammatic brevity in his essay -the compact and condensed his essay, are very important Works ā¢The history of Henry VII ā¢The new Atlantis ā¢The advancement of learning CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE ā¢Dramatist and poet Works ā¢Doctor Faustus WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1564-1616 ā¢The greatest poet and dramatist in English literature ā¢Playwright, actor and shareholder in an acting company ā¢He wrote 37 plays, 154 sonnets,2 long narrative poem and 3 poems Authors and their works
- 13. POEMS -The rape ofLucrene 1594 -Venus and Adonis 1593 -The Passionate Pilgrim 1599 TRAGEDIES āHamlet -Othello -King Lear -Macbeth COMEDIES āThe Midsummer Nightās Dream -The Merchant of Venice -As You Like it -Twelfth Night TRAGIC COMEDIES āCymbelineA -The Winterās Tale -The Tempest LAST PLAY - The Tempest (an autobiographical play) Authors and their works
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- 15. ROMANTIC AGE (1785-1830) ā¢Inauguratedwith the publication of the Lyrical Ballads(1798) ā¢English Romanticism came from Germany ā¢Give importance to subjectivity ā¢Love for external nature ā¢Revival of lyricism ā¢Interest in medievalism ā¢The influence of French literature
- 16. ROMANTIC AGE (1785-1830) IMPORTANTWRITERSANDWORK WILLIAMWORDSWORTH ā¢ The Prelude,The Excursion, Immortality Ode SAMUELTAYLOR COLERIDGE ā¢ Biographia Literaria , Kubla Khan , Scholar , Life of Nelson , Roderick LORD BYRON ā¢ Child Haroldās Pilgrimage , House of Idleness Cain MERCY BYSSHE SHELLY ā¢ Ode to theWestWind ,Prometheus, Unbound, JOHN KEATS ā¢ sabella , Hyperion, Lamia , ode to Nightingale JANE AUSTEN ā¢ Pride and Prejudice, Emma
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- 18. ļ± It extendsto the death of QueenVictoria ļ± Industrial Revolution ļ± Mood of Nationalistic power ļ± Social stress ļ± Spiritual conflicts was evident ļ± Publication of Origin of Species IMPORTANT WRITERSANDWORKS LORDTENNYSON -Ulysses, Lotus Eaters , Idllusof the King Robert Browning:-The Lady of Shallot ,Fra Lippo Lippi , Men andWomen MATHEW ARNOLD -Dover Beach , ScholarGypsy , Essays on Criticism CHARLES DICKENS -DavidCopperfield ,Dickwide Papers, Hard times THOMAS HARDY -Tess of DāUmbervilles ,Far from the Madding Crowd VICTORIAN AGE (1830-1901)
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- 20. ļ± Break withtradition ļ± Rejected Romantic conventions ļ± Traditional verse patterns were rejected ļ± The catastrophe of the world wars had shaken faith in moral and spiritual life Important WRITERSANDWORKS T . S. ELIOT - AshWednesday,The Hollow Man,TheWaste Land, Murder in the Cathedral W . B .YEATS - Sailing to Bysantium,September1913 EZRA POUND - Cantos W .H . AUDEN -Age ofAnxiety , Look Stranger D .H . LAWRENCE -SonsAnd Lovers , Rainbow ,Women in Love MODERN PERIOD (1890-1918)
- 21. PRESENTED BY JASNA JAMALUDDIN KEYISAHIB TRAINING COLLEGE