world literature - overview of literature through the ages
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OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE
THROUGH THE AGES
AGUSTIN. Kimberly W.ANCHETA, Kenzie M.
BSED 3F-1
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Meaning of World Literature
Literature, History and CultureIntroduction to World Literature Period
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WORLD LITERATURE
-- “Littera” means “Letter”
Literature – Knowledge of books--
-- refer to the sum total of the world’s national literatures
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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
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EARLY PERIOD OF LITERATURE
The Classical Period (1200 BCE – 455 CE)The Medieval Period (455 CE – 1485 CE)
The Renaissance Period (1485-1660 CE)
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A golden age for literature and
arts
The Classical Period(1200 BCE – 455 CE)
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• 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:
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• Gorgias• Aesop• Plato
The Classical Period(1200 BCE – 455 CE)
Greek writer and philosopher during this period:
• Socrates• Aristotle• Euripides
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Also known as Anglo-Saxon
Period
The Medieval Period(455 CE – 1485 CE)
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• 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:
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• Geoffrey Chaucer• Thomas Aquinas• Martin Luther• Caedmon
The Medieval Period(455 CE – 1485 CE)
Famous Author during this period:
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• Elegy• Religious Liturgy•Narrative Romance
The Medieval Period(455 CE – 1485 CE)
Significant Literary Genres
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It is considered to be the division
between the Middle age and Modern
era.
The Renaissance Period(1485-1660 CE)
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• 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:
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• William Shakespeare• Sir Thomas More• Queen Elizabeth I• Edmund Spencer
The Renaissance Period(1485-1660 CE)
Famous Author during this period:
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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)
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--Referred to as The Age of
Reason.--Era of Logic
The Enlightenment Period
(1660 – 1790)
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• 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:
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• John Dryden• Alexander Pope• Thomas Paine• Thomas Gray
The Enlightenment Period
(1660 – 1790)Famous Author during this period:
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• Essay• Melodrama• Letters• Fables
The Enlightenment Period
(1660 – 1790)Popular Types of literature during this period:
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--Great Age for the Novel
--Emphasize on Emotion,
Imagination and Individualism.
The Romantic Period(1790 – 1830)
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• 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:
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• William Wordsworth• Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• William Blake• Mary Shelley
The Romantic Period(1790 – 1830)
Famous Author during this period:
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--The Reign of Queen Victoria.
-- The literature of this Era expressed the fusion of pure romance to gross
realism.
The Victorian Period(1832 – 1901)
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• The Pickwick Papers• How do I love Thee
• Ulysses
The Victorian Period(1832 – 1901)
Some Significant Literary work in this period:
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• Charles Dicken• Elizabeth Browning• Alfred Lord Tennison
The Victorian Period(1832 – 1901)
Famous Author during this period:
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Characterized by a self-conscious
break with traditional ways of
writing, in both poetry and prose
fiction.
The Modern Period(1914 – 1945)
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• The Road Not Taken• And Death Shall Have No
Dominion• Insensibility
The Modern Period(1914 – 1945)
Some Significant Literary work in this period:
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• Robert Frost• Dylan Thomas• Wilfred Owen
The Modern Period(1914 – 1945)
Famous Author during this period:
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Characterized by reliance on narrative techniques such as
fragmentation, paradox, and
the unreliable narrator
The Postmodern Period(1945 – Onward)
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• Infinite Jest• The Love Song Of J. Alfred
Prufrock• Waiting for Godot
The Postmodern Period(1945 – Onward)
Some Significant Literary work in this period:
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• David Foster Wallace• T.S Eliot
• Samuel Beckett
The Postmodern Period(1945 – Onward)
Famous Author during this period:
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Questions !
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a) The Classical Periodb) The Medieval Periodc) The Enlightenment
Periodd) The Romantic Period
1. It is the Golden Age of Literature and Arts
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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
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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
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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?
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a) The Classical Periodb) The Medieval Periodc) The Enlightenment
Periodd) The Romantic Period
5. Also known as Anglo-Saxon Period or Old English Period.