⎯ 1300s; Began In Italy And Eventually Spread Throughout

Western Europe
⎯ The Art And Literature Of This Period Are Considered Classic ⎯ It Was A Period Of Or During Which Great
Masterpieces Accomplishments Were In Science, Art And Literature
⎯ During The Renaissance, Many Classical Art Forms Flourished
Again Like Drama
Tragedy
1.
⎯ Outstanding Writers Of The Renaissance Period Were
2. Comedy
o
3. Philosophical Dialogue
o
4. Poetry ⎯ It Was Also An Outburst Of Epic Poetry Of
o
o
1. Socrates
2. Plato
3. Aristotle ⎯ Was The Metaphysical Movement.
o Lived And Taught During Golden Age Of Greece. ⎯
o John Donne
o George Herbert
⎯ Adopted Elements Of Greek Art And Literature After o Andrew Marvell
Conquering Greece Between 168 And 146 B.C.
⎯ Greatest Roman Literature Came Out Including The Poems Of
Virgil And Ovid ⎯ Is Also Referred As The Age Of Classicism.
⎯ Was The Ruling Principle Of Life And Art (An Age Of
Prose)
⎯ In England
⎯ Lasted For More Than 600 Years And Became The Basis Of
English Culture. ⎯ Interest Was In Experimentation By Poets With Many Verse,
⎯ Old English Developed From The Language Spoken By Anglo- Forms
Saxons o Sonnets
⎯ When Christianity Came To England, Monks Recorded Some Of o Blank Verse
This Oral Literature. o Spenserian Stanza
⎯ o Terza Rima
o Heroic Epics
o Elegiac
o Lyrics ⎯ Romanticism Is Countered By
o Riddles (Golden Age Of European Culture)

⎯ Refers To An Era In European History Extending From The ⎯ - 1900 To 1940

Downfall Of Roman Empire
⎯ - 1945 To 1980
⎯ ⎯ Popular Literature Such As
o Feudalism
Emerged
o Loyalty
o Heroism
o Love
⎯ Is Characterized As A
o Religion
o Globalized Borderless
⎯ o Cyber-Networked World (Reading Literature In The 21st
o The First Language That Can Be Called English Was
Century)
Spoken By The Anglo-Saxons
⎯
o After The French Seized Control Of Britain In 1066, French
Language Exerted A Strong Influence
⎯ 1. Preserve Details Of Culture And Tradition Of Different People
o The English Of The Period From 1485 To Present Is Called From All Over The World
2. Provide Opportunities To State Views About The Ideas And
Values Expressed In Literary Works
3. Promote The Intellectual, Academic, Professional, Moral And
Spiritual Development Of Learners