Literary Era/ Period Examples Characteristics

1. Classical period  Epic of Gilgamesh  The epic depicts the heroin

people or gods that have
the qualities of pride,
heroin, loyalty,
perseverance confidence,
and leadership. It also
portrays the hero's
strength and being a true
friend.
 Beowulf
 The epic hero shows
strength and courage that
makes him a great warrior.
The hero also possessed
heroin traits of loyalty,
honor, bravery, and faith.
2. The Medieval  The Romance of the  It is an allegorical poem
Period Rose by Guillaume De about the character's
Lorris and Jean De courtship of love. It also
Meun talks about the character's
obsession, dignity, and self-
love.

 The Song of Roland  This is an old French epic

poem that reflects the
battle of the good and evil.
It portrays the qualities of
heroin, bravery, treachery
and sacrifice.
3. The Seventeenth  The Garden by  It is a metaphysical poem
and The Eighteenth Andrew Marvell during the 17nth century
Century that shows romanticism,
the achievement of victory,
silence, and quietness of
the nature ( society ).
 The Vanity of Human
Wishes by Samuell  - This poem conveys the
Johnson people to be wise and
clever for us not to end up
being miserable.
4. The Nineteenth  Pride and Prejudice  This is about the turbulent
Century by Jane Austen relationship of the
characters that manifest
the qualities of pride and
prejudice. It also tells us
about the heroines and
protagonist character that
shows arrogance, honor,
modest, charming
demeanors intelligence,
and boldness.
 Little Women by
Louisa May Alcott  A novel that talks about
family love, loss and
struggle. It also possess the
qualities of bravery and
courage.
5. The Twentieth  To Kill a Mockingbird  A novel that was written by
Century by Harper Lee the author to symbolize
innocence. It refuses to
innocent people that
wishes to bring a little
happiness into a harsh
world. The purpose of the
novel was to take the
readers to the roots of
human behavior; to
innocence and experience,
 Brave New World by kindness and cruelty, love
Aldous Huxley and hatred, humor and
tragedy.

 - This is a novel that

examines the world state
that revolves around
science and efficiency. It
 also manifest the
importance of morality and
wisdom about the new and
powerful technologies and
what could happen to the
society due to the new
technologies being
developed.
6. The 21st Century  Dunt: “ A poem for a  This is a poem that possess
Dried-up-river” by the quality of exquisiteness
Alice Oswald and breathlessness. It
resembles twilight. It is
also about the
Gloucestershire river that
was once a freely flowing
river but has became very
small, damaged, and quite
dry.
 Bahay Kubo
 - It is a children song that
tells us about the
Philippine's indigenous
house. It portrays the
simple life in the
countryside with just only a
family living in a nips hut
surrounded by a garden
that’s filled with many
varieties of vegetables.