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Introduction to
 Introduction to world literature

World literature 
is sometimes used to refer to the sum
total of the world's national literatures, but
usually it refers to the circulation of
works into the wider world beyond their
country of origin.
 Introduction to world literature

Readers today have access to an

unprecedented range of works from around
the world in excellent translations, and since
the mid-1990s a lively debate has grown up
concerning both the aesthetic and the political
values and limitations of an emphasis on
global processes over national traditions.
 Introduction to world literature

On the Internet

The World Wide Web provides in many

ways the logical medium for the global
circulation of world literature, and many
websites now enable readers around the
world to sample the world's literary
productions.
Old English literature or Anglo-Saxon
literature, encompasses literature written
in Old English, in Anglo-Saxon England
from the 7th century to the decades after
the Norman Conquest of 1066.
"Cædmon's Hymn", composed in the 7th
century, according to Bede, is often considered
the oldest extant poem in English, whereas the
later poem,
 The Grave is one of the final poems written in
Old English, and presents a transitional text
between Old and Middle English.
 The Peterborough Chronicle can also be
considered a late-period text, continuing into the
12th century.
The
petrrborough
chronicle

Manuscripts
written in Latin.
There are four major poetic manuscripts:
The Junius manuscript, also known as
the Cædmon manuscript, is an illustrated
collection of poems on biblical narratives.
The Exeter Book is an anthology, located in
the Exeter Cathedral since it was donated there
in the 11th century.
 The Vercelli Book contains both poetry
and prose; it is not known how it came to be
in Vercelli.
The Beowulf Manuscript (British
Library Cotton Vitellius A. xv), sometimes
called the Nowell Codex, contains prose and
poetry, typically dealing with monstrous
themes, including Beowulf.
Middle english Literature
The term Middle English
literature refers to the literature written
in the form of the English
language known as Middle English,
from the 12th century until the 1470s.

The Mercian dialect thrived between

the 8th and 13th centuries and was
referred to by John Trevisa, writing in
1387:
"For men of the est with men of the west, as
it were undir the same partie of hevene,
acordeth more in sownynge of speche than
men of the north with men of the south,
therefore it is that Mercii, that beeth men of
myddel Engelond, as it were parteners of
the endes, understondeth better the side
langages, northerne and southerne, than
northerne and southerne understondeth
Renaissance Literaturr
 Renaissance literature refers to European
literature which was influenced by the
intellectual and cultural tendencies associated
with the Renaissance.
The literature of the Renaissance was
written by within the general movement of
the Renaissance.
The earliest Renaissance literature
appeared in Italy in the 14th century; Petrarch,
Machiavelli, and Ariosto are notable examples of
Italian Renaissance writers.
 Restoration literature

Restoration literature is the English

literature written during the historical
period commonly referred to as the English
Restoration(1660–1689), which
corresponds to the last years of the
direct Stuart reign in England,
Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.
Prose in the Restoration period is
dominated by Christian religious
writing, but the Restoration also saw the
beginnings of two genres that would
dominate later periods: fiction and
journalism. Religious writing often strayed
into political and economic writing, just
as political and economic writing implied or
directly addressed religion.
 Drama

Genre in Restoration drama is peculiar.

Authors labelled their works according to the old
tags, "comedy" and "drama" and, especially,
"history", but these plays defied the old
categories.
 The Restoration spectacular, or
elaborately staged machine play, hit
the London public stage in the late 17th-
century Restoration period, enthralling
audiences with action, music, dance,
moveable scenery, baroque illusionistic
painting, gorgeous costumes, and special
effects such as trapdoor tricks, "flying"
actors, and fireworks.
Romantic Literature
 Romantic Literature
Romanticism (also known as the Romantic
era) was an artistic, literary, musical and
intellectual movement that originated in
Europe toward the end of the 18th century, and
in most areas was at its peak in the approximate
period from 1800 to 1850. Romanticism was
characterized by its emphasis on emotion and
individualism as well as glorification of all the
past and nature, preferring the medieval rather
than the classical.
 Victorian Literature

Victorian literature is literature, mainly

written in English, during the reign
of Queen Victoria (1837–1901)
(the Victorian era). It was preceded
by Romanticism and followed by
the Edwardian Era (1901-1910).