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- 1. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE THROUGH THE AGES AGUSTIN. Kimberly W. ANCHETA, Kenzie M. BSED 3F-1
- 2. Meaning of World Literature Literature, History and Culture Introduction to World Literature Period
- 3. WORLD LITERATURE -- “Littera” means “Letter” Literature – Knowledge of books-- -- refer to the sum total of the world’s national literatures
- 4. LITERATURE, HISTORY AND CULTURE The 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 “
- 5. Introduction to World Literature Periods Overview of Literature through Ages
- 6. EARLY PERIOD OF LITERATURE The Classical Period (1200 BCE – 455 CE) The Medieval Period (455 CE – 1485 CE) The Renaissance Period (1485-1660 CE)
- 7. A golden age for literature and arts The Classical Period (1200 BCE – 455 CE)
- 8. • 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:
- 9. • Gorgias • Aesop • Plato The Classical Period (1200 BCE – 455 CE) Greek writer and philosopher during this period: • Socrates • Aristotle • Euripides
- 10. Also known as Anglo-Saxon Period The Medieval Period (455 CE – 1485 CE)
- 11. • 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:
- 12. • Geoffrey Chaucer • Thomas Aquinas • Martin Luther • Caedmon The Medieval Period (455 CE – 1485 CE) Famous Author during this period:
- 13. • Elegy • Religious Liturgy • Narrative Romance The Medieval Period (455 CE – 1485 CE) Significant Literary Genres
- 14. It is considered to be the division between the Middle age and Modern era. The Renaissance Period (1485-1660 CE)
- 15. • 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:
- 16. • William Shakespeare • Sir Thomas More • Queen Elizabeth I • Edmund Spencer The Renaissance Period (1485-1660 CE) Famous Author during this period:
- 17. 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)
- 18. --Referred to as The Age of Reason. --Era of Logic The Enlightenment Period (1660 – 1790)
- 19. • 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:
- 20. • John Dryden • Alexander Pope • Thomas Paine • Thomas Gray The Enlightenment Period (1660 – 1790)Famous Author during this period:
- 21. • Essay • Melodrama • Letters • Fables The Enlightenment Period (1660 – 1790)Popular Types of literature during this period:
- 22. --Great Age for the Novel --Emphasize on Emotion, Imagination and Individualism. The Romantic Period (1790 – 1830)
- 23. • 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:
- 24. • William Wordsworth • Samuel Taylor Coleridge • William Blake • Mary Shelley The Romantic Period (1790 – 1830) Famous Author during this period:
- 25. --The Reign of Queen Victoria. -- The literature of this Era expressed the fusion of pure romance to gross realism. The Victorian Period (1832 – 1901)
- 26. • The Pickwick Papers • How do I love Thee • Ulysses The Victorian Period (1832 – 1901) Some Significant Literary work in this period:
- 27. • Charles Dicken • Elizabeth Browning • Alfred Lord Tennison The Victorian Period (1832 – 1901) Famous Author during this period:
- 28. Characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional ways of writing, in both poetry and prose fiction. The Modern Period (1914 – 1945)
- 29. • The Road Not Taken • And Death Shall Have No Dominion • Insensibility The Modern Period (1914 – 1945) Some Significant Literary work in this period:
- 30. • Robert Frost • Dylan Thomas • Wilfred Owen The Modern Period (1914 – 1945) Famous Author during this period:
- 31. Characterized by reliance on narrative techniques such as fragmentation, paradox, and the unreliable narrator The Postmodern Period (1945 – Onward)
- 32. • Infinite Jest • The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock • Waiting for Godot The Postmodern Period (1945 – Onward) Some Significant Literary work in this period:
- 33. • David Foster Wallace • T.S Eliot • Samuel Beckett The Postmodern Period (1945 – Onward) Famous Author during this period:
- 34. Questions !
- 35. a) The Classical Period b) The Medieval Period c) The Enlightenment Period d) The Romantic Period 1. It is the Golden Age of Literature and Arts
- 36. a) The Modern Period b) The Medieval Period c) The Enlightenment Period d) The Romantic Period 2. It referred to as The Age of Reason and also known as neoclassical period
- 37. a) The Renaissance Period b) The Victorian Period c) The Enlightenment Period 3. It is the Great Age for Novels and it emphasize on Emotion, Imagination and Individualism
- 38. a) The Renaissance Period b) The Victorian Period c) The Enlightenment Period d) The Romantic Period 4. In what period does the First printing press was invented?
- 39. a) The Classical Period b) The Medieval Period c) The Enlightenment Period d) The Romantic Period 5. Also known as Anglo-Saxon Period or Old English Period.
Editor's Notes
- Latin word In late middle age country of origin
- was home to the great works of ancient Greece and Rome a period of primordial peace, harmony, stability, and prosperity.
- Old English Period was home to the great works english people and the anglo-saxon The Anglo-Saxons are a people who have inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century. They comprise people from Germanic tribes who migrated to the island from continental Europe, their descendants, and indigenous British groups who adopted some aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture and language.
- Geoffrey Chaucer – known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages Thomas Aquinas – was an Italian Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church Martin Luther – was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk Caedmon - is the earliest English poet whose name is known. An Anglo-Saxon who cared for the animals
- Elegy- poems, lament for the dead Religious Liturgy- ritual script or various form of public worship in churches.
- Renaissance came from the french word which means Rebirth refers to European literature which was influenced by the intellectual and cultural tendencies associated with the Renaissance. Cultural movement First printing press was invented
- William shakespeare – the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist Sir Thomas More – was an English lawyer, social philosopher, Queen Elizabeth I- Queen of England, called The Virgin Queen Edmund Spencer – was an English poet
- Also known as neoclassical period refers to the time of the guiding intellectual movement, Thinkers applied principle and science
- John dryden – most influencial writer because he produced influential critical essay Alexander pope – significant figure in poetry. Thomas paine – author of thw two highly influential pamphlets of the american revolution Thomas Gray – the best known in the english language.
- was an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that originated in Europe
- Kubla khan or a vision in a dream
- William wordsworth – was a major English Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge – was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher William blake – was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Mary Shelley - as an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist,
- Victorian age produced great poets The victorian age also a remarkable for the excellence of its style Literature of this age tends to come closer to daily life which reflects its real problems and interest.
- Charles Dicken created some of the worlds best fictional characters and the greatest novelist during victorian period. Elizabeth Browning – was one of the most prominent poets during Victorian period Alfred Lord Tennison – one of the most british poet during vitorian period
- desire to overturn traditional modes Traditional verse pattern were rejected
- Robert Frost - One of the most popular and critically respected American poets of the twentieth century Dylan thomas - was a Welsh poet and write Wilfred Owen - was an English poet and soldier, one of the leading poets of the First World War. Wildred Owen - was an English poet and soldier, one of the leading poets of the First World War.
- Postmodern works are seen as a response against dogmatic following of Enlightenment thinking and Modernist approaches to literature. an emphasis on impressionism and subjectivity in writing (and in visual arts as well); an emphasis on HOW seeing (or reading or perception itself) takes place, rather than on WHAT is perceived. An example of this would be stream-of-consciousness writing.
- David Foster Wallace – was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist, as well as a professor of English and creative writing. Thomas Stearns Eliot - "one of the twentieth century's major poets Samuel Beckett - was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet