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- 3. PeriodsinEuropeanLiterature AncientPeriod 750BC–450 ClassicalPeriod 450–1066 MedievalPeriod 1 0 6 6 – 1 5 0 0 RenaissancePeriod 1485–1680 AgeofReason 1650–1800 RomanticPeriod 1 7 9 8 – 1 8 7 0 Modernism 1 8 7 0 – 1 9 6 5 Post-ModernismPeriod 1965–present European Literature
- 4. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature The first was the Old Testaments of the Bible which was composed of 39 books in Hebrew language. On the other hand was the realization of the timeless epics: The Iliad and the Odyssey which were associated with Homer European Literature Ancient Period 750BC – 450 The birth of the European literature can be traced back to circa 750 BC. It was the time when two significant literary works were developed.
- 5. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature The playwright of comedy (like Aristophanes) and tragedy (namely: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripedes) became popular in this time. Notable lyrical poets like Pindar and Sappho were also famous. The varied works of the great philosophers: Plato and Aristotle were also eminent. European Literature ClassicalPeriod 450 – 1066 As the beginning of the Current Era (CE) comes, Greece endured its reputation to be a cultural overpowering force. The Greek drama flourished during the 5th and 4th centuriesBCE.
- 6. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature The Greek tradition was later endured by the Romans, who resembled their civilization after Greeks. European Literature The poet Virgil became renowned because of his Aeneid, an epic modelled on Iliad and Odyssey. ClassicalPeriod 450 – 1066
- 7. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature Medieval, “belonging to the Middle Ages,” denotes the European Literature literature of Mediterranea n both Europe and from the founding of the Eastern the Easter n Roman/Byzantine, Empire about 300AD for medieval Greek, to the period following the fall of Rome in 476 for medieval Latin, and from about the time of Charlemagne and the “Carolingian Renaissance” he fostered in France (c. 800) to the end of the 15th century for most written vernacular literatures. Medieval Period 1066 – 1500 The central literary ideals of the period are found in works created from the dialect.
- 8. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature The pre-Christian literature of Europe belonged to an oral tradition that was mirrored in the “Poetic Edda” and the “sagas”, or heroic epics of Iceland, the Anglo- Saxon “Beowulf”, and the German “Song of Hildebrand”. European Literature Medieval Period 1066 – 1500
- 9. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature Two well-known literary writers from the religious aspect: Dante Alighieri (whose Divine Comedy depicts the three realms of afterlife) and St. Augustine (whose The Confessions and City of God last as spiritual foundation up to this day). European Literature Medieval Period 1066 – 1500
- 10. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature Heroic deeds and dignified actuations were underscored in the epics like Beowulf (Anglo-Saxon), The Song of Roland (French), The Song of Nibelungs (German), and El Cid (Spanish). European Literature The culture of chivalric adventure was evident in the works associated to King Arthur, including Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur. Moreover, Geoffery Chaucer gained his title as “The Father of English Literature” with his paramount literary work, The Canterbury Tales. Medieval Period 1066 – 1500
- 11. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature The age was marked by 3 major characteristics namely: (1) the new interest in education, emulated by the classical scholars known as humanists and instrumental in providing appropriate classical models for the new writers; European Literature Renaissanc e Period 1485– 1680 Renaissance (“Rebirth”) refers to the historical period in Europethat occurred after the Middle Ages.
- 12. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature The age was marked by 3 major characteristics namely: European Literature (2) the new form of Christianity, introduced by the Protestant Reformation headed by Martin Luther, which drew men’s interest to the individual and his inner experiences and encouraged a response in Catholic countries summarized by the term “Counter- Reformation” and; Renaissanc e Period 1485– 1680 Renaissance (“Rebirth”) refers to the historical period in Europethat occurred after the Middle Ages.
- 13. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature The age was marked by 3 major characteristics namely: European Literature (3) the journeys of the great explorers that culminated in Christopher Columbus’s discovery of America in 1492 and that had extensive consequences on the countries that developed overseas empires, as well as on the minds and consciences of the most exceptional writers of the era. Renaissance Period 1485– 1680 Renaissance (“Rebirth”) refers to the historical period in Europethat occurred after the Middle Ages.
- 14. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature During this period, people were concerned with individualism, as well as self and societal improvement. European Literature Renaissance Period 1485– 1680
- 15. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature many writers produced literary pieces that catered to wealthy patrons who commissioned their work. In 1440, Johannes Gutenberg created the printing press, which allowed for mass production of pamphlets and novels. This event gave people more opportunities to read publication of authors like Petrarch and Boccaccio European Literature Renaissanc e Period 1485– 1680
- 16. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature • Christopher Marlowe: Doctor Faustus • Dante Alighieri: Divina Commedia • Giovanni Boccaccio: The Decameron • John Milton: Paradise Lost • Miguel de Cervantes: Don Quixote • Niccolo Machiavelli: The Prince • Petrarch: Canzoniere, Trionfi • Sir Thomas More: Utopia • William Shakespeare: King Lear, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet European Literature Renaissance Period 1485– 1680 Following are notable literary works written during the Renaissance:
- 17. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature Also known as the “Age of Enlightenment,” the Age of Reason aims not to grab a hold on a useful half- truth but to cause misperception in the overall picture, because the predominance of reason had also been a mark of certain periods of the previous era European Literature Age of Reason 1650 – 1800
- 18. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature The cult of wit, satire, and argument manifested in England in the writings of Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, and Samuel Johnson, continuing the tradition of Dryden from the 17th century. European Literature The novel was recognized as a major art form in English literature relatively by a rational realism shown in the works of Henry Fielding, Daniel Defoe, and Tobias Smollett and partly by the psychological exploratory of the novels of Samuel Richardson and of Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy. Age of Reason 1650 – 1800
- 19. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature In France, the major characteristic of the period rests European Literature in the philosophical and political writings of the Enlightenment, which had a deep influence all through the rest of Europe and prefigured the French Revolution. Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Charles de Montesquieu, and the Encyclopédistes Denis Diderot and Jean d’Alembert all dedicated much of their work to controversies about social and religious matters, often involving criticisms and direct conflict with the authorities. Age of Reason 1650 – 1800
- 20. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature Famous authors and their literary works during this period are: European Literature • Adam Smith: The Wealth of Nations • Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe • Denis Diderot: Encyclopedie • Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Social Contract, Emile, and Confessions. • John Locke: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding • Jonathan Swift: Gulliver’s Travels • Mary Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of Women • Montesquieu: Spirit of the Laws • Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan • Voltaire: Candide Age of Reason 1650 – 1800
- 21. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature Romanticism was the principal literary movement of the initial part of the 19th century, in which literature had its origins in the “Sturm and Drang” period in Germany. European Literature A consciousness of this first phase of Romanticism is an important modification to the usual impression of Romantic literature as something that began in English poetry with William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the publication of “Lyrical Ballads” in 1798. Romantic Period 1798– 1870
- 22. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature A philosophical background was given in the 18th European Literature century largel y emphasis on by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, whose the individual and the power of inspiration inspired Wordsworth and also such first- Romantic writers as Friedrich Hölderlin and phase Ludwi g Tieck in Germany and the French Bernardin de Saint-Pierre,whose “Paul et writer Virgini e (1787)” predicted some of the sentimental excesses of 19th-century Romantic literature. Romantic Period 1798– 1870
- 23. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature Here are the famous writers of Romantic period and their literary works: European Literature • Fredrick Schlegel: Lucinde • Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: Phenomenology of Mind • Horace Walpole: The Castle of Otranto • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: The Sorrows of Young Werther, Faust • Lord Byron: Don Juan, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage • Mary Shelley: Frankenstein • Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Lyrical Ballads • Victor Hugo: Les Miserables • William Wordsworth: The Prelude Romantic Period 1798– 1870
- 24. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature Modernism, like realism, provided critique of morality of the people belonging to the middle-class society. Writers during this period explored new forms and styles of writing, which paved way to a technique called “stream of consciousness.” Developed by Marcel Proust, “stream of consciousness” is a style that allowed the author to explore all of the facets of their thought processes in the absence of any suggested formatting rules. European Literature Modernism 1870– 1965
- 25. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature Characterized by an unusual mix of high and low culture, this period served as the literary and societal response to the horrifying events of World War II and elitism of high modernism. Fragmentation, paradox, and narrators that are difficult to define are common. The style of writing evokes the absence of tradition in a modern consumer-driven, technologically based society. European Literature Post- Modernism Period 1965 – present
- 26. Perio d sinE u ro p e an Literature Here are the post-modernist famous authors and their literary European Literature work s: • Alan Moore: Watchmen • Alasdair Gray: Lanark: A Life in Four Books • Dmitry Galkovsky: The Infinite Deadlock • George Perec: Life: A User’s Manual • Gertrude Stein: The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas • Italo Calvino: If on a winter’s night a traveler • John Fowles: The French Lieutenant’s Woman • Umberto Eco: Foucault’s Pendulum • Venedikt Erofeev: Moscow-Petushki • Vladimir Nabokov: Mother Night • Walter Abish: How German Is It Post- Modernism Period 1965 – present
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