Literary Periods

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Created on: 04-06-13 15:31

When was the Renaissance?

1500-1670

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The Elizabethan and Jacobean Renaissance?

1558-1625

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Elements of the Elizabethan and Jacobean Renaissance?

Shakespeare, Tragedies, Plays, The 'play within a play', Cavalier poets, Metaphysics, The Italian influence, Italian sonnet, Extravagance

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What is the Italian Sonnet?

Petrachan Sonnet - abba, abba, cdccdc/cdecde///Shakespearean (English) - abab,cdcd,efef,gg (Iambic pentametre). Both have a 'twist' towards the middle (9th). 14 lines.

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Restoration Period?

1660-1700

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Elements of the Restoration Period?

Christian/Religious, Romance fiction ('women orientated,' mainly by Behn), Satire (dangerous), Dryden - heroic couplets

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Augustan Literature?

1700 - 1750

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Elements of Augustan Literature?

Rational, Scientific approach to religion, social, political and economical situations, very rational with little sensibility

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Age of Sensibility?

1750-1798

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Elements of this period?

Gothic, opposed the rationality of Augustan, sensibility, intellectual properties of senses, sensibility (goverened by feeling), graveyard poets

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Romanticism?

1798 - 1837

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Elements of romanticism?

Artistic and literary movement, Agricultural/industrial movements occurring, Romanticism opposed industry, lots of natural imagery, metaphorical

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Victorian Literature?

1837 - 1901

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Elements of Victorian Lit?

Issues of utilitarianism, Dickens, economic and industrial issues adressed, Novel the leading genre, realism, women became more prominent

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Modernism?

1901-1939

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Elements of Modernism?

Impressionism, opposing tradition, multi perspective, stream of consciousness, New ideas in psychology, bohemian, homosexuality etc

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