American-British Literature (History) Flashcards

(37 cards)

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Who is Venerable Bede?

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considered holy/scholar in the Anglo Saxon Period

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What did Alfred the Great do?

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🔺unified the monarchy

🔺education

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3
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In which period did the english language grow?

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Middle Ages

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4
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Which period was the French Language introduced?

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Middle Ages

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5
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In what language was Middle Age literature written as?

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Latin & French

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6
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Which group controlled the Middle Ages in terms of literature?

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Church

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7
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In which time period was Geoffrey Chaucer known?

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Middle Ages

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8
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Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?

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“first major english poet”

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9
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What did Geoffrey Chaucer write?

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🔺Canterbury Tales (short stories)

🔺 Folk Ballads

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10
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In what time period was the Pear Poets known?

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Middle Ages

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11
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What did the Pearl Poets write?

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courtly adventures

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12
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Who were the Pearl Poets?

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unknown writers

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13
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In which century was King Henry VII known?

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Sixteenth Century

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In which time period was the Tudor Literature known for?

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Sixteenth Century

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Who was the most influential leader in the Sixteenth Century?

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Queen Elizabeth 👸🏼

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16
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Which was the “golden time” for literature?

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Sixteenth Century

17
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What happened in the time of Queen Elizabeth’s reign?

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🔺educated the people
🔺produced a lot of writers
🔺Government became more powerful than the Church

18
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What are the 3 Intellectual movements? (Sixteenth Century)

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🔺Renaissance
🔺Humanism
🔺Reformation

19
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What happened in Renaissance?

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Revival of interest in Latin & Greek

20
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What happened in Humanism?

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🔺Center of Development

🔺man is responsible for his moral life

21
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What happened in Reformation?

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changes in the Roman Catholic Church

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What is Courtly Literature?

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story of royalty

23
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When was the Age of Discovery?

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Sixteenth Century (Queen Elizabeth)

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Which was the Age of Reason?

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Seventeenth Century

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In which period did King Charles rule?
Seventeenth Century
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When was the Age of Enlightenment?
Seventeenth Century
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When was neoclassicism introduced?
Seventeenth Century
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When was metaphor and allegories introduced?
Seventeenth Century
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Who ruled the Age of Classicism?
Queen Anne
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What happened in Age of Classicism?
🔺Didactic Literature | 🔺writers/philosophers
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Which age did they value what is beautiful and true?
Age of Romanticism
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Who were the romantic writers?
Romans
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Who ruled the Victorian Age?
Queen Victoria
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In which time period was there women writers?
Victorian Age
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Who ruled the Twentieth Century?
Edward VII
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What happened in the Twentieth Century?
🔺dramatic changes 🔺world war 1 🔺variety of literature
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Which period had Alfred the Great as its leader?
Anglo Saxon Period