Timeline of Literature Flashcards
(24 cards)
what era occurred during AD 500-1500?
medieval period
3 themes from medieval period
chivalry
religion
love
what years was medieval period from and to?
AD 500-1500
what comes after the medieval period?
the renaissance period
what years was the renaissance period?
1500-1670
3 themes from renaissance
drama
kingship
conflict
what are the 2 periods that happened during the renaissance era?
years from and to
elizabethan 1558-1603
Jacobean 1603-1625
what happera happened before the romantic period?
the enlightenment
what year was the enlightenment to and from?
1670-1837
3 themes of enlightenment
science
reason
criticism
what happened from 1790-1870?
the romantic period
what dates were the romantic period from and to?
1790-1870
3 themes of romantic literature
nature
beauty
freedom
what was born during the romantic period
gothic literature
what happened between the romantic period and modernism?
victorian period
what years was the victorian period from and to
1837-1901
3 themes in victorian literature
society
power
urbanisation
what came after victorian period?
modernism
what years did modernism take place?
1901-1949
3 themes of modernism
change
utopia
perfection
what is the era we are currently in?
postmodernism
when did postmodernism start?
1949
3 themes in postmodernism
irony
dystopia
subversion
order the 7 eras oldest to newest
medieval period
renaissance
enlightenment
romantic
victorian
modernism
post modernism
