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    History of English Literature.

    1. Old English Literature: 5th-14th Century


    2. Medieval English Literature: 14th to 15th Century
    3. Elizabethan Age a.k.a. The Golden Age of English Literature: (16th Century to Early
    17th Century)
    4. Restoration Age (17th-18th Century)
    5. The 18th Century English Literature
    6. The Romantic Period: From 19th Century
    7. 20th Century Literature

    The most important 8 periods of English Literature are:

    Old English (Anglo-Saxon Period) 450–1066


    Middle English Period 1066-1500
    The Renaissance 1500-1600
    The Neoclassical Period 1600-1785
    The Romantic Period 1785-1832
    The Victorian Age 1832-1901
    The Edwardian Period 1901-1914
    The Georgian Period 1910-1936
    The Modern Period Early 20th century
    The Postmodern Period Mid-20th century

    The history of English Literature starts with the Germanic tradition of Anglo-Saxon settlers which
    were around 5th to 11th century AD and the first long narrative poems in the history of English
    Literature were Beowulf and Widsith. These two were highly narrative poems of this early period
    of the history of English Literature. Beowulf is be considered as the first English Epic poem and
    some of the other famous works produced during the Old English Literature include, Genesis,
    Exodus, The Wanderer, Wife’s lament, Husband’s message, The battle of Maldon etc. Earlier,
    to understand the temperament of readers, writers would make use of alteration rather than a
    rhyming scheme. Moreover, some of the famous writers of old English literature were Cynewulf
    and Caedmon.
    The Anglo-Saxon or Old English Period (450–1066),

    Oral literature dominated the first part of this period—at least until the seventh century.

    Caedmon and Cynewulf, are notable; but, much of the literature during this time was a translation of
    something else or otherwise legal, medicinal, or religious.

    Beowulf (heroic) is famous work of that time

    Jane Austen (1775 – 1817) Sense and Sensibility , Pride and Prejudice,
    Emma

    Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) tale of two cities, Great Expectation, The
    Pickwick Papers

    William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) father of English Drama Romeo and


    Juliet, The Tempest , Macbeth, Hamlet

    Marlowe, father of English tragedy, DR FAUSTUS

    George Eliot (1819 – 1890 Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss

    Charlotte Bronte classic novel Jane Eyre

    William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850) Lyrical Ballads


    Daniel Defoe (1660 – 1731) Robinson Crusoe

    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340s – 1400): Father of English poetry. The


    Morning Star of the Renaissance. Canterbury Tales. (a collection of twenty-
    four stories that runs to over 17,000 lines between a group of pilgrims from all walks of life,
    they were going to the shrine of St. Becket.

    The Father of English Prose Alfred the Great

    Edmund Spenser, The Bridge between Renaissance and Reformation

    Francis Bacon father of English Essay

    POETIC/LITERARY DEVICES
    Alliteration: The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of two or more words in a line
    of poetry.

    Imagery: The use of language to create CLEAR mental images in the reader’s mind.

    Personification; GIVING human quality to non-living object , smiling cat, smiling sun

    Simile: A comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as.” She is like a butterfly.
    Metaphor: A comparison of two unlike things without using the words “like” or “as.” Ali is a lion

    Enjambment: When a sentence continues into two or more lines in a poem

    Types of poetry

    1- Narrative poems: poetic form that tells stories and


    tales through verses.

    2- Epic poetry: a length narrative poem. It highlights


    the details, features, and journey of its main hero
    from a remote past.
    3- Dramatic poetry is poetic form that tells a story to
    its readers and usually has a narrator. ‘My Last
    Duchess’ by Robert Browning is a beautiful dark
    poem

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