1. Anglo Saxon Enlightenment Romantic Contemporary
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Anglo Saxon
Enlightenment
Romantic
Contemporary
ERA

2. Andlo Saxon 400-1066 AD Most referred to as Vikings
English literature originated from the Anglo Saxon culture

3. ENLIGHTENMENT ERA 18th century
Originally developed in France, Great Britain, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Portugal & American Colonies
English (British) language used a lot of Latin roots
Great literature came from this era

4. ERA. Second half of the 18th century Poetry, art, music, dancing
Had a major impact on education and language

5. 1951-present CONTEMPORARY ERA Developed in the 19th century
Post-romantic, and impressionism literature
Mix of all genres of literature, in
one

6. Shakespeare BAD READ Tragedy Written in 1606 in England
Used foreshadowing
A lot of reading
BAD READ

7. Jonathan Swift GOOD READ Written in 1726, Ireland
About a man who travels all around the world pretending different people
Became a very popular novel right away
GOOD READ

8. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Written in Switzerland in 1816, and London
Tone - Gothic, Romantic, Emotional, Tragic, Fatalistic
GOOD READ!
Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay
To mould me Man, did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?

9. Charles Dickens THE SIGNALMAN INTERESTING READ
Published in 1866 as part of the Mugby Junction collection.
“The Signalman” was haunted by a ghost
Two train collision caused by phantom warnings which really happened five years earlier
Many readers relate to the text
INTERESTING READ

10. GRAHAM GREENE A SHOCKING ACCIDENT GREAT READ!!
Tragic story of a boy’s father who was killed by a falling pig
Pigs were kept on balconies in Italy
The pig got too fat and broke the balcony
GRAHAM GREENE
GREAT READ!!

11. JOSEPH CONRAD Novella written in 1898-1899, England
Events in the story take place in Brussels, in the Congo, and then a Belgian territory
A lot of symbolism used
SLOW READ...

12. Elisabeth Renner CITED www.sparknotes.com