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I.GeneralintroductiontotheperiodsofBritishliterature TheHistoryofEnglishLiterature I.OldEnglish,orAnglo—Saxon,Era(450-1066)II.MiddleEnglishPeriod(1066-1485)V.Literatureof18thCentury(17001789)VI.TheRomanticMovement(1789-1837)III.TheRenaissancePeriod(14851660)IV.The17thcenturyliterature(1660-1700)VII.The...
Lawrence Stern (Laurence Sterne) to break the traditional narrative methods, "created by", and is considered to be the forerunner of British modernist literature. Defoe (Daniel Defoe) is the first realistic novelist in the history of English literature. The representative work is "Robinson Crusoe"...
Among the well-known women in British literature during the neoclassical period, from 1660 to the end of the eighteenth century, is Anne Finch. She wrote poetry and tried to express all that she saw and experienced. Two other women are recognized for their contribution to neoclassical British ...
The Georgian Period refers to the period of British Literature that is named for the reign of George V (1910-36). Many writers of the Edwardian Period continued to write during the Georgian Period. This era also produced a group of poets known as the Georgian poets. These writers, now reg...
根据T he English Renaissance一 一部分中的She wrote a number of plays that d ealt with topics such as racism and slavery.- 句可知,Aphra Behn因其戏剧而著名。 2.推理判断题。根据T he English Renaissance 一部分中对Aphra Behn的介绍可知,她写关于种 族及奴隶制方面话题的作品,故可推断出答案。 3...
1910sLiteratureTitanic Edward Bradley’s Verdant Green, a forgotten Victorian best-seller ‘ A prolific and witty writer who contributed to the leading periodicals of the day, and was the author of over a score of books, many of which he illustrated himself, his best-known work, “ The Adve...
【题目】British Women Writers in different periods of time T he English Renaissance The English Renaissance began in the later part of the fifteenth century an d laste d until the 1660s.Among the most famous women writers of this perio d is Aphr a Behn, who is seen as the first ...
EARLY PERIODS OF LITERATURE These periods are spans of time in which literature shared intellectual, linguistic, religious, and artistic influences. In the Western tradition, the early periods of literary history are roughly as follows below:A. THE CLASSICAL PERIOD (1200 BCE - 455 CE)I. HOMERIC ...
What are Arthurian legends, and how did they influence British literature? Literature often reflects society. In the "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad, what is the importance of showing what was important in its time period? Which literary period does George Bernard Shaw belong to?