HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

History of English Literature

The history of English Literature is a very closely related to the history of English people . It began with the emergence of the English nation and onward kept developing with the social development of the nation.



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In the history of the English there had been several religious and political changes.As in the history of English people,so in the history of English literature there were different phases of progress.Some of the ages have got more than one name because different historians have given them different names. shakespear

1. The old English period or The Anglo-saxon period.(450-1066)
2. The Middle English period.(1066-1500)
3. The Renaissance Period.(1500-1660)
4. The Neoclassical period.(1660-1785)
5. The Romantic period.(1785_1832)
6. The victorian perod.(1832_1901)
7. The Modern period.(1901_1910)
8. The postmodern period.(1939_........)
   

The Old English Period:This period started in fifth century when the Jutes, Angles, Saxons came to England from Germany defeated the English tribes and started their reign.

1. The historical events which influenced the literature of is period were:
   

a.Christianity reached England and Christianization of the pagan English tribes began.
b.In the 7th century monasteries were established where a written literature bogan.