| A | B |
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| Example: Beowulf | Anglo-saxon Period |
| Anglo-saxon Period | 7th century Norman Conquest of 1066 |
| Anglo-saxon literature characterisitics | genres such as epic poetry, sermons, Bible translations, legal works, chronicles, riddles, and others |
| Medieval Period | 12th century new form of English known as Middle English or Medieval Period |
| Medieval literature characteristics | three main categories of Middle English Literature: Religious, Courtly love, and Arthurian |
| Example: Canterbury Tales | Medieval Period |
| Example: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | Medieval Period |
| Renaissance is also known as | Elizabethan Period |
| Renaissance literature characteristics | plays and sonnets |
| Example: Romeo and Juliet play | Renaissance |
| Romanticism Period | abrupt change is revealed by key words: industry, democracy, class, art, culture |
| Example: Rime of the Ancient Mariner | Romantic Period |
| Romantic literature characteristics | new emotionalism and introspection,supernatural "real" subjects, stir readers imagination through down-to-earth characters taken from real life |
