1.	Old English Literature

1.1.

Beowulf

2.	Middle English Literature

2.1.	John Wycliffe

2.2.	Geoffrey Chaucer

3.	Modern English Literature

3.1.	The Renaissance

3.1.1.

Sir Thomas

3.1.2.

Christopher Marlowe

3.1.3.

William Shakespeare

3.2.

Baroque

3.2.1.

John Milton

3.3.	Classicism

3.3.1.

Jonathan Swift

3.3.2.

Daniel Defoe

3.4.	Romanticism

3.4.1.

Sir Walter Scott

3.4.2.

George Gordon Byron

3.4.3.

Mary Shelley

3.5.

Realism

3.5.1.

Charles Dickens (Oliver Twist)

3.5.2.

Emily and Charlotte Bronte

3.5.3.

Oscar Wilde

3.5.4.

George Bernard (Pygmalion)

4.	The first half of 20th Century

4.1.	Agatha Christie

4.2.	George Orwell

5.	The second half of 20th century

5.1.	Kingsley Amis

"Old English Literature
- this literature is written in the Anglo-Saxon languages
- this period was until the middle of the 12th century
- the greatest piece of literature of this period is the epic
Beowulf – is about King Hrothgar and monster Grendel


Middle English Literature
-this literature is written appoximately between 1100 - 1500
John Wycliffe (1320-1384)
-he represented religious literature
-influenced John Huss

Geoffrey Chaucer (1345-1400)
– called the father of English poetry, lived in 14th century

The Canterbury Tales – it’s a series of poems, a party of thirty / one people meets at the Tabard Inn, and the innkeeper suggests that each pilgrim shall tell two stories on the way


Modern English Literature
- this era started around 1500

The Renaissance
- the primary literary form was drama

Sir Thomas More (1478-1535)
– Utopia

Christopher Marlowe
– one of the great dramatists of 16th century
- Dr. Faustus, The Jew of Malta, Edward the Second..."

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