Literary Periods

This period includes authors like Yeats, Heaney, Auden, and Virginia Woolf.

• The Modern Period

• The Homeric Period

• The Postmodern Period

• The Renaissance and Reformation Period

During which period did Greek epic poems like "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" originate?

• Renaissance and Reformation Period

• Patristic Period

• Classical Period

• The Modern Period

Which period is marked by the rise of a diversity in black writers such as Baldwin and Ellison?

• The Renaissance and Reformation

• The Postmodern Period

• The Romantic Period

• The Modern Period

Which authors were popular during the Enlightenment period?

• Sandra Cisneros, Langston Hughes

• John Locke, Jonathan Swift, Thomas Jefferson

• Oscar Wilde, Emily Dickinson

• Langston Hughes, Zora Neal Hurston

Which period is marked by the intellectual movements of Aestheticism and 'the Decadence'? Free verse poets flourished!

• The Renaissance and Reformation

• The Victorian Period and the 19th Century

• The Postmodern Period

• The Romantic Period

True or False? The Postmodern Period occurred after the Modern Period.

• True

• False

Writing in the Medieval Period included...

• Viking sagas, Old English poems, theological works

• intellectual backlash against Puritanism

• Magical Realism

• Sentimental writing, free verse poetry

What are the main literary periods in Philippine literature?

• Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic

• Classical, Neo-Classical, Enlightenment, Victorian

• Pre-Colonial, Spanish Colonial, American Colonial, Post-Colonial, Contemporary

• Modernist, Post-Modernist, Surrealist, Existentialist

Identify the key characteristics of the Pre-Colonial period in Philippine literature.

• Lack of cultural symbolism

• Focus on colonial influences

• Key characteristics include oral traditions, rich symbolism, reflection of indigenous values, and connection to nature and spirituality.

• Emphasis on written literature

Describe the themes commonly found in the American Colonial period of Philippine literature.

• Nationalism, identity, social justice, and critique of colonialism.

• Supernatural elements and folklore

• Nature and its beauty

• Romantic love and relationships