Old English Literature and Beowulf

Feature of Beowulf reflecting Anglo-Saxon literary period

• Heroic code, loyalty to one's lord, and use of kennings

• Focus on nature and the supernatural

• Emphasis on individualism and personal freedom

• Use of rhyme and meter in poetry

Hallmark of Old English literature

• Heavy use of alliteration and kennings

• Frequent use of rhyme and meter

• Emphasis on romantic themes and characters

• Focus on modernist narrative techniques

The Restoration Period literature is best known for its emphasis on

• Emotion and imagination

• Order, reason, and classical forms

• Individualism and freedom

• Nature and the sublime

How Macbeth reflects characteristics of the English Renaissance literary period

• It emphasizes fate, supernatural elements, and the complexities of ambition

• It focuses solely on romantic love and personal relationships

• It ignores the influence of fate and the supernatural

• It presents a clear moral lesson without ambiguity

Writer of Sherlock Holmes, a series of novels written during the Victorian Era.

• Agatha Christie

• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

• J.K. Rowling

• Charles Dickens

Poet most closely associated with British Romanticism

• William Wordsworth

• John Keats

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• Lord Byron

Author of "A Modest Proposal"

• Jonathan Swift

• Charles Dickens

• Mark Twain

• Jane Austen

Theme in Lord of the Flies reflecting concerns of Postmodern British literature.

• The triumph of civilization over savagery

• The breakdown of social constructs and human morality

• The importance of individualism in society

• The inevitability of progress and technology

Playwright most associated with the English Renaissance

• Christopher Marlowe

• Ben Jonson

• William Shakespeare

• Thomas Kyd

Author of The Canterbury Tales, a cornerstone of Middle English literature

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• John Milton

• William Shakespeare

• Christopher Marlowe