Survey of English Literature: Old & Middle English Period

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Which work is an example of religious prose from the Old English period?

Bede's 'Ecclesiastical History'

Which literary work from the Middle English period explores chivalric themes?

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

During which literary period did humanism influence literature?

Renaissance

Which work epitomizes Elizabethan tragedy and comedy?

<p>Shakespeare's works</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which event marked the transition to the Eighteenth Century in literature?

<p>Publication of King James Bible</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which literary period is known as the Neoclassical, Golden, or Augustan Age?

<p>Eighteenth Century</p> Signup and view all the answers

What characterized the literature of the 18th century, as mentioned in the text?

<p>Emphasis on reason and rise of the novel</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which literary work is associated with grappling with Puritan ideas, according to the text?

<p>Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter'</p> Signup and view all the answers

During which era was American literature largely religiously motivated, as mentioned in the text?

<p>The Puritan or colonial age</p> Signup and view all the answers

What were the literary characteristics of Romanticism, as mentioned in the text?

<p>Emphasis on individual's subjective experience and drug-induced imagery</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which figure is associated with political writing driven by Enlightenment thought, as per the text?

<p>Thomas Jefferson</p> Signup and view all the answers

What marked pivotal moments during the 1700s, according to the text?

<p>'Common Sense' by Paine and the Declaration of Independence</p> Signup and view all the answers

What era saw a breakdown of rigid societal structures, as mentioned in the text?

<p>Romanticism era</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which literary genre rose to prominence during the 18th century, according to the text?

<p>The novel</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is known for their significant works 'Robinson Crusoe,' 'Pamela,' and 'Clarissa,' as per the text?

<p>Samuel Richardson</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the emphasis of seventeenth and eighteenth-century American literature, as mentioned in the text?

<p>Religious roots and Church reform</p> Signup and view all the answers

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