Anglo-American History and Literature PDF

ANGLO-AMERICAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE Both are influenced by colonization in terms of politics, social, and cultural changes, and technological advancements  HISTORICAL FACTS ANGLO AMERICAN A white inhabitant of the A native or citizen of t...

ANGLO-AMERICAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE Both are influenced by colonization in terms of politics, social, and cultural changes, and technological advancements  HISTORICAL FACTS ANGLO AMERICAN A white inhabitant of the A native or citizen of the United States of United States European origin (descent from Angles, England, English culture, English people, or the English language  ANGLO-AMERICA Is a cultural entity of North America whose common spoken language is English and whose folkways and customs historically have been those of Northern Europe. ANGLO-AMERICAN HISTORY The Ancient Times (before 5th Century A.D) The Romans found the land inhabited by the “Britons” or “Celts”. A collection of tribes with origins in Central Europe that shared a similar language. The Britons/Celts were conquered by the Anglo- Saxons who brought the Germanic language to the land. This language eventually replace Latin. The Ancient Times (before 5th Century A.D) Key Features Genres and Writers Oral Tradition EPIC (Epic of Biblical and Beowulf) religious Written by themed-poems Cynewulf and Caedmon The Middle Ages/Medieval Times (5th-15th Century) The Middle Ages/Medieval Times (5th-15th Century)  The Middle Ages/Medieval Times (5th-15th Century) Key Features Genres and Writers Modern English Heroic Tales (Sir Vernacular Gawain and the Green Knight by the literature, religious Pearl Poet writings, and Anthology of Tales secular texts (Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer  The Renaissance Period (1300s-1500s) ENGLAND UNITED STATES Rebirth of culture The Virginia Company was chartered by King James I of Change the old feudalistic England to establish a colony in beliefs and practices America King Henry VIII established The Plymouth Colony was established by the Pilgrims (to the Church of England promote Christianity and separate England triumphed against from England) Spain The Puritans (no desire to separate from England  The Renaissance Period (1300s-1500s) Key Features Genres and Writers More optimism Lyric Poetry (Sonnet of William Shakespeare & Pastoral Poems of Christopher Marlowe and Sir Walter Raleigh)  The Renaissance Period (1300s-1500s) Key Features Genres and Writers Sophisticated, Prose/Essays (Francis serious, and Bacon and Benjamin concerned with social Franklin) abuse and rivalry among groups Religious, practical, or historical themes  The Renaissance Period (1300s-1500s) Key Features Genres and Writers Theaters were Tragedies and closed due to comedies moral and (William religious reasons Shakespeare & Christopher Marlowe  The Age of Enlightenment/Reason/The Restoration (1685-1815) King James vs The Parliament The Civil War 1642-1649 (Cavaliers vs. Puritans) 1649: Execution of Charles I 1660: Rise of Charles II  The Age of Enlightenment/Reason/The Restoration (1685-1815) African slaves were transported to the Americas to work on plantations French vs English in some areas of North America 7 years of War Americans started to protest against English rule because of abuse  The Age of Enlightenment/Reason/The Restoration (1685-1815) Key Features Genres and Writers Use of Philosophy, Comedy of reason, skepticism Manners (William towards Wycherley and institutions/author William Congreve) ities, wit, and refinement  The Age of Enlightenment/Reason/The Restoration (1685-1815) Key Features Genres and Writers Writers wrote with Epic (John Milton’s clarity and balance Paradise Lost and of judgment Paradise Regained) Play (John Dryden) Essay (John Locke)  The Age of Enlightenment/Reason/The Restoration (1685-1815) Key Features Genres and Writers Writers wrote with Satire (Jonathan clarity and balance Swift’s A Modest of judgment Proposal) Novel (Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe) The Romantic to Realistic Period (around 1770 – 1850) Queen Victoria’s longest reign as a monarch Victorian Age: the period of stability and prosperity British Society became conscious of their class, morals, and proper decorum. Many rose to middle class status; others sank in poverty The Romantic to Realistic Period (around 1770 – 1850) The Romantic to Realistic Period (around 1770 – 1850) The Romantic to Realistic Period (around 1770 – 1850) Key Features Genres and Writers Romantic Gothic Fiction (Short Stories of Edgar Allan Movement: The Poe) true, the good, Lyric Poems (William the beautiful Wordsworth, Alfred Tennyson, Elizabeth Barret Browning) The Romantic to Realistic Period (around 1770 – 1850) Key Features Genres and Writers Realists: Political Documents Societal (Thomas Paine’s Problems (plight Common Sense and Thomas Jefferson’s of the common The Declaration of people) Independence) The Romantic to Realistic Period (around 1770 – 1850) Key Features Genres and Writers American Writers Novels (Charles produced original Dickens, Thomas and high-quality Harry) pieces that make them unique from Satirical Novels English writers (Mark Twain) The Modern to Contemporary Period (1900 – present) World War I and World War II England was part of the Allied forces with the USA Disillusionment, confusion, and paranoia Political and Financial stability after the war Founding member of NATO The Modern to Contemporary Period (1900 – present) The Modern to Contemporary Period (1900 – present) The Modern to Contemporary Period (1900 – present) The Modern to Contemporary Period (1900 – present) The Modern to Contemporary Period (1900 – present)