Introduction to British Literature

Why does it matter what literary period a work is written in?

• All of these are right.

• Most literature always responds, at least in part, to prevailing cultural trends of its day.

• This makes it easier to compare and contrast the work with other texts.

• Knowing the time of a work's creation can tell us a lot about the people who wrote and read it.

In what period did the novel really become the dominant literary form?

• The Renaissance

• The Victorian era

• The Modern era

• The Romantic era

Which list puts 3 literary movements in the correct order?

• Post-Modernism, Modernism, The Medieval Period

• Victorianism, Modernism, The Enlightenment

• Modernism, Victorianism, Romanticism

• Renaissance, The Enlightenment, Romanticism

What is often considered the first work of literature in the English language?

• Romeo and Juliet

• The Canterbury Tales

• Beowulf

• The Waste Land

Which period has Anonymity theme?

• Modernism

• Medieval Period

• Renaissance Period

• Enlightenment Period

Which time was Medieval Period

• 500 AD - 1600 AD

• 600 AD - 1500 AD

• 500 AD - 1500 AD

• 600 AD - 1500 AD

Which centuries was The Renaissance Period?

• 15th - 17th

• 16th - 17th

• 14th-17th

• 13th-17th

Why was English literature in Modernism fractured?

• Civil War

• World War II

• World War I

• Napoleon War

What does Renaissance mean?

• flourish

• newborn

• rebirth

• bloom

Which period literature was written in religious context?

• The Medieval Period

• The Renaissance Period

• The Enlightenment Period

• The Modernism