Literary Periods

All of these types of writing were popular during the classical period except

• historical fiction novels

• epic poems

• plays

• philosophical texts

During this period people began to explore new ways of writing and broke from traditional forms

• contemporary

• modern

• romantic

• colonial

This period of literature includes all time after WW2

• contemporary

• modern

• romantic

• colonial

What were people interested in reading about during the romantic period?

• love and romance

• ideal nature/the natural world

• exploring the jungle

• real-life people and situations

What were people interested in reading about during the modern period?

• new ideas and forms of writing about the individual

• new ideas about nature and industry

• new ideas about warfare

• new ideas about music

Native americans often wrote ------ during the colonial period

• myths

• legends

• plays

• epic poems

Which is the most recent period of Literature?

• classical

• colonial

• modern

• contemporary

expository means

• happening now

• modern

• designate

• informational

These group of people were often silenced, but we have literature from diaries, poems, and letters

• puritans

• african americans

• native americans

• american revolutionaries

This period emphasized the relationship of man to the gods

• Classical

• Medieval

• Contemporary

• Renaissance