Major Characteristics of the Age of Chaucer to Romantic Literature.
Assignment On History of English Literature Topic: Discuss major characteristics of The Age of Chaucer to Romantic Literature. Submitted to: Sazzad Hossain Guest Faculty, Dept. Of English Green University of Bangladesh
Submitted by: Emran Hossain Shobuj ID: 120120015 Batch: 1201 Course Title: Romantic Literature.
Date of Submission: 22.05.2013
As we know that Chaucer was a writer of middle age. There are many period between the age of Chaucer and Romantic Literature. So in our discussion we will have a wide time. The ages are included in these time frame and major characteristics are discussed below. The Age of Chaucer (1340-1400): The period from 1340-1400 called the Age of Chaucer because Chaucer dominated the period. Major and remarkable features of this period were: The English language reached a standard towards the end of this period. Prose got a strong foundation though it remained immature. Poetry served as the main genre. Drama began in the form of “Mystery Play”, “Moral Play” and “Interlude”. The writers of the age were greatly influenced by Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio. Love, chivalry and religion are the three main literary ideas of this period. The spirit of romance pervades every writings of the time. Major writers of this age: 1. John Wyclif (1324-84), the father of English prose; Translate Bible into English 2. Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) Teoilus and Criseyde Canterbury Tales 3. William Langland Piers Plowmen 4. John Gower (1325-1408) Confession Amantis 5. Sir Thomas Malory Morte d’ Arthur The Renaissance Period (1500-1660): Though renaissance began in 1453, its effect on English life and literature was felt after 1500. For this reason it is generally accepted that renaissance period beginning of the century and continued till the Restoration in 1660. a) Elizabethan Period: This age is named after Queen Elizabeth I who reigned over England from
Submitted by: Emran Hossain Shobuj ID: 120120015 Batch: 1201 Course Title: Romantic Literature.
Date of Submission: 22.05.2013
As we know that Chaucer was a writer of middle age. There are many period between the age of Chaucer and Romantic Literature. So in our discussion we will have a wide time. The ages are included in these time frame and major characteristics are discussed below. The Age of Chaucer (1340-1400): The period from 1340-1400 called the Age of Chaucer because Chaucer dominated the period. Major and remarkable features of this period were: The English language reached a standard towards the end of this period. Prose got a strong foundation though it remained immature. Poetry served as the main genre. Drama began in the form of “Mystery Play”, “Moral Play” and “Interlude”. The writers of the age were greatly influenced by Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio. Love, chivalry and religion are the three main literary ideas of this period. The spirit of romance pervades every writings of the time. Major writers of this age: 1. John Wyclif (1324-84), the father of English prose; Translate Bible into English 2. Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) Teoilus and Criseyde Canterbury Tales 3. William Langland Piers Plowmen 4. John Gower (1325-1408) Confession Amantis 5. Sir Thomas Malory Morte d’ Arthur The Renaissance Period (1500-1660): Though renaissance began in 1453, its effect on English life and literature was felt after 1500. For this reason it is generally accepted that renaissance period beginning of the century and continued till the Restoration in 1660. a) Elizabethan Period: This age is named after Queen Elizabeth I who reigned over England from