European & American Literature

Jean-Jacques Rousseau and John Locke

Which poem is a gloomy depiction of lost love written by Edgar Allan Poe?

Mark Twain

Greek drama flourished. Aristophanes, Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripedes

During this period, the poet Virgil became renowned because of his Aeneid.

The central ideals of this period are found in works created from the dialect. Example Beowulf or Song of Hildebrand

It is considered as the birthplace of European Literature.

Third Period in American Literature

Who wrote the Autobiography which told the author’s American life story?

The Old Testament was highly religious and moralistic.

Dante Alighieri whose Divine Comedy depicts the three realms of afterlife.

"Age of Enlightenment"

During this period, Old Testament of the Bible and the Iliad and the Odyssey were developed.

This means "belonging to the Middle ages"

The timeline of American Literature is divided into how many periods?

Who wrote the Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables?

First Period in American Literature

Last Period in American Literature

Giovanni Boccaccio: The Decameron

"Rebirth"