📘 History of English Literature (अंग्रेजी साहित्य का इतिहास)

 

📘 Introduction

English Literature का इतिहास (History of English Literature) कई शताब्दियों तक फैला हुआ है। इसमें Old English Period से लेकर Modern और Postmodern Age तक के सभी महत्वपूर्ण युग (Ages), लेखक और उनकी प्रमुख कृतियाँ शामिल हैं।

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📚 Major Ages in English Literature

1. Old English Period (450–1066)

• Known as Anglo-Saxon Period.

• Work: Beowulf (Epic Poem).

2. Middle English Period (1066–1500)

• French & Latin influence.

• Writer: Geoffrey Chaucer – The Canterbury Tales.

3. Renaissance Period (1500–1660)

• Revival of Classical learning.

• Writers: William Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser.

4. Restoration Period (1660–1700)

• Satire & Comedy of Manners.

• Writer: John Dryden.

5. 18th Century / Augustan Age (1700–1798)

• Age of Reason and Satire.

• Writers: Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift.

6. Romantic Age (1798–1837)

• Focus on Nature & Imagination.

• Writers: Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley.

7. Victorian Age (1837–1901)

• Realism, Morality, Social Issues.

• Writers: Charles Dickens, Alfred Tennyson, Thomas Hardy.

8. Modern Age (1901–1945)

• War, Experimentation, Psychology.

• Writers: T.S. Eliot, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf.

9. Postmodern Age (1945–Present)

• Feminism, Postcolonialism, Existentialism.

• Writers: Samuel Beckett, George Orwell, Salman Rushdie.

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📌 Quick Timeline of English Literature

• Old English → Beowulf

• Middle English → Chaucer

• Renaissance → Shakespeare

• Restoration → Dryden

• 18th Century → Pope, Swift

• Romantic → Wordsworth, Keats

• Victorian → Dickens, Tennyson

• Modern → Eliot, Joyce

• Postmodern → Orwell, Rushdie

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❓ Questions generally asked

Q1. Who is the Father of English Poetry?
👉 Geoffrey Chaucer.

Q2. Who is called the Bard of Avon?
👉 William Shakespeare.

Q3. Which is the first epic of English Literature?
👉 Beowulf.

Q4. Who are the major Romantic Poets?
👉 Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron, Keats.

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📌 🔑 Focus Keywords

• History of English Literature in Hindi

• Ages of English Literature

• English Literature Notes

• English Literature Writers and Works

• Old to Modern English Literature History

• English Literature Timeline

  📜 Description 

  Complete History of English Literature in Hindi & English. Learn all Ages – Old, Middle, Renaissance, Romantic, Victorian, Modern & Postmodern.

• History of English Literature: Complete Notes in Hindi & English (Old to Modern Age)

• English Literature History – From Old English to Postmodern (Complete Guide in Hindi)

• A to Z History of English Literature | Important Ages, Writers & Works

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