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Mar 25, 2024 · Literary periods are spans of time for literature that shares intellectual, linguistic, religious, and artistic influences. The following links, organized by literary period, are to the library's catalog for works by author, title, literary movement, type of work, etc.
- Shakespeare
Shakespeare - LibGuides: English Literature: Literary...
- Postmodernism
The Postmodern Period began in 1945 CE and continues ......
- Ancient Literature
Literature in the Greek and Roman Worlds: A New Perspective...
- Journal Articles
Journal articles may be found either online through...
- Southern Literature
Greatly expanding the content of the literature section in...
- Need Help
English Literature: Need Help? This is a research guide for...
- Victorian Literature
The Victorian Period lasted from 1832 CE to 1901 CE, and it...
- Dissertations, Videos, & Reviews
Dissertations, Videos, & Reviews - LibGuides: English...
- Shakespeare
- Fiction Genres. Sorted alphabetically. Action/Adventure. An action/adventure story has adventure elements in its plot line. This type of story often involves some kind of conflict between good and evil, and features characters who must overcome obstacles to achieve their goals.
- Nonfiction Genres. From the BISAC categories, a globally accepted system for coding and categorizing books by the Book Industry Standards And Communications group.
- Drama Genres. These include genres for theater, film, television serials, or audio plays. As a writer, I find some of these genres particularly eye-roll worthy.
- Poetry Genres. This list is from Harvard's Glossary of Poetic Genres who also has definitions for each genre. Allegory. Aubade. Ballad. Blason. Cento. Dirge. Dramatic monologue.
Jan 21, 2016 · 1. Dante, The Divine Comedy. Composed in the early fourteenth century, Dante’s Divine Comedy is a trilogy of poems charting the poet’s journey from hell (Inferno) through Purgatory (Purgatorio) to heaven (Paradiso), guided by his fellow poet, Virgil.
- Washington Irving, “Rip Van Winkle” (1819) and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” (1820) I agonized over whether I should pick “Rip Van Winkle” or “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” from Irving’s oeuvre.
- Edgar Allan Poe, “The Tell-Tale Heart” (1843) Poe’s early stream-of-consciousness horror story, unreliable narrator and heart beating under the floorboards and all, is certainly one of the most adapted—and even more often referenced—short stories in popular culture, and which may or may not be the source for all of the hundreds of stories in which a character is tormented by a sound only they can hear.
- Herman Melville, “Bartleby, the Scrivener” (1853) Once, while I was walking in Brooklyn, carrying my Bartleby tote bag, a woman in an SUV pulled over (on Atlantic Avenue, folks) to excitedly wave at me and yell “Melville!
- Ambrose Bierce, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (1890) I will leave it to Kurt Vonnegut, who famously wrote, “I consider anybody a twerp who hasn’t read the greatest American short story, which is “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” by Ambrose Bierce.
- Literary Fiction. Literary fiction novels are considered works with artistic value and literary merit. They often include political criticism, social commentary, and reflections on humanity.
- Mystery. Mystery novels, also called detective fiction, follow a detective solving a case from start to finish. They drop clues and slowly reveal information, turning the reader into a detective trying to solve the case, too.
- Thriller. Thriller novels are dark, mysterious, and suspenseful plot-driven stories. They very seldom include comedic elements, but what they lack in humor, they make up for in suspense.
- Horror. Horror novels are meant to scare, startle, shock, and even repulse readers. Generally focusing on themes of death, demons, evil spirits, and the afterlife, they prey on fears with scary beings like ghosts, vampires, werewolves, witches, and monsters.
Oct 14, 2024 · Literature may be classified according to a variety of systems, including language, national origin, historical period, genre, and subject matter. For historical treatment of various literatures within geographical regions, see such articles as African literature ; African theater ; Oceanic literature ; Western literature ; Central Asian arts ...
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Apr 23, 2023 · How does literature reveal the values of a given culture or time period? How does the study of fiction and nonfiction texts help individuals construct their understanding of reality? In what ways are all narratives influenced by bias and perspective?
