Stages of the Growth of English Literature
| Stage(s) | Development of Literature | Period(s) |
| The Settlement of the Anglo-Saxon People | Old English Literature/ Anglo-Saxon Literature | From the Beginning (450) to 1066 |
| The Norman Conquest | Middle English Literature/Anglo-Norman Literature | 1066-1340 |
| Chaucer’s Emergence (আবির্ভাব) | Middle English Literature | 1340-1400 |
| Dark Age | Nothing is known | 1400-1500 |
| The Revival (পুনঃজন্ম) of Greek and Roman Learning | The Renaissance and Humanitarian (মানবিক) Literature | 1500-1688 |
| The Civil War | The Puritan Age | 1642-1660 |
| Restoration (সংরক্ষণ) of Monarchy (1660) | Restoration Literature | 1660-1702 |
| The Glorious/ Bloodless Revolution and the Growing Power of Parliament | 18th Century Literature | 1702-1798 |
| The French Revolution | Romantic Literature | 1798-1832 |
| The Industrial Revolution | Victorian Literature | 1832-1900 |
| Scientific and Technological Development | Modern and Contemporary Literature | 1901-1939 |
| (a) Post WWII (b) Response against Enlightenment (আলোকায়ন) | Postmodern Literature | 1939-Till date |
Take A Test
1. The present English people originally came from?
(a) Germany
(b) France
(c) Spain
(d) Italy
2. The first people to populate England are?
(a) Celtic Britons
(b) Angles
(c) Saxons
(d) Jutes
3. Arthurian legends (Giclee Enterta) were generated by?
(a) Angles
(b) Saxons
(c) Britons
(d) Jutes
4. After the Romans who invaded ( 1) England?
(a) The Brittany
(b) Germanic tribes
(c) The French
(d) The Spaniards
5. The Angles, The Saxons, and the Jutes were?
(a) The Spaniards
(b) The French
(c) The Brittany
(d) Germanic tribes
6. Old English Literature is the literature of …..?
(a) The French People
(b) The Germanic People
(c) The Spanish people
(d) The Welsh People
7. What is the remnant of the original British Language?
(a) Scottish language
(b) Welsh language
(c) Irish language
(d) Roman Language
8. What was the earliest form of literature?
(a) Written
(b) Oral
(c) Pastoral
(d) Pagan (Chiefs)
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