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Conclusion
The following survey encompasses the most important movements of literatures written in English in their historical succession. In spite of many discrepancies and inconsistencies, some terms and criteria of classification have established themselves as standard in Anglo-American literary criticism. The convention of periodical classification must not distract from the fact that such criteria are relative and that any attempt to relate divergent texts—with regard to their structure, contents or date of publication—to a single period of literary history is always problematic. The criteria for classification derive from fields such as the history of the language (Old and Middle English), national history (Colonial Period), politics and religion (Elizabethan and Puritan Age) and art (Renaissance and Modernism). The following tables of the most important English literary periods provide a preliminary overview before they are dealt with individually.[32]
Periods of English Literature
Old English Period 5th–11th century
Middle English Period 12th–15th century
Renaissance 16th–17th century
Augustan Age 18th century
Romantic Period First half of 19th century
Victorian Age Second half of 19th century
Modernism First to Second World War
Postmodernism 1960s and 1970s
The Old English or Anglo-Saxon Period, the earliest period of English literature, is regarded as beginning with the invasion of Britain by Germanic (Anglo-Saxon) tribes in the 5th century AD and lasting until the French invasion under William the Conqueror in 1066. The true beginnings of literature in England, however, are to be found in the Latin Middle Ages, when monasteries were the main institutions that preserved classical culture. Among the most important Latin literary texts is the Ecclesiastical History of the English People(731 AD) by Beda Venerabilis (672–735). As in other parts of Europe, national literatures developed in the vernacular parallel to the Latin literature. The earliest texts, written between the eighth and the eleventh centuries, are called Old English or “Anglo-Saxon.” The number of texts which have been handed down from this period is very small, comprising anonymous magic charms, riddles and poems such as “The Seafarer” (c.9th century) or “The Wanderer” (c.9th-10^th centuries), as well as several epic works such as the mytho-logical Beowulf (c.8th century) or The Battle of Maldon (c.1000), which is based on historical facts.[33][34]