ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

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Which is the shortest period of English literature?
A
Romantic period
B
Victorian age
C
Restoration period
D
none of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Restoration literature is the English literature written during the historical period commonly referred to as the English Restoration (1660–1689), which corresponds to the last years of Stuart reign in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Restoration period of English literature roughly lasts from 1660 to 1688. It begins with Charles II returning to the throne following the rule of various republican governments that ruled England from 1649 to 1659 after Charles I was executed.

Detailed explanation-3: -Anglo-Saxon literature was the earliest phase of English literature. Anglo-Saxon period literature period is diverse and includes epic poetry, religious texts, historical chronicles, and riddles written in Old English in Anglo-Saxon England from the 5th Century AD to the Norman Conquest of 1066.

Detailed explanation-4: -Old English Literature: 5th – 14th Century. Medieval English Literature: 14th to 15th Century. Elizabethan Age or The Golden Age of English Literature: 16th Century to Early 17th Century. Restoration Age (17th-18th Century) More items

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