18. English literature
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340 – 1400)
He was the first outstanding british writter. His masterprace are Canterbury Tales. This book was inspirate by the Boccacio´s Decameron. Canterbury Tales – it is a portrait of 30 pilgrims whe traveled to Canterbury and tell their stories. There are representative o f nearly or social classes. There is a knight and good wife of Bath, a pardover (odputkář), a nun, a monk (mnich), a lawyer…Chaucer hade wide experience of life, he was a polite, a diplomat, a solder, a scholar. He was the first poet, he was buried in Poet´s Corner in Westminster Abbey.
Daniel Defoe (160? – 1731)
He was a founders (zakladatel) of novel. His famous work is Robinson Crusoe. Robinson shipwrecked (ztroskotal) on a lonely island….
Romanticism
Sir Walter Scott (1771 – 1823)
He is founder of historical novel. Ivanhoe is from the period of Richard I. The Lionhearted.It was inspirated of Scottish history.
Gorge Gordon Byron – Child Herold´s Pilgrimage
Critical Realism
Among the best authors of this period belong:
Emily Bronte – Wuthering Heights
Charlotte Bronte – Jane Eyre
