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Western literature, also known as European literature, [1] is the literature written in the context of Western culture in the languages of Europe, and is shaped by the periods in which they were conceived, with each period containing prominent western authors, poets, and pieces of literature. The best of Western literature is considered to be ...
Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. [1] Well-known writers of Western fiction include Zane Grey from the early 20th century and Louis L'Amour from the mid-20th century.
Medieval literature is a broad subject, encompassing essentially all written works available in Europe and beyond during the Middle Ages (that is, the one thousand years from the fall of the Western Roman Empire ca. AD 500 to the beginning of the Renaissance in the 14th, 15th or 16th century, depending on country). The literature of this time ...
early Japanese literature, from the 8th century (Nara period) early Ge'ez literature; early Dravidian (Tamil, and other Dravidian languages literatures) literature in South India (also Sri Lanka) early Celtic manuscript traditions (Old Irish, Old Welsh) early Germanic (Old High German, Old English, Old Saxon, Old Norse) literature, from the 8th ...
The historiography and historiophoty of medieval film originated in the late 20th century. Historiophoty, the study of history through film, was coined by noted historiographer Hayden White in Historiography and Historiophoty (1988) in which he theorized that one of the main sources of friction between History and Film is the problem of translating from a written discourse (hence the -graphy ...
Set in western Anatolia during the Trojan War, loosely based on the epic poem Iliad by Homer. Troy: Fall of a City: 2018: 1200–1150 BC: Miniseries that tells the story of the 10-year siege of Troy. The Fury of Achilles: 1962: 1200–1150 BC: Set in western Anatolia in the 9th year of the Trojan War, based on the epic poem Iliad by Homer.
Medieval literature — literature created during the Middle Ages, generally from the 6th century to 15th century. Works from the 6th through 9th centuries are considered Early Medieval (Middle Ages) literature , from the 10th through 13th centuries High Middle Ages literature, and from the 14th and 15th centuries Late Middle Ages literature.
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery .