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    French literature was influenced by Roman themes of reason and the goodness of human nature. It values clear language in both poetry and prose. Some notable French authors include Maupassant, known for "The Necklace," and Anatole France, who wrote "Our Lady's Juggler." Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables" became very influential. Italian literature also focused on themes of love, virtue and faith in works by Dante and Petrarch. Greek literature was based on oral myths and legends and centered around gods and heroes. The three periods of Greek literature spanned from antiquity to the Roman era. Early Spanish literature drew from folklore, while Cervantes' "Don Quixote"

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    French literature was influenced by Roman themes of reason and the goodness of human nature. It values clear language in both poetry and prose. Some notable French authors include Maupassant, known for "The Necklace," and Anatole France, who wrote "Our Lady's Juggler." Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables" became very influential. Italian literature also focused on themes of love, virtue and faith in works by Dante and Petrarch. Greek literature was based on oral myths and legends and centered around gods and heroes. The three periods of Greek literature spanned from antiquity to the Roman era. Early Spanish literature drew from folklore, while Cervantes' "Don Quixote"

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    French literature was influenced by Roman themes of reason and the goodness of human nature. It values clear language in both poetry and prose. Some notable French authors include Maupassant, known for "The Necklace," and Anatole France, who wrote "Our Lady's Juggler." Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables" became very influential. Italian literature also focused on themes of love, virtue and faith in works by Dante and Petrarch. Greek literature was based on oral myths and legends and centered around gods and heroes. The three periods of Greek literature spanned from antiquity to the Roman era. Early Spanish literature drew from folklore, while Cervantes' "Don Quixote"

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    French Literature inherited their love and order of amenability

    to reason from the Romans. The common themes for their Gaea Mother Earth
    literary works talked about goodness of human nature. The
    language of French literature possesses clear and grace for both
    poetry and prose. Phoebe Ruled the Mood with Atlas
    French Literary Writers
    Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant was the Coeus Titan of Intelligence
    “Greatest Master of Modern Short Story.” He
    wrote the famous short story, “The Necklace”
    Oceanus Father of Oceanid
    -The Necklace tells us about the negative effects of
    pride and vanity and emphasizes the importance
    Tethys Mother of all Rivers and Seas
    of being content with what one has.
    Anatole France (1844-1924), pseudonym for
    Hestia Goddess of Health and Fire
    Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault is a novelist and
    storyteller
    Le Jongleur de Notre Dame or Our Lady’s Juggler is Demeter Goddess of Harvest

    about a monk who was mocked for juggling before


    the statue of the Virgin, but the statue came to life  Zeus Supreme, of S ky and Thunder

    and blessed the juggler for his gift.


    VICTOR HUGO “Les Miserables”, talking about Ares God of War

    French revolution became one of the most


    influential novels in the world.  Hades God of the Underworld

    ITALIAN LITERATURE
    The greatest names in Italian literature are Dante, Hephaestus God of Fire and Forged
    Petrarch, and Bocaccio. Most of the writings of
    Italian literature possess goodness and true beauty Hebe Served wine and nectar to the Gods
    of love. Italian literary writers showcase love for
    Christian virtue, faith and sharing in both prose and
    Apollo God of Sun , Music, Poetry,
    poetry. 
    Dante Alighieri - “Father of Italian Literature.” 
    When he was nine, he met a girl of his age, Beatrice Hermes God of flock, Roads, Trading etc.

    whom he had fallen in love with and became his


    lifelong love and inspiration in many of his writings Aphrodite Goddess of Love

    and considered her as the mirror of “Divine


    Comedy” as a vision and one of the greatest  Atlas God who Supported Heaven
    monuments of human genius. 
    GREEK LITERATURE Epimetheus After-thought
    Literature works drew their tales about heroes, folk
    stories, songs, and legends which were handed Prometheus Fore-thought
    down  orally through different generations.
    Philosophy and religion were  recast in the modules
    Maia Mountain Goddess
    of beauty in their mythology. The Greeks honor
    gods and goddesses because it was believed that
    Poseidon God of the Sea
    the universe created the gods. 
    Three Periods of Greeks Literature
    1.The first period covers the Pre-Homeric Age and Hera Goddess Of Marriage And The Queen
    Of All God And  Goddesses
    the Homeric age extending from the remote
    antiquity to the age of Herodotus (484 B.C)  
    2.The second period coincides with the Athenian
    Period to the Golden Age of Pericles, from the age
    of Herodotus to the death of Alexander of Great
    (323 B.C.) 
     3.The third period is the Period of Decline that to
    the enslavement of the Greeks by Rome and
    extends to A.D. 1453

    Spanish Literature
     Uranus Sky God and Father of the Titans
    Early Spanish literature began from the wealth of Midsummer Night’s Dream Group of people who
    folklore which was handed down orally from the went to the woods in the Kingdom of the fairies
    past, many years after its composition.
    -The story talks about the lengths we can go for
    El Cid campeador El Cid which was known to love
    be the greatest epic of -“Life is but a dream”
    Spain narrates the greatest adventure story of
    Spaniards and was the oldest piece of writing in Macbeth
    Spanish literature. 
    -The Scottish play or Tragedy of  Macbeth
    Miguel de Cervantes
    which was a Renaissance scholar, teacher at the -Accounts from Holinshed’s Chronicle
    University of Salamanca, who was known to be  the
    “Greatest Lyric Poet of Spain” who was famous for “What’s done is done”
    his work “Don Quixote” which marked the turn “Out, damned spot,
    from the extravagance of medieval romance to Out, I say!”
    humor and realism of daily life.
    The Tempest
    ENGLISH LITERATURE
    Celts were considered to the first people of -The final play of William Shakespeare
    England. It was a tribe from whom English literature
    owes “The Legend of King Arthur” and “The -Moral dilemma of colonization
    Knights of the Round Table” 
    Beowulf
    -which was an epic of a long narrative poem and
    other poetic works were left. Norse also brought
    along a culture-enriched literature with medieval
    prose  and poetry from Europe. 
    -The quest to fight Grendel, his mother, and the
    dragon guarding unending treasure.

    Canterbury Tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer, also


    known as the Father of English Literature during the
    14th century. 

    The Legend of King Arthur King Arthur was a


    legendary Celtic Briton who led battles against
    Saxon invaders of Britain. Arthur obtained the
    British throne by pulling a sword from an anvil
    sitting atop a stone that appeared in a churchyard
    on Christmas Eve

    Romeo and Juliet Written by the “Greatest Poet


    and Playwright of England” and “Bard of Avon”,
    William Shakespeare. His other works include
    Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth and Merchant of Venice.

    Hamlet

    -Revenge story of a son for his father

    -Ophelia

    “To be or not to be”

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