Wales Literature
It is called literary of Wales to the composed in Welsh language, or literary composed in other language by Welsh authors.
WRITERS
Subtopic
Ken Follett
He is a novelist, his genres are: Thriller and historical fiction.
His most famous novels.
Roald Dahl
His works included: James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Witches, Matilda and Twits.
His genres were Children´s, adults literature, horror, mystery and fantasy.
He was a novelist, short stories writer, poet and screenwriter.
Ronald Stuard Thomas
Dylan Thomas
His most popular poems include 'Do not go gentle that good night´and 'And Death Shall have No Dominion'. He also included poetry in his famous play for voices 'Under Milk Wood´. He was influenced by the Modernism movement.
He wrote poems, short stories and scripts for film and radio.
Aneirin
The Battle the Catraeth, between Brythonic and Angle warriors.
Aneirin´s best known work is Y Gododdin, an elegiac poem.
He was a poet.
LITERARY FORMS & GENRES
FORMS
Since the later Middle Ages, the traditional Welsh poetic metres in strict verse consist of twenty four different metrical forms written in cynghanedd.
An awdl is a form of long poem, similar to the ode. The most popular metrical forms are the Cywydd, of 14th century origin, and the several versions of the Englyn, a concise and allusive verse form similar to the Greek epigram and the Japanese haiku and as old as Welsh literature itself.
ENGLYN
CYWYDD
AWDL
GENRES
PROSE
POETRY
MOVEMENTS
20th century
Start the cientific study of ancient Welsh literature, as well as the Welsh language.
The industrialization of some areas the Wales began to be viewed with mixed feelings, while the rural life which persisted in the rest of country, it was idealized by the majority of writers.
Welsh literature began to reflect the progressive use of the Welsh language like a political symbol.
19th century
Anglo- Welsh literature was developed mainly in from the immigration of english speakers.
After the industrial revolution received an important migratory flow. which made a effort to learn the Welsh language, it resulted in an increase in the demand for all kinds of literature.
Englishtenment 18th century
The human reason could combat the ignorance, supertition and tyranny, and build a better world.
The trend of the Welsh literature toward religious themes remained.
This period lasted until beginning of the French Revolution.
Renaissance 16th and 17th century
This movement helped to brake the process of decline of the Welsh, even at this time translated the Bible to the Welsh by William Morgan
As in the rest of Europe these centuries were a period of social, political and economic changes in Wales.
Medieval Age 6th and 16 th century
The medieval age was born with the formation and expansion of its own welsh language.