literary period
- noun
- /ˈlɪtəˌrɛri ˈpɪrəd/
:
período literario
- The Romantic era is a significant literary period known for its emphasis on emotion and individualism.
Examples
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Thus, with Ruben Dario, a pivotal figure in this literary period, the cultural duality is transformed into a discourse in which locality and universality, past and present, the local and the exotic meet in a dialogical context.
Academic text (1998) -
Within literary studies, postmodernism in this respect presents the same theoretical problem as any other school, genre, or literary period: these are equally subjected to skeptical, pragmatist, or relativistic points of view.
Academic text (1995) -
"Take it from me," said her father, "it is possible to get a Ph.D. in English while ignoring no less than three literary periods."
Fiction book (1991) -
In their historical novels, despite differences in point of view and literary period, the feminine side of life is repressed, rejected, or killed by cold, mechanical reasoning.
Academic text (1994) -
Consequently, his practice of the language arts can give us important clues as to how rhetoric was understood in this most rhetorically self-conscious of literary periods.
Academic text (2000) -
During the Victorian literary period, many authors explored themes of social reform and morality.
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Each literary period has distinct features that reflect the society and culture of the time.
Synonyms
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2.1
A length of time with a clear start and end, like a class or game segment
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2.2
A length of time that includes certain events
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4.2
A time in the past when important events or changes happen
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a span of time in literature...' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'literary' (concerning literature) with 'period' (a measured interval). This adjectival modification is a straightforward compositional pattern common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Literary period may come from the simple idea that literary means writing and period means a length of time; imagine a group of writers all following the same style for a while, like a fashion in writing. So literary period means 'a time when many authors share the same style or ideas'.