Western Literature

1. Ancient Western Literature
   • Greek Literature (e.g., Iliad, Odyssey)
   • Roman Literature (e.g., Aeneid, Metamorphoses)

List of Western Literature Categories

1. Ancient Western Literature
   • Greek Literature (e.g., Iliad, Odyssey)
   • Roman Literature (e.g., Aeneid, Metamorphoses)
2. Medieval Western Literature
   • Religious Texts (e.g., The Bible, The Divine Comedy)
   • Epics (e.g., Beowulf, The Song of Roland)
   • Chivalric Romances (e.g., Le Morte d’Arthur)
3. Renaissance Literature
   • Drama (e.g., Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus)
   • Prose (e.g., Don Quixote, Utopia)
   • Poetry (e.g., The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser)
4. Enlightenment Literature
   • Novels (e.g., Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver’s Travels)
   • Philosophical Works (e.g., The Social Contract, Candide)
5. Romantic Literature
   • Poetry (e.g., Wordsworth, Keats, Shelley)
   • Novels (e.g., Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights)
6. Victorian Literature
   • Novels (e.g., Great Expectations, Jane Eyre)
   • Poetry (e.g., Tennyson, Browning)
7. Modernist Literature
   • Novels (e.g., Ulysses, The Great Gatsby)
   • Poetry (e.g., The Waste Land)
   • Plays (e.g., Waiting for Godot)
8. Postmodern Literature
   • Novels (e.g., 1984, Slaughterhouse-Five)
   • Experimental Fiction (e.g., Infinite Jest)
9. Contemporary Western Literature
   • Fiction (e.g., The Road, The Testaments)
   • Fantasy & Science Fiction (e.g., The Lord of the Rings, Dune)
10. Western Folk and Oral Traditions
    • Myths and Legends (e.g., Greek and Norse Mythology)
    • Folktales (e.g., Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Aesop’s Fables)