Medieval Era
Fictional text:
Beowulf
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Poetic text:
Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
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Non-fiction text:
"Revelations of Divine Love" by Julian of Norwich
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Non-text text:
Notre Dame Cathedral
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Text from another genre:
Gregorian Chants
Early Modern Era
Fictional text:
"Don Quixote de la Mancha" by Miguel de Cervantes
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Poetic text:
"Sonnet 29" by William Shakespeare
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Non-fiction text:
"An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" by John Locke
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Non-text text:
"Mona Lisa" by Leonardo Da Vinci
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Text from another genre:
"The Spanish Tragedy" by Thomas Kyd
Romantic/Victorian Era
Fictional text:
"Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
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Poetic text:
"My Heart and I" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Non-fiction text:
"The Condition of the Working Class in England" by Friedrich Engels
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Non-text text:
"A Love Song of Henri Quatre" by Sir Edwin Arnold
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Text from another genre:
"The Children of the City" by Michael Maybrick
Modern and Postmodern Eras
Fictional text:
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
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Poetic text:
"The Waste Land" by T.S. Eliot
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Non-fiction text:
"In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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Non-text text:
"One and Three Chairs" by Joseph Kosuth,
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Text from another genre:
Blade Runner
Post-Colonial Era
Fictional text:
"Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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Poetic text:
"Spirits Unchained" by Keorapetse Kgositsile
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Non-fiction text:
"Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell
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Non-text text:
"The Dogs of War" by John Irvin
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Text from another genre:
“I’ll Be Seeing You” by Billie Holiday