Below are the list of important literary movements in English literature. The list is chronologically arranged for your better understanding. Our website is still in construction but once it is completely live you can click on the name of the movement to read about that movement.
1. Lollard Movement (late 14th to early 15th century)
2. Scottish Chaucerians (late 14th century)
3. University Wits (late 16th century)
4. Commedia Dell’arte (16th to 18th centuries)
5. Grub Street Writers (17th to 18th centuries)
6. Comedy of Humors (early 17th century)
7. Masque (early 17th century)
8. Sons of Ben (early 17th century)
9. Metaphysical Poets (17th century)
10. Cavalier Poets (17th century)
11. Kit Kat Club (early 18th century)
12. Scriblerus Club (early 18th century)
13. Graveyard Poets (18th century)
14. Gothic/Horror Fiction (late 18th to early 19th century)
15. Lake Poets (late 18th to early 19th century)
16. Satanic School of Poetry (early 19th century)
17. Cockney School of Poetry (early 19th century)
18. Dark Romantics (early to mid-19th century)
19. Transcendentalism (early to mid-19th century)
20. Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (mid-19th century)
21. Aestheticism (late 19th century)
22. Symbolism (late 19th century)
23. Rhymer’s Club (late 19th century)
24. Fireside Poets (19th century)
25. Oxford Movement (19th century)
26. Realism (mid to late 19th century)
27. Naturalism (late 19th century)
28. Impressionism (late 19th to early 20th century)
29. Imagism (early 20th century)
30. Surrealism (early to mid-20th century)
31. Irish Dramatic Movement (early 20th century)
32. Auden Group (1930s)
33. Georgian Poets (early 20th century)
34. Harlem Renaissance (1920s to 1930s)
35. War Poets (World War I era)
36. Lost Generation (1920s)
37. Bloomsbury Group (early 20th century)
38. Stream of Consciousness (early 20th century)
39. Epic Theatre (1920s to 1930s)
40. Southern Agrarians (1930s)
41. Black Mountain Poets (1950s)
42. New Apocalyptics (1950s)
43. Black Arts Movement (1960s to 1970s)
44. Existentialism (mid-20th century)
45. Agitprop (mid-20th century)
46. Theatre of Cruelty (1950s)
47. Angry Young Men (1950s)
48. Kitchen Sink Drama (1950s to 1960s)
49. Theatre of the Absurd (1950s)
50. Beat Generation (1950s to 1960s)
51. Confessional Poetry (1950s to 1960s)
52. Movement Poets (1950s to 1960s)
53. Theatre of the Oppressed (1970s)
These were the important literary movements in english literature that you must cover to ensure your success in the Ugc Net exam or any exam related to English literature for that matter.
