Question

What are periods of American literature?

Answer 1

American literature is often divided into five major periods:
The Colonial and Early National period
(17th century to 1830)
The Romantic period (1830 to 1870) Realism and Naturalism (1870 to 1910)

Answer 2

American literature is often divided into five major periods:

The Colonial and Early National period (17th century to 1830)

The Romantic period (1830 to 1870)

Realism and Naturalism (1870 to 1910)

The Modernist period (1910 to 1945)

The Contemporary period (1945 to present)