World Literature Periods THE ENLIGHTENMENT (NEOCLASSICAL) PERIOD (C. 1660-1790) ROMANTIC PERIOD (c. 1790-1830) VICTORIAN PERIOD And The 19th Century (c. 1832-1901) MODERN PERIOD (c. 1914-1945) POSTMODERN PERIOD (c. 1945 onward) ENLIGHTENMENT/REVOLUTIONARY (1750-1800) ROMANTICISM (1800-1840) REALISM (1865-1915)