PPT-American Transcendentalism

Transcendentalism Transcendentalism was a group of new ideas in literature religion culture and philosophy emerged in New England in the earlyto mid 1800s Influences Greek philosopher Plato who believed that ideas not things are the most important element in life. The 60’s (1800’s style). Get your Composition Notebooks. Out, please!. Romantics and Transcendentalism . Both movements . emphasized an aesthetic experience identifying new emotions . such as . anxiety, awe, terror, and horror. Differentiate between . American Romanticism . and . American Dark Romanticism . by defining both in one sentence. . Romantics vs. Dark Romantics. American Romantic . authors celebrated and portrayed nature and individual reflection as a rejuvenating departure from the evils of overcrowded urban life.. “ It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, always do what you are afraid to do.”. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. Transcendentalism. Emerson first expressed his philosophy in his essay “Nature”.. Poe, Irvin, Hawthorn, Emerson, . Thoreau. , Whitman, etc... Romanticism. A literary movement originally “invented” by European writers that was then adopted and popularized by American writers in the early 1800s. Light Romanticism, Dark Romanticism, Transcendentalism . Romanticism as a Journey. Away from . Corruption of civilization. Limits of rational thought. Romanticism as a Journey. Toward. Integrity of nature. SchoolRoom. Poets, Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Optimists & Pessimists. Romanticism . Individualism. Nature. Imagination. Distant. SchoolRoom. poets. -Taught in a school. -Memorized. -Cultural provincialism [Universality]. Transcend: to go beyond. What is transcendentalism?. Philosophy that began in the 1830’s . Mostly consisted of New Englanders (i.e. Transcendental . C. lub of Boston, headed by Ralph Waldo Emerson). By Kiera Rae & Jacob Smith. What is Transcendentalism?. Transcendentalism is a religious movement that arose around the 1820-1830s. Based around a set of beliefs, people who followed these beliefs believed in self reliance and being one with nature. This movement was started to combat the way the government was going and to embrace ones self and spirituality.. A 19. th. century literary and philosophical movement, based in New England, claiming that the individual conscience and intuition are key to finding truth, rather than the basic senses and logical reason.. Father of Transcendentalism . Famous Quotes. The only way to have a friend is to be one” . “To be great is to be misunderstood” . “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.” . and try to figure out what the term “transcendentalism” might mean.. With a partner, make . a . list on your board: . What . does a person have to . believe. in order to be a transcendentalist? . . i. n American Literature. 1800-1870. http://www.honors.uiuc.edu/eng255/lectures/12-13.html. Historical and Cultural Background. Write down the essential questions. :. What is the relationship between place and literature?. Romanticism 1800-1855. Poet we are studying from that time period:. Edgar Allan Poe. Emily Dickinson. Walt Whitman. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Time Period:. Industrialization . War of 1812 . California Gold Rush. They struggled to define spirituality and religion in light of the spread of deism / Unitarianism, and the reason and logic of the Enlightenment.. An argument against traditional religious views had come out of the religion largely based on the work of John Locke..