PPT-Nature, Romanticism, and Doubt

Brief Quiz on I Wandered Lonely and Dover Beach In I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud the sight that inspires the speaker to write the poem is Wild swans on a lake A snowcovered forest near his home. Early 1800s -1865 . What Romanticism is NOT!. Despite the name “Romantic”, this literary period DOES NOT deal with sappy love stories. . So…What is Romanticism?. Romanticism is the name of the literary period that followed the Age of Reason (Revolutionary literature) . Romanticism. ACL1002. Studying Poetry and Poetics. . Assoc. Prof Robert de Young. 1. Lecture outline. Overview of . Romanticism. Lecture themes. Romanticism and the Gothic. Romanticism – poetry as reflection. Also called American Renaissance. 1850-1855. What is Romanticism?. A movement that considers the rational inferior to the intuitive.. What are Romanticism’s roots?. Romanticism roots. Reaction against Age of . Romanticism. 1. Lecture outline. Overview of Romanticism. Lecture themes. Romanticism and the Gothic. Romanticism – poetry as reflection. Wordsworth & “emotion recollected in tranquility”. Romanticism and mortality. 1800-1855. Romanticism. The term derives from “romance,” . which from the Medieval Period (1200-1500) and on simply meant a story (e.g. all the chivalric, King Arthur legends) that was . adventuristic. American Romanticism. Important Historical Background. Period of rapid growth: Louisiana Purchase, nationalism, and self-awareness.. War of 1812- America is “for real.”. Mexican-American War (1846-1848) – Texas comes in as a slave state. and Literature. 1800-1855. What led to Romanticism?. Independence in religion and politics. Expansion in America. U. rbanization and industrialism (dehumanization). Confusion generated by science (Darwin, for example). Is there a justifiable reason to kill another person? Why or why not?. Heroic despair: . hero strays from traditional ideals. Women. don’t fulfill traditional roles. Villain: . often misunderstood and lonely. English III. Journal Warm-Up. Consider the following quote by Friedrich Nietzsche:. “The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”. Followed what literary age?. They . believed in the natural goodness of humans which is hindered by the urban life of civilization. . They believed that the savage is noble, childhood is good and the emotions inspired by both beliefs causes the heart to soar.. 1/30/12 Romanticism. 1798 to 1832 in England. Shift from faith in reason to faith in imagination, senses, feelings. Shift from urban interest to rural and natural. From impersonal to subjective. From scientific/mundane to mysterious and infinite. Romanticism 1800-1855 Romanticism The term derives from “romance,” which from the Medieval Period (1200-1500) and on simply meant a story (e.g. all the chivalric, King Arthur legends) that was adventuristic Death of Sardanapalus. Oil on canvas, Eugène Delacroix, 1827.. Musée. du Louvre, Paris. Romanticism. Romanticism developed in response to a growing sense of disillusionment with the values of the Enlightenment. Philosophical skepticism undermined the Enlightenment confidence in reason. Many were already feeling a sense of alienation in modern society as a result of the Industrial Revolution. The Reign of Terror that had broken out in Paris during the French Revolution further shattered the confidence of the Enlightenment. In response to the perceived failures of the Enlightenment, and its confidence in science, reason, and order, Romanticism emphasized the importance of art, the imagination, the emotions, and a different conception of Nature. In contrast to the Enlightenment view of Nature as mechanistic, something to be taken apart and used as a mere resource for industry, Romanticism conceived of Nature as an organic whole, and a place to go to for healing, in order to escape the alienation experienced in modern life.. Welcome to October – Time to turn it up a notch!!!!. Thoreau Re-Cap. How did the two biographical pieces differ? . Did you talk about this yesterday? Why not?. How did the excerpts from . Walden.