PPT-AMERICAN ROMANTICISM: INTRODUCTION (1800-1860)

The Age of Reason or The Enlightenment Founded on Deism Logic Inalienable rights It also brought Industrialization growth of cities and factories American expansion Lewis and Clark and Manifest Destiny .  . Colonial literature. Puritanism – . Belief that man is inherently evil. Only the divine mercy of God will allow them into Heaven.. Rationalism-. . Humans can use their own reasoning; they do not need God to figure out their own solutions to their own problems.. 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) . p. 215-6. English III. CHS. C. Edge. I. Characteristics of American Romanticism. Affirmation of feeling and intuition over reason. Faith in imagination, inner experience, and youthful innocence, rather than educated sophistication. Definition. A movement in art, literature, and music during the 19. th. century. . Characterized by the 5 “I”s. Imagination. Intuition. Idealism. Inspiration. Individuality. Imagination. Imagination was emphasized over “reason.”. American Romanticism. According to Nathaniel Hawthorne, a romantic novel was concerned with . internal truths, or “truths of the human heart” . (preface to House of the Seven Gables). . Romanticism. English Language Arts Standards >> Reading: Literature >> Grade 11-12. Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century foundational works of American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics. . 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). 1800 - 1860. Write a brief description of what it means to be “romantic”. Is this romantic?. Actually, in American literature . THIS . is Romantic. Do these pictures have anything in common?. Yes, look again…. 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. We will walk with our own feet. we will work with our own hands. we will speak our own minds. -Ralph Waldo Emerson. Political and Social Milestones. The Louisiana Purchase - 1803. The Gold Rush - 1849. . 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 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