PPT-Wednesday, 10/5 Transcendentalism, Thoreau & Dark Romanticism

Welcome to October Time to turn it up a notch Thoreau ReCap How did the two biographical pieces differ Did you talk about this yesterday Why not How did the excerpts from Walden. An APHORISM is a brief cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. . Emerson’s style is . aphoristic. , in other words he incorporates many . quotable . sayings into his essays.. 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.. 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. Transcendentalism, Thoreau & Dark Romanticism. 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?. 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. SchoolRoom. Poets, Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Optimists & Pessimists. Romanticism . Individualism. Nature. Imagination. Distant. SchoolRoom. poets. -Taught in a school. -Memorized. -Cultural provincialism [Universality]. 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.”. 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.. . 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?. What is this from? . What does it mean?. “But when a long train of abuses and usurpations . [. seizing something without right]. , pursuing invariably the same Object evinces . [shows] . a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism . Honors English 11 / Meyer. Pre-Reading Journal Prompt. What expectations do you and/or others have for your life? What is your response to these expectations? Do you resent them or do you enjoy them? Why? . Gothic Literature movement. Dark Romanticism. A literary subgenre of Romantic Literature that emerged from the transcendental philosophical movement popular in nineteenth-century America.. The Dark Romantics adapted images of anthropomorphized evil in the form of Satan, devils, . Gothic Literature movement. Dark Romanticism. A literary subgenre of Romantic Literature that emerged from the transcendental philosophical movement popular in nineteenth-century America.. Works in the dark romantic spirit were influenced by Transcendentalism, but did not entirely embrace the ideas of Transcendentalism. .