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Transcendentalism Read the three excerpts (written by prominent transcendentalists) Transcendentalism Read the three excerpts (written by prominent transcendentalists)

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Slide1

Transcendentalism

Read the three excerpts (written by prominent transcendentalists)

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? Slide2

Transcendentalism

Movement predominantly popular 1836-1860A writing philosophy that strives to see the world beyond common sense categories

Strives to lift us above common day conflicts and struggles and to raise us to new heights of freedom and

unity with

worldly goodnessSlide3

Transcendentalism

Led celebration of the American experiment as one of individualism and self reliance

Valued

imagination over reason

,

creativity over theory

, and

action over contemplation

Great optimism about the world stemming from belief that

all men and women can transcend limits and reach new heightsSlide4

Criticism

Striving to find truths to match the ideals they believed in created

inauthenticity in some of their writing

Often would stretch/reshape the facts to fit their theories, leaving out

inconvenient findingsSlide5

Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman

Choose one of these writers and work with a partner to identify that writer’s topic, tone, and purposeSlide6

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The “father” of transcendentalism Began by lecturing about spiritual experience and ethical living

Other writers flocked to his writings—all craved a deeper and more profound understanding of human experience Slide7

Henry David Thoreau

Began writing nature poetry alongside Emerson in 1840s

Emerson very supportive of his writing

Took transcendentalism to heart—went to live in the wild and wrote

Walden

Built his own home, seeking to live

simply

Believed in following own moral

compass—not blindly following lawsSlide8

Walt Whitman

“Father” of free verse poetry

Poetry that does not follow a rhyme scheme or structure

Incredibly poor for much of his life

Published his own work

Strove to overcome moral,

philological, and political boundaries

Considered one of America’s

most important poetsSlide9

“Bivouac on a Mountain

Side”

Read and annotate Whitman’s poem

Identify: the

role of his

speaker

Consider: what is the speaker talking about?

Consider: what words does Whitman use to describe the trees, men, and horses? The stars? Slide10

Consider what you got from our time outside yesterday

Did you notice certain things about nature?

Did you notice the difference between doing work inside and doing work outside?Slide11

Imitate Whitman’s Style

Start with “I see before me now”, then describe what you observed

Be sure to include the scenery

Be sure to include the people, animals, or other living things you observed

Be sure to end with your most profound

observation comparing one observation to another