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Classicism (Rationalism)

Truth through reason Order, balance, logic important Human nature governed by fixed, unchanging laws Social and common good. Clarity, balance in lit. Function to teach Very traditional Facts The Revolutionary Period. Classicism (Rationalism). Classicism.

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Classicism (Rationalism)

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  1. Truth through reason Order, balance, logic important Human nature governed by fixed, unchanging laws Social and common good Clarity, balance in lit. Function to teach Very traditional Facts The Revolutionary Period Classicism(Rationalism)

  2. Classicism • Believed the world was static and unchanging. • The clock was the symbol.

  3. Rationalism 1750-1800 • Life guided by reason and logic over imagination • Order, tradition, balance important • Quest for democracy • The Revolutionary War-Ben Franklin

  4. Imagination Feeling and intuition Beauty in nature Youthful innocence Supernatural Personal The individual had unlimited potential (women’s rights and slavery issues). Looks to the past (folk tales), Lit. stressed emotions. Romanticism

  5. Romanticism 1800-1870 • Love of nature • The individual • Imagination over reason • The Fireside poets

  6. Romanticism • The world is dynamic and ever changing. • The symbol is a tree.

  7. Transcendentalism Man, God, & nature united in the Oversoul Optimistic-man basically good Emerson & Thoreau Dark Romantics / Anti-Transcendentalists Believed man capable of evil Psychological & supernatural Poe Romanticism

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