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Romanticism Introspective Thought, Love, and the Beauty of Nature

Romanticism Introspective Thought, Love, and the Beauty of Nature. “Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste…” Oliver Goldsmith. PowerPoint devised by: Jesse Batterham, Jenna Tingleff, and David Edwards . Origins.

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Romanticism Introspective Thought, Love, and the Beauty of Nature

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  1. RomanticismIntrospective Thought, Love, and the Beauty of Nature “Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste…” Oliver Goldsmith PowerPoint devised by: Jesse Batterham, Jenna Tingleff, and David Edwards

  2. Origins • Emerged in 1700’s. • French Revolution • American Romanticism – Early 1800’s • Incorruptible – Ideals that endure! • New Rebellion. • “Freeeeeeeedom!” –Mel Gibson

  3. Ideals • Nature • Senses • Feelings • Subjective Poetry • Personal; product of civilization. • Primitivism • The cavemen had it right! • The Supernatural • Rebellion • Transience

  4. The Comparison Enlightenment Early 1600’s to Later 1700’s Romanticism Later 1700’s to Early 1800’s • Static view. • There is conservatism. • There is uniformity. • There is rationality. • Physics and math. • How life is… • Dynamic view. • There is revolution. • There is diversity. • There are feelings. • Genetics and biology. • How life should be…

  5. Art • Nature • The Raft of the Medusa • -Theodore Géricault Vivid colors and passionate brushstrokes. • War • The Third of May 1808 • – Francisco de Goya Messy strokes and dramatic light.

  6. Literature • The Specifics: • The role of war. • The role of women. • The Gothic novel. • Wild landscapes. • Edgar Allan Poe. • Lyrical Poetry • Feelings. • What did Romantics seek? • View of society? • Urbanization is a plague.

  7. Literature II • The Big Three • William Wordsworth (“The Prelude”) • British Poet. • John Keats (“Ode on a Grecian Urn”) • Another British Poet. • Sensual Imagery. • Lord Byron (“Don Juan”) • British Poet. Yes. Another one. • Satirical, epically ironic, and…unfinished.

  8. Ode On A Grecian Urn “Ah, happy, happy boughs! That cannot shed Your leaves, nor ever bid the spring adieu; And, happy melodist, unwearied For ever piping songs for ever new; More happy love! More happy, happy love! For ever warm, and still to be enjoy’d, For ever panting, and for ever young; All breathing human passion far above, That leaves a heart high-sorrowful And cloy’d, A burning forehead, and a parching tongue.” -John Keats Stanza 3 Ideals of Romanticism: Nature Love Beauty Immortality Time without power. Air of tragedy.

  9. Works Cited • “A Brief Guide to Romanticism” www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5670. 1997-2010. Academy of American Poets. November 2010. • “The Romantic Movement” http://historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=aa73. Gascoigne, Bamber. HistoryWorld. From 2001, ongoing. November 2010. • Emily Hutchinson. Prentice Hall Literature. Los Angeles Unified School District. 2000.

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