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TheRomantics

TheRomantics. (They’re not just lovers anymore!). Romanticism is this…. not this!. The “Ws” of Romanticism When: 1805 to 1865 Where: Western Europe, America Why: Reaction to the excesses of the Enlightenment and …. What?. Rather than Reason as the only sure path to knowledge….

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TheRomantics

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  1. TheRomantics (They’re not just lovers anymore!)

  2. Romanticism is this…

  3. notthis!

  4. The “Ws” of RomanticismWhen: 1805 to 1865Where: Western Europe, AmericaWhy: Reaction to the excesses of the Enlightenmentand …

  5. What?

  6. Rather than Reason as the only sure path to knowledge… Intuition and reflection are surer guides to uncovering TRUTH

  7. Rather than art that illustrates the common values of the society Art is the imaginative expression of the inner essence of the individual With Romanticism,

  8. Individual expression replaces social and political reform as the pre-eminent ideal. Reason Romanticism

  9. Reason is more important than imagination. Imagination kicks reason’s backside!

  10. In the Age of Reason, Nature is seen as a self-contained machine. Romanticism sees Nature as an organic process through which we see the mind of God

  11. Past is the source of tradition, a proving ground for rational laws of human existence. Past is a source of stories that may be fantasized.

  12. Social Reform Humanitarian Reform

  13. Interested in Science, Ethics, and Government Interested in spirituality and the supernatural

  14. Literature, music and art demonstrate the social ideals of the time period. Literature, music, and art express the imagination and emotions of the artists

  15. Actually, American Romanticism comes in two “flavors”…

  16. Transcendentalismand…

  17. DarkRomanticism

  18. (Neither of them is really this: : )

  19. Transcendentalism • The spark of divinity lies within everyone everywhere • The world is a microcosm of existence • The individual soul is identical to the world soul (Over-Soul, as Emerson calls it) • Nature holds the key to understanding the benign God of the universe (so they are the original hippies!) • By meditation, by communing with nature, through work and art, man can transcend his senses and attain an understanding of beauty and goodness and truth • We are spirits in a material world, connected by our humanity; therefore, we must help one another achieve the transcended state (so slavery and the subjugation of women is really NOT COOl! )

  20. Dark Romanticism • Not so sure all people are so innately filled with goodness and perfection • Individuals/Characters prone to sin and self-destruction, not inherently possessing wisdom and/or divinity; many seem to have a propensity for the perverse • The deeply spiritual force of nature can be sinister, dark, decaying, and mysterious • Nature’s revelations are frequently evil and hellish • Rather than achieving reform, characters often incapable of making changes for the better

  21. Transcendentalismv. Dark Romantics all people some people

  22. TranscendentalismvDark Romantics We’re interconnectedand a part of the Over-Soul of the goodness of the universal God We’re prone to sin and self-destruction

  23. Transcendentalism vDark Romanticism God is found in Nature. WOW! God is found in nature. Yikes!

  24. Transcendentalism vDark Romanticism We can transcend! We can descend.

  25. Transcendentalist authors write mostly essays and poetry. Many are poets. Ralph Waldo Henry David Emerson Thoreau Emily Dickinson Walt Whitman Dark Romanticist authors write mostly fiction with some poetry, but are not poets only. Edgar Allan Poe Nathaniel Hawthorne Herman Melville

  26. Both are marked by similar literary styles: • Complexity of language – it tends to be flowery and polysyllabic with generous use of metaphors and symbolism and other literary devices • Complexity of syntax – frequent use of long, compound/complex structures, artful use of parallelism, use of many adjectival and adverbial phrases and clauses, use of inverted sentences • Complexity of ideas – the goal of both is to incite reflection and thought in its audience, to broaden our view of ourselves and the world

  27. Cultural and Historical Legacies Transcendentalism Dark Romanticism The development of an American kind of fiction A counterbalance to the ideal of human transcendence with the ideal of human fallibility The Scarlet Letter Moby Dick • Shift from belief in the evil of wilderness to the goodness of wild places and moral necessity to protect them • The Civil War and the Abolition of slavery • The significant growth of the Women’s Rights and Suffrage Movements • American free verse poetry

  28. But good or bad,godly or devilishblissful or torturedabove allit’s all about the…INDIVIDUAL!

  29. POP QUIZ! • Transcendentalists and Dark Romanticists lived and worked in America at the same time. 2. While the Enlightenment valued the imagination, Romanticism valued reason. 3. Romanticist period reform movements focused on the value of the individual while the Enlightenment focused on the individual’s role within society. 4. Transcendentalists believed that human beings are capable of great evil while Dark Romantics believed that human evil was the result of the influence of a flawed society.

  30. MORE POP QUIZ!!! 5. Transcendentalists are the backbone of the abolitionist movement, the women’s rights’ movement, and the conservationist movement in the 19th Century. 6. The Transcendentalists and the Enlightenment both view mankind as basically and fundamentally good. 7. The end of the Romantic era in America coincides with the Civil War. 8. Romanticists are tree huggers and predecessors to hippies.

  31. even more POP QUIZ 9. The Romanticists are easier to read than the writers of the Age of Reason. 10. In Transcendentalist thought, we are all a part of the great god of the universe, the Over-Soul. • While the Age of Reason mistrusted mixing politics and religion, Romantics thought it was a good idea. 12. Romantics were intrigued with the supernatural and included supernatural elements in their story lines.

  32. You have GOT to be kidding! Still more POP QUIZ! 13. Would you be more likely to find a murder the topic in a work by a Transcendentalist or a Dark Romantic? • Is the Bill of Rights more like the Enlightenment view of government or the Transcendental view? • Which is more likely to uplift and inspire: Transcendentalist writing or Dark Romantic writing? • Match the writer to his/her school of thought: a. Edgar Allan Poe b. Walt Whitman c. Thomas Jefferson d. Ralph Waldo Emerson e. Patrick Henry f. Henry David Thoreau

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