Romanticism

1. Romanticism A Movement Across the Arts

2. Introductory Questions • What does it mean to be “romantic”? • What is the purpose of poetry and art? • What would our world look like without poetry and art? • Watch the clip from Dead Poet’s Society • According to the speaker, what is the purpose of poetry? • Do you agree or disagree? Why?

3. Definition • Romanticism refers to a movement in art, literature, and music during the 19th century. • Romanticism is characterized by the 5 “I”s • Imagination • Intuition • Idealism • Inspiration • Individuality

4. Imagination • Imagination was emphasized over “reason.” • This was a backlash against the rationalism characterized by the Neoclassical period or “Age of Reason.” • Imagination was considered necessary for creating all art. • British writer Samuel Taylor Coleridge called it “intellectual intuition.”

5. Intuition • Romantics placed value on “intuition,” or feeling and instincts, over reason. • Emotions were important in Romantic art. • British Romantic William Wordsworth described poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.”

6. Idealism • Idealism is the concept that we can make the world a better place. • Idealism refers to any theory that emphasizes the spirit, the mind, or language over matter – thought has a crucial role in making the world the way it is. • Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher, held that the mind forces the world we perceive to take the shape of space-and-time.

7. Inspiration • The Romantic artist, musician, or writer, is an “inspired creator” rather than a “technical master.” • What this means is “going with the moment” or being spontaneous, rather than “getting it precise.”

8. Individuality • Romantics celebrated the individual. • During this time period, Women’s Rights and Abolitionism were taking root as major movements. • Walt Whitman, a later Romantic writer, would write a poem entitled “Song of Myself”: it begins, “I celebrate myself…”

9. Origins • Romanticism began to take root as a movement following the French Revolution. • The publication of Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1792 is considered the beginning of literary Romanticism.

10. Visual Arts: Examples Romantic Art Neoclassical Art

11. Literature • In America, Romanticism most strongly impacted literature. • Writers explored supernatural and gothic themes. • Writers wrote about nature – Transcendentalists believed God was in nature, unlike “Age of Reason” writers like Franklin and Jefferson, who saw God as a “divine watchmaker,” who created the universe and left it to run itself.

12. Romanticism Today • Would you describe our society as “romantic” by these standards? Why or why not? • What are some ways our society is/isn’t romantic? • How are we losing our romanticism, what causes this?

13. Poetry Explications • Poetry is open to interpretation as long as you can provide evidence • What to look at: • Title • Form • Rhythm • Diction • Poetic devices

14. Alliteration Repetition of the same beginning sound in a sequence. Examples : Drew drew Drew Reshetar rides rollercoasters drowning in debt a sea of sea shells

15. Imagery Descriptive wordsor phrases that appeal to the 5 senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell- creating a picture in the reader’s mind.

16. Metaphor A figure of speech in which two things are compared, usually by saying one thing is another, or by substituting a more descriptive word for the more common or usual word that would be expected. Examples : the world's a stage he was a lion in battle drowning in debt a sea of troubles.

17. Personification A figure of speech in which things or ideas are given human attributes. Examples : Dead leaves dance in the wind Blind justice Winter wrapped her cold fingers around me

18. Repetition A word or line that is repeated, usually to evoke an emotion or create a rhythm.

19. Assonance:The repetition of vowel sounds. Example: Days wane away Each beach beast thinks he's the best beast The only other sound's the sweep

20. Symbolism:The use of one thing to represent another. Example:A dove is a symbol of peace.

21. Allusion • Reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or the arts • Examples: "Christy didn't like to spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except the bare necessities".

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23. Title • “Empire State of Mind”

24. Form/Rhythm “Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z Lights is blinding, girls need blindersSo they can step out of bounds quick, the sidelines isLined with casualties, who sip to life casuallyThen gradually become worse, don't bite the apple EveCaught up in the in-crowd, now you're in styleAnd in the winter gets cold, in Vogue with your skin outCity of sin, it's a pity on a whimGood girls gone bad, the city's filled with themHail Mary to the city, you're a virginAnd Jesus can't save you, life starts when the church endCame here for school, graduated to the high lifeBall players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight

25. Poetic Devices “Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z Lights is blinding, girls need blindersSo they can step out of bounds quick, the sidelines isLined with casualties, who sip to life casuallyThen gradually become worse, don't bite the apple EveCaught up in the in-crowd, now you're in styleAnd in the winter gets cold, in Vogue with your skin outCity of sin, it's a pity on a whimGood girls gone bad, the city's filled with themHail Mary to the city, you're a virginAnd Jesus can't save you, life starts when the church endCame here for school, graduated to the high lifeBall players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight