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Tuesday, November 27 th

Tuesday, November 27 th. Topic: Romantic & Gothic Lit Level: Applying and Synthesizing . Agenda: Romantic & Gothic Lit Edgar Allen Poe Quick Write! Allegory. A/A: C-Notes Quick Write . Romanticism

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Tuesday, November 27 th

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  1. Tuesday, November 27th Topic: Romantic & Gothic Lit Level: Applying and Synthesizing • Agenda: • Romantic & Gothic Lit • Edgar Allen Poe • Quick Write! • Allegory • A/A: • C-Notes • Quick Write

  2. Romanticism A period in American literature that began in 1800 (or so) and lasted until 1860. Emphasized the value of the common individual, common language, emotion, hope, and a closeness to nature. Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville represent the movement. Gothic Tradition An offshoot of Romanticism—a special kind of romanticism: the flip side. Hope is turned to EXPECTATIONS OF EVIL. Nature turns into the dark side of the SUPERNATURAL. DARKNESS, DECAY, INSANITY, DEATH Strange Beauty alwaysEXTREME SITUATIONS.

  3. 1809-1849 Edgar Allen Poe

  4. Age 3: Mother (a famous actress) died of TB. Fostered by the Allans, a wealthy couple. • Age 16: Begins writing poetry. • Age 17: Goes to U of Virginia. Drops out. • Age 18: Publishes first book of poetry. • Age 20: Foster mom dies of TB. • Age 21: Goes to West Point. Gets expelled—deliberately. • Age 22: Publishes second book of poetry. • Age 27: Marries Virginia Clemm (his 14 year old cousin). • Age 32: Publishes the first-ever detective story. • Age 36: Publishes “The Raven.” Becomes famous. • Age 38: Virginia dies of TB. • Age 40: Dies in the streets of Baltimore.

  5. Poe – Hawthorne - Melville • “Brooding” romantic – anti-transcendentalist: • Did not believe in the innate goodness of people • Explored the human capacity for eviiiil • Explored characters’ motivation • Included elements of fantasy and the supernatural

  6. Quickwrite! • We do lots of things to keep ourselves safe from disease, injury, accidents, bad guys (and girls), but . . . is safety an illusion? • Can we really be safe in this world? Why or why not? • What kinds of situations make you feel most safe? • What kinds of situations make you feel vulnerable . . . unsafe? Describe and explain.

  7. Allegory • a work of art with two levels of meaning • setting, characters, and objects can stand for ideas outside the work • often meant to teachlessons—simple characters, unnamed settings • early allegory: ideas personified as characters (Good, Evil, Honesty)

  8. Allegory • One type of allegory is the fable. Fables • are brief stories that teach a practical lesson about life • are set in fantasy worlds where animals speak and think • often have animal characters that symbolize vices and virtues

  9. Allegory • Another kind of allegory is the parable. Parables • are brief stories that teach a lesson about moral behavior or ethics • are set in the ordinary, everyday world • feature humans as characters

  10. The Allegory of the School Sad Student writes a story about school, but he doesn’t call it school. He calls it “prison.”

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