Romantic Era Unit

1. Romantic Era Unit Lesson on Freudian Lens in Literature and Coleridge, Byron Shelley and Scott

2. Homework ………………. • By Friday read and take notes over the Biog of Coleridge page 594 and the poem “Kubla Khan” on pages 620-623 • By Monday read the first half of Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Parts I-V:pages 595-608 • By Tuesday read through page 618- There will be a Quiz over “Rime” on entire poem.

3. Journals due March 28/29 • 1) Portfolio Entries • 2) ‘romantic’ as our culture see it • 3) Romanticism as the book defines it • 4) Quote Response: “To A Mouse/Louse” • 5) Three Utopian Visions • 6) “Chimney Sweeper”: Inn vs. Exp • 7) “Garden of Love”: 3 pics, summs, themes • 8) Dorothy Prose of Natural Spot • 9) William Poem of Natural Spot • 10) “Rime” Lenses Interpretation Graph • 11) “Rime” Interpretation Paper Outline

4. Freudian Lens in Literature Sigmund Freud b. 1856 d. 1923

5. Samuel Taylor Coleridge • William Wordsworth 1770-1850 • Coleridge 1772-1834 • 13/14 Children • Ran away and caught pneumonia/bronchitis, treated with laudanum • Pantisocracy- utopian society in Pennsylvania • Pan • Soc • Ocracy

6. “The child is father of the man…”

7. Freudian Psychology • Id • Ego • Superego

8. 4 Significant Childhood Events • Used these events later to theorize psychological neuroses

9. I. Guilt Issues • Sibling Rivalry • Wanted Mom to himself -Oedipal Complex • hated new brother Julius • Julius died at 8 months • consumed with guilt

10. II. Repressed Sex Issues • Sexually aroused seeing his mother naked • Oedipal complex • Electra complex

11. III. Prove Worth Issue(Esteem) • Deliberately urinated in his parent’s bedroom • Age 7-8 • Phallic Power • Father remarked, “That boy will never amount to anything.”

12. IV Prove Manhood/ Gender • Gentile knocked father’s new fur cap into gutter • shouted, “Jew, get off the pavement”. Didn’t want to share sidewalk with minority. • Father calmly picked up hat, and moved on. • Son disrespected father. • “Act like a man.”

13. Freudian Lens • Interpretation of literature • finding sexual themes and symbolism in certain objects and events • latent, hidden, disguised content of dream fantasies having reference to a sexual act, or sexual organs

14. Sexual Intercourse • Climbing up a stairway, Crossing a bridge, Riding an elevator, Flying in an airplane, Walking down a hallway, Train travelling through a tunnel, Floating on waves

15. Male Sex Organs • bullets, snakes, sticks, umbrellas, guns, hoses, knives, fountains • rocks • river

16. Female Sex Organs • ovens, boxes, tunnels, closets , caves, caverns, chasm, bottles, ships • breasts: apples, peaches, grapefruits, melons

17. other sexual acts…from “Kubla Khan” • Woman playing a flute • Man feeding on honeydew • Man drinking milk

18. “Kubla Khan” • 1797 Coleridge recovering from an illness, taking ‘medication’ • Fell asleep while reading from Samuel Purcha’s Pilgrimage, a passage describing Genghis Khan’s son, Kubla Khan and his palace (the Forbidden City, in Peking) • Awoke from the dream but was interrupted before he could complete writing down the entire poem • Thus, Coleridge, called this ‘a fragment of a dream’– obviously this was quite a dream!!!

19. “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” • By Monday read pages 596-603 • By Tuesday read pages 604-618- Quiz over “Rime” on entire poem • The poem is allegorical- it has two levels, literal and symbolic • To many, the poem makes more sense symbolically, than it does literally

20. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” • Marginal notes that actually tell the story • Antique spelling and phrasing to ‘set the mood’ as a medieval ballad

21. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Text by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Art Illustrations by Gustave Dore

22. The Ancient Mariner and the Wedding Guest

23. The Wedding Begins

24. The Crew suffers from thirst…

25. Making Allegorical/Symbolic Connections….. • What does the Albatross represent? • What does the Ancient Mariner represent? • What does the Wedding Guest represent? • What do the dangerous ice flows represent? • What does the crossbow represent? • What does the dice game between Life-in- Death and Death represent? • What does the blessing of the water snakes represent? • What does the saving rain represent? • What does the Hermit represent? • What does the retelling of the story represent?

26. Journals due March 28/29 • 1) Portfolio Entries • 2) ‘romantic’ as our culture see it • 3) Romanticism as the book defines it • 4) Quote Response: “To A Mouse/Louse” • 5) Three Utopian Visions • 6) “Chimney Sweeper”: Inn vs. Exp • 7) “Garden of Love”: 3 pics, summs, themes • 8) Dorothy Prose of Natural Spot • 9) William Poem of Natural Spot • 10) “Rime” Lenses Interpretation Graph • 11) “Rime” Interpretation Paper Outline

27. Journal no. 6“Chimney Sweeper” Inn vs. Exp • 4 paragraphs: Summary, Summary, Comparison and Contrast • Color Symbolism • Point of View • Vision of Heaven vs. 3 way Blame-Placing • Family Situation • Hope vs. Bitterness • Title Punctuation, Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation • Clarity/ Understandability

28. Journal Entry no. 10 • Make a chart using at least 7 of the characters or items or events from the poem across the top. Along the side include at least 4 different possible interpretations. • Fill in the chart with your own ideas of what each thing represents according to that particular lens.

29. Interpretations of “Rime”

30. Interpretations of “Rime”

31. Interpretations of “Rime”

32. Journal Entry no. 11 OutlineJournal Entry no. 12 Rough • Write a literary analysis of at least 5 paragraphs in which you ‘prove’ that the “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is best understood using the Lens you choose to argue. • In each of the three body paragraphs use concrete details/quotes from the poem that you will clearly interpret, according to your chosen Lens/interpretation.

33. Intro • Broad General Topic Sentence • General Plot Summary • Focused Plot Summary • Transition to Thesis • Main Thesis

34. Body – use three paragraphs: one for beg, mid and end • Support Thesis- must have two symbolic items • Lead-in Context • CD with address • Commentary -2 • Lead-in Context • 2nd Concrete Detail with address • Commentary –2 • Transition/Summary/Closure

35. Conclusion • Restated Thesis • Summary of ST ideas • Outside Comparison 1-personal 2-societal 3- literary 4- historical • Return to the literary work • Clincher

36. “Rime” Interpretation Literary Analysis • Intro: • General Opening Sentence(s) • Author and Title • General Plot Summary- must mention all 6 symbols you use in your paper- you won’t have to explain in depth each symbol otherwise your plot summary will be too long. • Focused Plot Summary- mention all the possible Lenses, and then focus on the one your choose as your transition to thesis • Main Thesis

37. “Rime” Essay • Body paragraphs: • Each ST must include two symbols

38. ST’s in the “Rime” Interpretation Essay • For example: • “Coleridge uses the albatross and the slimy creatures to exemplify the happiness that is brought by nature.” • Or: • “The crossbow that kills the Albatross represents the killing of hope and poetic genius through laudanum.”

39. “Rime” Interpretation Essay • Body Paragraph: • Each symbol must have a CD, your commentary is explaining how the item is symbolic • Each CD must have an address: • (Canto, Line, Page) • Before each CD you must put in the context- where does the symbolic item, and the quote come from in the story? • Plot summary belongs in the intro paragraph not in the body paragraph, other than to give context.

40. George Gordon, Lord Byron • Difficult childhood • Dead father, alcoholic bi-polar mother • Poverty and wacko life with mom and physical deformity • Age 10 Inheritance: title, wealth, estate • Freedom from poverty and mom, but ‘issues’ with women • Tall, dark handsome • Grand Tour- Byronic Code Hero: • Childe Harold, Don Juan

44. Poetry…….. • “She Walks in Beauty” • “Apostrophe to the Ocean” • “Waterloo” • “On Fame” • “When A Man Hath No Freedom”

45. Byron’s scandal • Once he was married he lost interest in his wife • Had an affair with his half-sister • His wife left him in despair • The British public was shocked and held him responsible for his wife’s depression and deserting her • He left for Italy, never to return alive…

46. The Greeks sent his body back to England to be buried, but his heart was buried in Greece, the “land he struggled to liberate”……

47. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) • Biography page 636 • Expelled from Oxford • Like Byron left England in scandalous circumstances and moved to Italy • Second wife was Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein • Biography, and cut from the “Gothic Novel” page 670-675 –What are the characteristics of Romantic Era literature in her novel?

48. Shelley Key Quote to ‘unlock’ his poetry • “Poets are the Unacknowledged legislators of the world.” • Poets= artists, musicians, sculptors, authors, movie-makers, as well as poets • Which have the biggest impact on society? Artists Preachers Politicians Educators • Why do you think so?

49. Shelley

50. Compare and Contrast • Byron’s “On Fame” • Shelley’s “Ozymandias” • 4 Paragraphs Summary, Summary, Similarities, & Differences* • *Remember the Shelley Key Quote!!!