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Characteristics of American Romanticism

Characteristics of American Romanticism. More valuable than reason Stick to your guts/conscience over logic/mind. Feeling and Intuition. Faith. Faith placed in inner expression Faith placed in the power of the imagination.

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Characteristics of American Romanticism

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  1. Characteristics of American Romanticism

  2. More valuable than reason Stick to your guts/conscience over logic/mind Feeling and Intuition

  3. Faith • Faith placed in inner expression • Faith placed in the power of the imagination

  4. A Typical American Romantic belief that reason and logic are limiting and imagination is superior is illustrated in this quote from Albert Einstein

  5. Civilization vs. Nature • Shuns the artificiality of civilization • Seeks unspoiled nature

  6. The City (Civilization!) • Corruption Immorality Reason Logic Planning routine • Poor working conditions Conformity • No imagination or freedom • Romantics shun the artificiality of civilization and seek unspoiled nature!

  7. Innocence vs. Sophistication • Prefers youthful innocence over educated sophistication

  8. Individuals • Champions individual freedom • Promotes the worth of the individual

  9. Nature’s Beauty • Contemplation of nature leads to spiritual and moral development

  10. Past vs. Progress • Looks backwards to the wisdom of the past • Distrusts progress

  11. Beauty and Truth • Found in exotic locales • Found in the supernatural realm

  12. Beauty and Truth • Found in the inner world of the imagination

  13. Poetry • Viewed as the highest expression of the imagination

  14. Poetry • Used English themes, meter, and imagery • Used American settings and subject matter

  15. Inspiration • Found in myth • Found in legend • Found in folk culture

  16. American Romantic Hero • Is young or possesses youthful qualities • Innocent and pure of purpose

  17. American Romantic Hero • Has a sense of honor based not on society’s rules but on some higher principle

  18. American Romantic Hero • Has a knowledge of people and of life based on deep, intuitive understanding, not formal learning

  19. American Romantic Hero • Loves nature and avoids town life • Quests for higher truth in natural world

  20. The Romantic HERO • The classic hero of the time was James Fennimore Cooper’s Natty Bumppo.

  21. There are 21st Century Natty Bumppo descendants all around us in the guise of pop-culture heroes all around us! The Man with No Name Rugged and lives in nature! Luke Skywalker Intuitive and uses the “force!” Indiana Jones Always on a quest for a pure purpose!

  22. 1 3 2 4 Can you make a connection between each image a value of the American Romantics?? 6 7 5 8

  23. Journal 1 • Describe a journey that you’ve taken. Write at least half a page.

  24. Journal 2 • Describe your favorite get-away place. Write at least half a page.

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