Romantic Attitudes i o 1. Appeals to imagination; use of the wili ling suspension of disbelief 8 2 Stress on emotion rather than reason; optimism geniality y(和蔼亲切) 3. Subjectivity: in form and meaning 合
Romantic Attitudes ❖1. Appeals to imagination; use of the "willing suspension of disbelief." ❖2. Stress on emotion rather than reason; optimism, geniality(和蔼,亲切). ❖3. Subjectivity: in form and meaning
1. Time Range From the beginning of the 19th century through the outbreak of the Civil War 合
1. Time Range ❖ From the beginning of the 19th century through the outbreak of the Civil War
2.工 deals: Ideals: Democracy and political equality became the ideals of the new nation 合
2. Ideals: ❖ Ideals: Democracy and political equality became the ideals of the new nation
3. Social Background y Economic boom: 工 industrialism optimism and 工 mmigration t hope among g Westward expansion people 合
3. Social Background ❖ Economic boom: Industrialism Immigration Westward expansion optimism and hope among people
Radical changes came about in the political ' ife of the country Parties began to squabble and scramble for power, and a new system was in the making A nation bursting into new life cried for literary expression. The buoyant mood of the nation and the spirit of the times seem in some measure responsible for the spectacular outburst of romantic feeling in the first half of the nineteenth century. The literary milieu proved fertile and conducive to the imagination as well
Radical changes came about in the political life of the country. Parties began to squabble and scramble for power, and a new system was in the making. ❖ A nation bursting into new life cried for literary expression. The buoyant mood of the nation and the spirit of the times seem in some measure responsible for the spectacular outburst of romantic feeling in the first half of the nineteenth century. The literary milieu proved fertile and conducive to the imagination as well. ❖