Unit 10(1 New England Transcendentalism and romantic Age ■工, Romanticism Definitions The essence of romanticism is the ability to wonder and to reflect. In searching the meaning of the known, the human spirit reaches for the unknown in trying to understand the present, it looks to the past and to the future Robert e. spiller
Unit 10 （1）New England Transcendentalism and Romantic Age ◼ I. Romanticism ◼ Definitions: "The essence of romanticism is the ability to wonder and to reflect. In searching the meaning of the known, the human spirit reaches for the unknown; in trying to understand the present, it looks to the past and to the future." ---------- Robert E. Spiller
Romanticism symbolized America s break away from traditional european literature. For the first time writers journeyed to nature. They let their imagination s run free. They created America s first literary hero Natty Bumpo. Romanticism dared to explore the supernatural. Americans were able to explore beyond rational thought Romanticism was spontaneous. Writers and readers could explore individual feelings, wild nature and avoid rational thought, logic, planning, and cultivation
◼ Romanticism symbolized America's break away from traditional European literature. For the first time writers journeyed to nature. They let their imagination's run free. They created America's first literary hero Natty Bumpo. Romanticism dared to explore the supernatural. Americans were able to explore beyond rational thought. Romanticism was spontaneous. Writers and readers could explore individual feelings, wild nature and avoid rational thought, logic, planning, and cultivation
Characteristics of romanticism ■ emotions ■ subJective ■ original ■ youth ■ supernatural ■ into nature ■ innocent
◼ Characteristics of Romanticism ◼ emotions ◼ subjective ◼ original ◼ youth ◼ supernatural ◼ into nature ◼ innocent
■ pure of purpose heavy figurative language ■ 1 maginative ■ American heroes a possibly: arabesque grotesque ■ past subject matter
◼ pure of purpose ◼ heavy figurative language ◼ imaginative ◼ American heroes ◼ possibly: arabesque grotesque ◼ past subject matter
Elements of romanticism 1. Frontier: vast expanse, freedom, no geographic limitations 2. Optimism: greater than in Europe because of the presence of frontier 3. Experimentation: in science, in institutions a 4. Mingling of races: immigrants in large numbers arrive to the Us ■5, Growth of industria|izatⅰon polarization of north and south, north becomes industrialized, south remains agricultural
◼ Elements of Romanticism ◼ 1. Frontier: vast expanse, freedom, no geographic limitations. ◼ 2. Optimism: greater than in Europe because of the presence of frontier. ◼ 3. Experimentation: in science, in institutions. ◼ 4. Mingling of races: immigrants in large numbers arrive to the US. ◼ 5. Growth of industrialization: polarization of north and south; north becomes industrialized, south remains agricultural