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- 1. Lesson 6: English Romanticism And American Transcendentalism
- 2. Romanticis m
- 4. Romanticism
- 5. Romanticism William Blake’s Percy Bysshe Shelley’s John Keats
- 6. Romanticism William Blake’s John Keats “A new heaven begun “
- 7. Romanticism William Blake’s Percy Bysshe Shelley’s John Keats
- 8. Romanticism Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “The world’s great age begins anew.”
- 9. Romanticism William Blake’s Percy Bysshe Shelley’s John Keats
- 10. Romanticism John Keats “These, these will give the world another heart, / And other pulses.”
- 11. Romanticism • Authors wrote in response of the urbanization and environmental side effects of the industrial revolution • the late 18th to the mid-19th century.
- 12. Romanticism • FREEDOM • EMOTIONS • REFLECTION • WONDER • NATURE • POLITICAL LIBERALISM • SUPERNATURAL/ IMAGIANTION • RIGHTS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL
- 13. American romantic -writers- 1 2 3 4 The Early Romantics Fireside Poets American Gothics Transcendentalist
- 14. Transcendentalism -ORIGINS- • It began as a reform movement in the Unitarian Church • it is not a religion –more accurately, it is a philosophy or form of spirituality
- 15. Transcendentalism -meaning- • It centers around the belief that spirituality cannot be achieved through reason and rationalism, but instead through self-reflection and intuition. • The transcendentalist movement encompassed many beliefs, but these all fit into their three main values of individualism, idealism, and the divinity of nature.
- 16. Transcendentalism -premises- • An individual is the spiritual center of the universe. • Self-all knowledge, begins with self knowledge. • Nature is symbolic. • Individual virtue and happiness depend upon self-realization.
- 17. Transcendentalism -notable figure- RALPH WALDO EMERSON HENRY DAVID THOREAU MARGARET FULLER
- 18. Spreading popularity • In its peak of popularity Decameron was everywhere in western Europe. • In the 14th century two well known writers admitted to have imitated boccacio • In the 15th century Masuccio’s il novelle attracted much attention for its verbosity and had reached the 16th century which inspired writers to write more boldly. • 15th -16th centuries countries like Spain contributed in the proliferation of short prose
- 19. Spreading popularity • 17th century emerged fairy tale like stories with realistic ideas and; had also shared great narrative skills • Despite its popularity it was overshadowed by novels.
- 20. Decline of short story • 17th -18th century marked the temporary decline in the west due to the emergence of novels. • The growing preference for journalistic sketches. • It disappeared because it did not respond however….. • it repapered as modern short stories