December 1, 2015

Using the list provided, fill in your vocabulary chart for lesson 22. As usual, any missing information is your responsibility.

*You may use the dictionaries at the back of the room or Dictionary.com.

Literary Timeline

…up through Romanticism

PURITANISM 1600-1750

• Private soul-searching• People are by nature __________• Belief in Predestination• Interest in achieving after life• Strive to be the idealic society/ perfection • Writing explored evidence of God’s Grace in life• Making daily tasks enjoyable and a blessing to

God.• Finding good in others

Rationalism/Revolutionary Period (1750-1800+)

• Valued Reason and logic over Faith• People are by nature ____________• Belief in hard work and perseverance• Focus on state of life on Earth instead of afterlife• Interest in science, ethics, government, freedoms, self- improvement rather

than religion• Focus on patriotism • Focus on breaking free from strict British rule• Kindness to others• **By using logic/reason humans can manage themselves without

depending on authority• REASON THRIVES ON FREEDOM- Freedom to: experiment, question,

think, try, hypothesize, correct, retry...• Through reason evils could be corrected and superstition and ignorance

ended

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Romanticism:The mood and themes evoked by this painting are the same elements you will be seeing in works from the Romantic Era.Characteristics include:• Nature as a healing force • use of the supernatural • emphasis on human individuality • belief in innate goodness • advocacy of free thought.

ROMANTICISM (1800-1850)

• American authors compared to and competing with British authors

• Belief that American authors are less sophisticated• Focus on the triumph of the common man-

successful and independent• Literary groups began to form in New York to

become more sophisticated- culture, refined arts, painting, poetry

ROMANTICISM (1800-1850) cont.

• Artistic- imagination, intuition, emotions, mysterious, intense respect for nature, relationship between nature and human imagination

• Myths, tales, legends, folklore, poetry • Literature both for entertainment AND to

make a point• Dialect- flavor of an area

Principles of Romanticism:

1. Individualism: Each individual was a law unto himself, responsible to God alone for his behavior.

2. Emphasis on emotion, intuition, and faith: Truth could be found within oneself or perceived through one’s inner feelings and intuition.

3. Glorification and fantasy of nature: Nature to the Romanticist is alive, changing, powerful and filled with the divine spirit. Nature is highly respected.

Principles of Romanticism:

4. Primitivism: a belief in the value of what is simple and unsophisticated. (the common man)

5. Art and the Artist: The artist should be viewed as a special individual, a genius.

6. Gothic Style: Romanticists had a fascination with the supernatural, death, the mysterious, the dark, the grotesque, and with horror. Romanticists saw such things as natural and felt there was an unappreciated beauty in such things.

Important Romantic Figures/ texts:

• Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star Spangled Banner”

• Washington Irving- “Legend of Sleepy Hollow”• William Cullen Bryant• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • Edgar Allan Poe

Rom. Literature cont.

• Literature often included:–Bizarre human experiences– Love of nature– Sense of mystery– Extreme emotion – often shown through

tone and mood of the piece or setting, plot and characters–Concern for the common man

Gothic Novels Characterized by:

• intense emotion • the characterization of nature as a

powerful and destructive force • the use of weather and

atmosphere to depict mood • Women in distress; threatened by

a powerful, impulsive, tyrannical male

• suggestion terror, horror, mystery, and suspense

MJ's Thriller

Summary Questions:

1. What is it in human nature that attracts us to gothic tales?

2. Can you think of any previously read titles that are gothic in nature?

3. Complete the Guided Notes. Use your notes and the information starting on page 300 of your textbook.

December 8, 2015

Have your journal on your desk.

Open to the next free page.