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Page 1: American Romanticism Was life after the Revolution boring?

American RomanticismAmerican Romanticism

Was life after the Revolution Was life after the Revolution boring?boring?

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Well…technicallyWell…technically

• It was surrounded by wars!– Seven Year’s War

(1756 -1763)– French and Indian

War (1754-1763)– American Revolution

(1775-1783)– French Revolution

(1789-1799)

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annnnnnd….annnnnnd….

• It was surrounded by controversy!– Revolutions– Enlightenment– Rationalism– Deism– Basic changes in

thinking!– Ideas were getting

thrown around that were never even considered before!

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Remember thoughRemember though

• This time was about freedom!

• Freedom of person! Thought! Religion! etc.

• So what did people do with all of this freedom?

• Well they didn’t at first• People branched out to

new things• Writing how they wanted to

write and for who they wanted to write for!

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This is where Romanticism comes This is where Romanticism comes in…in…

• Journal Entry: Based upon how I led you here through the previous power point slides, what is Romanticism? What do you think Romantics wrote about?

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RomanticismRomanticism• There really is no all-

encompassing definition

• The main comes from the interest in aestheticism

• Aestheticism- the branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, with the creation and appreciation of beauty

• Focus away from humans and towards nature

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Romanticism part 2Romanticism part 2

• We start with the natural and we see where that takes us

• People were experiencing freeing emotions both good and bad with the newfound freedom

• Emotions of Nature – how aesthetically pleasing nature is with regards to human emotion

• It can please, frighten, numb, pain, blind, tickle…Nature can influence a lot of human emotion

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Romantic ArtRomantic Art• John Trumbull - US

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William Hunt - USWilliam Hunt - US

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William Blake - EnglandWilliam Blake - England

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JMW Turner - EnglandJMW Turner - England

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Caspar David Friedrich - GermanyCaspar David Friedrich - Germany

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Ivan Aivazovsky - RussiaIvan Aivazovsky - Russia

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SymbolsSymbols• Alright, so we have

aestheticism• Something evoking

emotion• Now add symbolic

thinking to this as well• Symbol – something

that represents an idea, a physical entity or a process but is distinct from it

• A symbol communicates a meaning.

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Romantic SymbolsRomantic Symbols

• Nature = Beauty• Natural reactions =

emotion• The interpreting of

these natural images, whether through paintings, poetry, books, or other means of entertainment

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Romantic HeroRomantic Hero

• A focus on the individual, rather than the collective: unique…eccentric

• One person to break away from the mold and become a valuable or hurtful asset to society.

• Stories based upon one person, not a group of people

• The Scarlet Letter, The Devil and Tom Walker

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Tragic FlawTragic Flaw

• Greek: Hamartia• One thing wrong with the

individual that ends up being their undoing

• Overly ambitious, too happy, too sad, depressed…usually obvious

• One defining quality• Undoing does not mean

death…perhaps losing of their position in the world

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Washington IrvingWashington Irving

• April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859

• Mostly lived in New York• Considered the first

American Romantic• Wrote some stories you

know• The Legend of Sleepy

Hollow• Rip Van Winkle• All of his stories have a lot

to do with the Appalachian area

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Irving 2Irving 2

• Irving was obsessed with the supernatural

• Took myths and legends from Dutch and German folklore

• Elves, Dwarves, Enchanted forests

• Combined with his love for the surrounding New York countryside

• He was also interested in writing about the corruption of man