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Slide 1 - Slide
A Survey of English Literature
Romanticism
Part 1
Slide 2 - Slide
Romanticism
- The Eighteenth Century
- The Romantic Period (1798 - 1830)
- Romantic literature: characteristics / poets / authors
Slide 3 - Slide
What are the main topics of
Romantic literature?
Slide 4 - Mind map
The Eighteenth Century
The Neo-Classical Period / The Age of Reason
Neo-Classical
: classical influence > absolute authority
Result: "good art" >> imitation of the classics
Reason
: rational and balanced judgement, based on knowledge, no personal emotions
Result: "good art" > strict rules regarding form and content
Slide 5 - Slide
Slide 6 - Slide
The Eighteenth Century
Britain
: becomes the world's
leading economic power
Wealth based on colonies and trade
Tea, silks and spices (India)
Atlantic "Triangular Trade"
Industrial Revolution (introduction of steam engine)
Slide 7 - Slide
Triangular trade
Slaves
Plantation crops (sugar, cotton and tobacco)
Manufactured goods
Slide 8 - Slide
The Nineteenth Century
Late 18th/early 19th century: great changes!
Society - industrial cities; poverty among workers
Nature - large-scale environmental pollution
Great changes outside Britain:
Slide 9 - Slide
The Nineteenth Century
1776 Declaration of Indepence
French Revolution (1789)
Inspiration for many British intellectuals (liberty, equality, fraternity)
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
Gave rise to great
patriotism
Trafalgar: French navy defeated - Lord Nelson
Waterloo: Napoleon defeated - Duke of Wellington
Slide 10 - Slide
Slide 11 - Slide
The Romantic Period
1798 - 1830
Romantic -
from 'romance' > story of adventure and imagination
anti (neo-)classical, anti rationalist!
six central themes:
Slide 12 - Slide
The Romantic Period
the
beauty
and value of
nature
idealization of the
countryside
and
country people
the (idealized)
past
distant and
exotic cultures
children
(innocent, not yet corrupted by the world)
the
supernatural
Slide 13 - Slide
Romantic literature
Poetry
Most of it
lyrical
(expressing poet's feelings and emotions)
Some of it
narrative
(art ballads > imitations of medieval ballads)
Drama
A re-evaluation of Shakespeare
Prose
The
historical novel
becomes very popular
Slide 14 - Slide
What are the main topics of
Romantic literature?
Slide 15 - Mind map
Which answer best defines the Triangular Trade?
A
slaves - goods - crops
B
crops - slaves - goods
C
slaves - crops - goods
D
crops - goods - slaves
Slide 16 - Quiz
In which year did the American colonies declare their indepence?
A
1789
B
1733
C
1767
D
1776
Slide 17 - Quiz
Who defeated the French army at Trafalgar?
A
Duke of Wellington
B
Lord Nelson
C
Lord Tennyson
D
Duke of Edinburgh
Slide 18 - Quiz
Next lesson
Introduction to Romantic poets + novelists
Examples of Romantic literature
Assignments
Bring reader&workbook 3 + your notebook!
Slide 19 - Slide
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