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Romanticism
Slide 1 - Slide
Romanticism
- The Eighteenth Century
- The Romantic Period (1798 - 1837)
- Romantic literature: characteristics / poets / authors
Slide 2 - Slide
What happened in 1776?
Slide 3 - Mind map
What happened in 1789?
Slide 4 - Mind map
Romanticism starts in 1798 because:
A
Napoleon became emperor of France
B
The Lyrical Ballads were Published
C
William Blake wrote Songs of Innocence
D
The USA became an independent nation
Slide 5 - Quiz
Romanticism ends in 1837 because
A
Napoleon was finally defeated
B
The USA declares war on the UK
C
Queen Victoria is crowned
D
William Wordsworth dies
Slide 6 - Quiz
What are the main topics of
Romantic literature?
Slide 7 - Mind map
Poetry
Slide 8 - Slide
What are elements of poetry?
Write down two.
Slide 9 - Mind map
Elements of poetry
1. Metre: regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables;
2. Alliteration:repetition of initial consonants;
3. Assonance: repetition of similar vowel sounds;
4. Rhyme: masculin and feminine; full and half rhyme;
5. Metaphor ans simile.
Slide 10 - Slide
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 11 - Slide
Slide 12 - 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 13 - Slide
Triangular trade
Slaves
Plantation crops (sugar, cotton and tobacco)
Manufactured goods
Slide 14 - 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 15 - 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 16 - Slide
The Romantic Period
1798 - 1830
Romantic -
from 'romance' > story of adventure and imagination
anti (neo-)classical, anti rationalist!
7 central themes:
Slide 17 - Slide
The Romantic Period
1. the
beauty
and value of
nature
2. idealization of the
countryside
and
country people
3. the (idealized)
past
4. distant and
exotic cultures
5. children
(innocent, not yet corrupted by the world)
6. the
supernatural
7. the
Sublime:
the use of language and description in a certain manner to evoke thoughts and emotions
Slide 18 - 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 19 - Slide
What are the main topics of
Romantic literature?
Slide 20 - 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 21 - Quiz
In which year did the American colonies declare their indepence?
A
1789
B
1733
C
1767
D
1776
Slide 22 - Quiz
Who defeated the French army at Trafalgar?
A
Duke of Wellington
B
Lord Nelson
C
Lord Tennyson
D
Duke of Edinburgh
Slide 23 - Quiz
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