Presentatie the Romantic period

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The romantic period

1798-1837

Iske Heijnes, Mats van Dijk, Olaf de Knegt en Stijn van Acker

Content

- Background of the Romantic period

 

What was going on in this time period? 

- Reaction to the enlightenment

- Important styles of the Romantic period

- William Wordsworth 

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

How does the Romantic period follow the enlightenment?

What are  important styles/genres/subjects of the Romantic period?

What makes Wordsworth important to The Romantic period?

What makes Coleridge important to The Romantic period?

Background of The Romantic period

- 1798 to 1837

- beginning: Lyrical Ballads

- end: crowning of Queen Victoria 

- major social shift  

- agricultural Revolution 

- industrial Revolution

- living conditions were bad

Which factors played a big role in the Agricultural revolution?

1. Crop rotations and clover
2. Clover and nitrogen to make fertilizer
3. Crop rotations and carrots
4. Good harvests

Reaction to the enlightenment

The romantic period was:

-not what the name makes it sound like 

 

 

-a reaction to the industrial revolution

Literature:

- more spiritual

-centered around freedom

-against the rationalization of nature

- Supernatural elements

"Fun" fact:

What is the difference between the writing style of The Romantic period and the Enlightenment period?

1. The writers of The Romantic period wrote more satire and descriptive pieces of work
2. The writers of The Enlightenment period wrote more scientific and spiritual books
3. The writers of The Romantic period and The Enlightenment period had the same style
4. The literature of The Romantic period had more spiritual and supernatural elements

Important styles of the Romantic period

Important subjects:

- emotion

- individualism

musical styles:

- intense energy

- passion

What were the most important musical styles in The Romantic period?

1. expansive symphonies, dramatic operas and passionate songs
2. dramatic operas and pop music
3. expansive symphonies
4. love songs

William Wordsworth 

-born on April 7, 1770

- walked trough France

-Lyrical Ballads and The Prelude 

- made poetry accessible to the average person 

- worked together with Samuel Coleridge 

What was William Wordswoth's best known work?

1. 1. A frog went a court in
2. The bible
3. The prelude
4. Louis van Gale

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

-Kubla Khan;

-opium addiction

- one of best works from the Romantic Period

When was Kubla Khan published?

1. in 1815
2. in 1804
3. in 1816
4. in 1103

Questions?