W2L2 English introduction Romantic period

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

Good morning V6! 

English class

Mevrouw Plazier/Ms. Plazier 

What do I expect of you?

• Try to speak as much English as possible. 
• Be mindful, respectful & communicate!
• Be on time: more than 5 minutes = too late. 
• Raise your hand if you have a question and be silent during explanations of me/student. 
• Bags are on the ground, phones in your bags. 
• No eating in the classroom (gum included), drinking water is allowed. 

learning goals

I know the basic ideas and features of the Romantic period

nabespreking nulmeting

per leerling: met vragen oefenen die je lastig vindt. 

R = staat letterlijk in een specifiek deel van de tekst

T1=  twee delen van de tekst gebruiken voor het antwoord

T2= interpreteren van een tekstdeel (bijvoorbeeld wat is de toon)

I= open vragen

Dicuss with a classmate

Which questions did you answer incorrectly? 

Make sure to find the right answer. 

Question 1, 2, 8, 20 & 21 

Question 1, 2, 8, 20 & 21 

Question 1, 2, 8, 20 & 21 

Question 1, 2, 8, 20 & 21 

Question 1, 2, 8, 20 & 21 

Question 1, 2, 8, 20 & 21 

Question 1, 2, 8, 20 & 21 

Romanticism

1798 - 1837

neoclassical period - Romantic period - Victorian period

Romanticism

Romanticism ≠ romanticism

neoclassical vs Romanticism

Age of reason: logical, common sense, Greek and Roman culture, optimism, self-confidence

turns into

Age of imagination: simplicity, emotion, individual voices, discontent with world around them

British Romanticism in context

In no way can this Romantic revolution be seen as something typically British or as something that is restricted to poetry or to literature. The ideas and ideals of the few Romantic writers we shall discuss, were shared by millions, all over Europe. Artists, intellectuals, young and old, man and woman, the virus spared no one.

Neoclassical or Romanticism?

Which examples are from which era?

National Gallery - London

Royal Pavilion - Brighton

Garden at Versailles

Garden at Stourhead

Features

- emotional and imaginative

- intuition

- nature (as mysterious force, god-like or supplement for religion)

- exploration of human nature and native past

- exploration of importance of self-expression

- concern for outcasts of society

- focus on individuals/common man

- use of symbolism

- art as expression

- supernatural elements

Bespreek welke features van de vorige slide in dit gedicht aanwezig zijn. Hoe zijn ze te zien?

important names in poetry

first generation: William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey

second generation: John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron

important names in prose

• Jane Austen
• Sir Walter Scott
• Mary Shelley

task

Find something that we can watch/ listen to/ read in class in the first 10 minutes.

It needs to be originally in English

It needs to be accessible to everyone ( np paywall/subscription)

link to the article/song/fragment/....: TEAMS (PZR Plazier)

Task for next class

Find a copy of the book and start reading it!