Theme: romanticism in american literature romanticism and transindentalism in American literature. Plan
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ROMANTICISM IN AMERICAN LITERATURE
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What are the specific features of American Romanticism? Who are its best representatives? What is W. Irving’s contribution to American literature? What are J.F. Cooper’s novels about American Indians? Which novel has become the best portrayal of Puritan America? Why is E.A. Poe acknowledged as a founder of a genre of a detective story? What do you know about “Moby-Dick”? Other Questions what type of novels explored the mysterious link to the subconscious mind? Gothic novels what group of people in the Romantic Period was known to the comfortable subjects relating to the family? fireside poetry the american romantic poets modeled their poems after what group of people? Europeans american romantic novelists were inspired by wilderness, expansion, and __? nature what did the american romantics believe was the greatest witness of the power of imagination? what type of writing? poetry in am romantic literature the journey can be summarized by leaving civilization and entering what? nature what time within the romantic period was the coming of age in the romantic period? american renaissance what philosophy adopted by Emerson had its roots in the 18th century rational thought? transcendentalism for transcendentalists they believe everything is a reflection of what? the divine soul there are 2 groups of people within the romantics that saw signs and symbols in human events. one is dark romantics and the other is ___? transcendentalists what literary element is this quote? "what this grim and un-ghastly, g... bird" alliteration "in its deep ravine is snow..." what is the cross in the snow? symbolism the hiss rock ribbed in ancient..." from thanatopsis imagery "the little waves with their soft white hands" personification to nature's teaching, earth and her waters" inversion what is a 4 line stanza? quatrain what is an 8 line stanza? octave what is a 6 line stanza? sestet the attitude the poem creates in the reader? the mood 14 line poem in iambic pentameter? sonnet what poem has a comforting mood about death because in death we'll join others? thanatopsis name given to schools of thought that value feeling and intuition over reason romanticism 2 key words of romanticism imagination and intuition romantic escapism had 2 themes: _ & _ beauty and truth spiritual intuition transcended reason and sensory experience? transcendentalism who had an optimistic view of the world? transcendentalism transcendentalism: everyone is capable of apprehending... God through intuition rise and fall in sound created by stressed & unstressed syllables rhythm comparison - no like or as metaphor attitude the writer takes toward the poem- the words to make you feel the mode tone attitude the poem creates in the reader- how you feel because of the reader mood direct address to an object or someone not present apostrophe set of five iambs (what is it?) iambic pentameter two successive lines that share end rhyme couplet [shakespearean] 3 quatrains, 1 couplet elizabethian sonnet [italian] 1 octave, 1 sestet petrarchan sonnet which poem represents the base cycle of nature & humans small part in the large realm the tide rises, the tide falls which poem: Emerson encourages people to look at nature to find self & describes a profound way of seeing nature nature What does Emerson say about being alone; is he alone? no because he can read and write. to get alone you must go to nature. what's the best part of nature and why? horizon and landscape because man can't own it Emerson's theme? man must have an open mind like a child when he sees nature "no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on the plot of ground which is given to him to till..." [what element?] metaphor what does Thoreau's metaphor of comparing humans to road ties mean? must simplify, cant let progress overpower us element? bird has beak in his heart and is saying nevermore imagery what does repetition of "still is sitting" say about the raven? lasting depression isn't going away Download 34.33 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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