The types of literature found in America PRIOR to Romanticism
What is Non-Fiction?
I will also accept:
-Essays, pamphlets, diaries/personal narratives
In Washington Irving's "The Devil & Tom Walker" Tom Walker's wife is described as:
A termagant!
-Cruel
-Greedy
-Abusive
Transcendentalists viewed nature as:
-Beautiful
-A reflection of God
-A source of wisdom and learning
Name one Transcendental author that we read:
-Walt Whitman
-Henry David Thoreau
-Robert Frost
Who wrote Harry Potter?
J.K Rowling
List two historical events led to elements such as awe of nature, escapism, and the importance of imagination in Romanticism?
-Industrialization
-Expansion of Territory
-Search for National identity
What are two poetic/literary devices that give "The Raven" a melodic quality when you read it?
-General and internal rhyme scheme
-Alliteration
-Repetition
In "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" Walt Whitman says individuals should:
-Leave the classroom, reject logical learning, and embrace experiential, intuitive and natural learning
-Be an individual, go against the mainstream
Who wrote "The Devil & Tom Walker"
Washington Irving
Two sub-categories found within Romanticism?
-Transcendentalism
Compared to "The Raven" Annabel Lee is less
-The tone is equally depressing, but it does not deal with madness in the same way
How are humans depicted within the Hudson River School Paintings?
-Small
-Within nature
-Roe v. Wade
-Gandhi
-More
Who wrote "When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer?"
-Walt Whitman
Gothicism subverts Romantic thought by:
-Taking Romantic elements and making them dark, gloomy, scary etc.
What does the macabre describe?
-An aesthetic having to do with death and decay
In the "Outsider's" Robert Frost's poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" depicts the theme of :
-Loss of innocence
-Aging, recognizing our lives as part of a larger cycle
How does the Devil & Tom Walker end?
The devil takes Tom away on horseback & the forest around the swamp burns down
Who Wrote The Raven & Annael Lee
Edgar Allen Poe
Transcendentalism uses Romantic elements to:
-Elevate the individual
-Celebrate nature
What Roman gods are referred to in "The Raven?"
-Pallas (Athena)
-Pluto (Hades)
How did Henry David Thoreau practice Civil Disobedience?
-Not paying his taxes
How did the search for the creation of a national identity influence Romanticism?
-The element of the celebration of the individual
Who wrote Civil Disobedience?
-Henry David Thoreau