Romanticism
What are the 2 types of Romanticism?
Transcendentalism
Dark Romanticism
What is the American Dream?
The thought that you can do anything if you work hard enough.
What were some factors of the change?
Civil War, Expansion of railroads, invention of telegraph, mass immigration, rapid industrialization, and more urban areas
What is transcendentalism?
Mans connection to God and nature outside of society.
Romanticism focuses of mans connection to .... (there are 2 answers)
God and Nature
Reasons for change:
Disillusionment (bored of old traditions), rejection (no traditional themes/styles), and experimentation
Describe the North, otherwise known as the Union...
Favored a centralized federal government, had large cities, and was industry based
Give an example of a transcendentalist piece of literature...
"Nature" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Self Reliance" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Civil Disobedience" - Henry David Thoreau
"Walden" - Henry David Thoreau
What is the opposite of a Romanticist?
Rationalist
What place was considered the "New Eden" or place with unlimited opportunities at the time?
America
Describe the South, otherwise known as the Confederacy...
Wanted States to have the power to choose their own laws, and they were agrarian based
Transcendentalist writers:
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
What does nature provide?
Truth, Beauty and Freedom
Describe some aspects of Progress and Destitution...
Progress: the Empire State Building, the Golden Gate Bridge, The Hoover Dam
Destitution: suffering, desperation, the Great Depression
What were the types of realist literature?
Regionalism
Naturalism
What are tenets?
A principle generally held to be true
Describe Rationalists vs. Romantics
Rationalists: building cities and society, invention and science, God let us act on our own
Romantics: society is corruption, youthful innocence is valued, God is found in nature and land
What are Ezra's 3 rules?
Be direct.
Be concise.
Break away.
Describe the different types of realist literature...
Regionalism: talked about a specific region and used the dialect of those people, ex: Mark Twain
Naturalism: looked at science to understand human psychology, ex: Stephen Crane
What are the tenets of transcendentalism?
(Name at least 1)
1. Nonconformity
2. Self - Reliance
3. Importance of Nature
4. Intuition
5. Simplified Life