Romanticism and Realism
Prepare the poems and passage by critically reading them and taking notes. You will be turning in your critical reading notes on these three pieces WITH THE TEST. This is the “take home” portion of the test. Multiple choice, short answer One poem you have never seen
Define Romanticism including dates
An artistic movement in literature, music, theatre, and art characterized by a break with rational thinking and rules. Focused on nature, revolution, inspiration, emotions, ideals.
What genre was most prominent for Romantic writers?
Poetry is most prominent Novels came later: Wuthering Heights, Frankenstein Drama: Goethe’s Faust in Germany and Victor Hugo’s Ruy Blas and Hernani in France
William Wordsworth
Focus on Nature “The World is Too Much with Us” Response to the Industrial Revolution
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Focus on childhood and the fantastic, on dreams and the grotesque Rime of the Ancient Mariner
George Gordon, Lord Byron
The “bad” boy Reputation was scandalous The “Byronic” hero: moody, alone, rebel
Percy Shelley
Married to Mary Shelly Political “Ozymandias”
John Keats
Love and the passions Emotional “Bright Star”
Realism
Artistic movement in literature and art in response to the excessive emotional and idealism of Romanticism The here and now Focus on contemporary social conditions
What genre is most prominent?
The novel becomes most prominent: – Charles Dickens – Balzac – Flaubert – Eliot
Romanticism: emotional, ideal landscapes, dream worlds Realism: the lower classes, urban life, contemporary life