1. Romantic poetry, art, and literature
Romanticism
Romantic poetry, art, and literature

2. Learning objectives
Outline the major principles of the Romantic art, poetry and literature (1,2).
Describe and evaluate the central message and evidence presented in Coleridge, Wordsworth, Friedrich, and Shelley’s work (2).
In what way(s) do the pieces exemplify the principle characteristics of the Romantic movement? Support your claims with specific evidence from each cultural artifact (3).
In what ways do we see the influence of the principles of Romantic art in our contemporary society? In which contemporary cultural artifact can you recognize the influence of the Romanticism? (5) Be specific. Explain the connections you identify.*

3. Poetry
Metaphor
A figure of speech meant to make a comparison between two (generally) unlike things.
Simile
An explicit comparison between two unlike things. Words often used are: as, like, seems or resembles.
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which one part is represented as the whole. In other words, sine aspect of an object or experience stands in for the whole experience or object. It is always a comparison between the whole and the part.
Personification
Applies human characteristics things, animals, abstract ideas etc.

4. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Kubla Khan (1797, 1816)

5. William Wordsworth
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (1807)

6. Caspar David Friederich
Wanderer Above the Sea and Fog (1818)
German Romantic painter
Oil on Canvas
Located in Hamburg, GE
In what ways might you think this Romantic art? What do you think Friedrich is trying to convey to you through this painting?

7. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus
August 30, 1797-Feb 1, 1851
Richard Rothwell 1840 oil on canvas
It all starter with a dare
Excerpt from Chapter 10
What do you think the story is about? What do you think Shelley wants to tell you through her work? Why?
How is her work a product of her time?

8. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus adaptations
1931 Film adaptation
Aeschylus wrote Prometheus Bound c. 415 BCE

9. Learning objectives
Outline the major principles of the Romantic art, poetry and literature (1,2).
Describe and evaluate the central message and evidence presented in Coleridge, Wordsworth, Friedrich, and Shelley’s work (2).
In what way(s) do the pieces exemplify the principle characteristics of the Romantic movement? Support your claims with specific evidence from each cultural artifact (3).
In what ways do we see the influence of the principles of Romantic art in our contemporary society? In which contemporary cultural artifact can you recognize the influence of the Romanticism? (5) Be specific. Explain the connections you identify.*