2. What is Romanticism? Intellectual and artistic movement Late 18 th century and mid 19 th century Took ideas from 17 th century Gothicism Challenged the values of the Enlightenment such as the social, political and economic changes Valued emotions and intuition, the importance of the individual and the exploration of the natural wilderness Characterised by imagination, individualism, idealism, humanity (especially childhood), nature classified by supernatural or sublime features and freedom of the spirit.

3. Imagination and Human Experience Inherent to Romanticism Imagination: the action of forming mental images or concepts of what is not actually present to the senses Imagination and human experience are essential characteristics of Romanticism People could explore new ideas See things from other people’s perspectives Visualise the future Remember the past

4. Where is it seen? Frost at Midnight(1798) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner(1797-98) -Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) To a Skylark(1820)- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) Song:Memory Come Hither(1908)- William Blake (1757-1827)

5. Skylark

6. Where is it seen? Frost at Midnight(1798) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner(1797-98) -Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) To a Skylark(1820)- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) Song:Memory Come Hither(1908)- William Blake (1757-1827)

7. How literary techniques represent the power of the imagination and its impact on human experience Ballad form Structure of stanzas Variation in tone and rhythm Imagery Juxtaposition Rhetorical questions Alliteration

8. Imagination’s power to inform or to illuminate and to transform When imagination is used to inform, the idea is used as a comment When imagination is used to illuminate and transform, this idea is brought to light, thought about, and results in an outcome

9. Imagination’s power to inform Tell a story Inform others about what someone is thinking See from someone else’s perspective

10. Imagination’s power to illuminate and transform Learn something from viewing a situation from someone else’s point of view Visualise the future to make present hardships appear less challenging

11. Examination or affirmation of the power of the imagination and its impact on human experience? Frost at Midnight, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and To a Skylark are affirmations Memory Come Hither is an examination

12. Does the examination or affirmation reflect or challenge the ways of thinking during this period? The affirmations of Frost at Midnight, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and To a Skylark challenge the ways of thinking The examination of Memory Come Hither reflects it

13. Themes/Issues SimilarDifferent - Imagination, nature, individualism and isolation- Some texts relied on just memory or just imagination - Religion was prominent in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Frost at Midnight but not Memory Come Hither or To a Skylark Structure/style - All were poems - Each written as a ballad - Variation in stanzas, rhyming patterns and number of speakers Context (Text and Author) - All followed a type of imaginative journey - Each involved nature in some way - All were from male perspectives - Each text was by a male author - Coleridge and Blake were first generation romantic writers - Shelley was a second generation romantic writer - Some texts looked to the past, others the future - To a Skylark was attempting to look at someone else’s perspective more than the other poems Paradigms Addressed - Scientific - Social - Philosophical - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Frost at Midnight addressed the religious paradigm

14. Bibliography Books BLOOM, Harold. “English Romantic Poetry” Chelsea House Publisher: United States of America, 2004 MAXWELL, Richard. TRUMPENER, Katie. “Fiction in the Romantic Period” Cambridge University Press: New York, 2008 STANNERS, Barbara. “Exploring genre and style: Romanticism” Phoenix Education Pty Ltd: NSW, 2009 Websites http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oAhlCXJR_cQ/RpCAwaKdLfI/AAAAAAAAA6I/5WNd6N6wa0c/s1600/P B_MG_7171Skylark-10x15.jpghttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oAhlCXJR_cQ/RpCAwaKdLfI/AAAAAAAAA6I/5WNd6N6wa0c/s1600/P B_MG_7171Skylark-10x15.jpg http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/rom.html http://encylopedia.farlex.com/The+Romantic+Period http://english.freehosting.net/englishpoets800.htm http://www.gradesaver.com/percy-shelley-poems/study-guide/section10/ http://www.gradesaver.com/the-complete-poems-of-william-blake/study-guide/section10/ http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/english/extension1/texts/elect2/3993/romanticism.htm#coleridge http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/english/extension1/texts/elect2/3993/romanticism.htm http://www.opendoorworld.com/albatross/albatross_1.jpg http://www.successconsciousness.com/index_000007.htm

15. Discussion Romanticism as an art movement Romantic texts challenging the values of the Enlightenment Imagination then and now