3 American Romanticism (1)

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1、RomanticPeriodofAmericanLiterature:(1)HistoryandAnthologyofAmericanLiteratureHistoricalBackground(p.50-52)IndependenceinpoliticsDevelopmentineconomyMixtureofthoughtsImprovementineducationEmergenceofprofessionalwritersLiteratureEarlyworksNationalliteratur

2、eRomanticismTranscendentalismAmericanRomanticismlConnectionbetweenAmericanRomanticism&lEnglishRomanticism?lRomanticismlA.Romanticismwasamovementinliterature,philosophy,musicandartwhichdevelopedinEuropeinthelate18thandearly19thcenturies;lB.Itemphasizedind

3、ividualvaluesandaspirationsasareactiontotheIndustrialRevolution;lC.ItlookedtotheMiddleAgesandtodirectcontactwithnatureforinspiration;lD.Itgaveimpetustothenationalliberationmovementin19th-centuryEurope.CharacteristicsofRomanticisml1.subjectivitylfeelingan

4、demotions,findingtruthlemphasisonimaginationlemphasisonindividualism–personalfreedom,noheroworship,naturallgoodnessofhumanbeingsl2.backtomedieval,espmedievalfolkliteraturelunrestrainedbyclassicalruleslfullofimaginationlcolloquiallanguagelfreedomofimagina

5、tionlgenuineinfeelings:answertheircallforclassicsl3.backtonaturenatureis“breathinglivingthing”(Rousseau)1.ConnectionbetweenAmericanRomanticism&EnglishRomanticism?TheattitudesofAmericanwriterswereshapedbytheirNewWorldenvironmentandanarrayofideasinheritedf

6、romtheromantictraditionsofEurope.AnewromanticismhadappearedinEnglandinthelastyearsofthe18thcentury.ItspreadtocontinentalEuropeandthencametoAmericaearlyinthe19thcentury.2.Beginningandend?Beginning:early19thcenturyWashingtonIrving’sTheSketchBook《见闻札记》End:t

7、heoutbreakoftheCivilWarWhitman’sLeavesofGrass《草叶集》☆theAmericanRenaissance3.EnglishRomanticismVS.AmericanRomanticism?Similarities?Differences?It(Romanticism)waspluralistic;itsmanifestationwereasvaried,asindividualistic,andasconflictingastheculturesandthei

8、ntellectsfromwhichitsprang.Similarities:moralenthusiasm;faithinthevalueofindividualism,intuitiveperception,imaginationandemotionapresumptionthatthenaturalworldwasasourceofgoodnessandman’ssocietiesasourceofcorruption.distin