ROMANTICISM

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Mind Map on ROMANTICISM, created by Natasha Fix on 11/04/2017.
Natasha  Fix
Mind Map by Natasha Fix, updated more than 1 year ago
Natasha  Fix
Created by Natasha Fix over 7 years ago
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ROMANTICISM
  1. originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century (Germany: "Sturm und Drang")
    1. Characteristics
      1. emphasis on intense emotion and individualism
        1. glorification of past/nature
          1. reaction to Industrial Revolution (1820-1840)/Age of Enlightenment (focus on reason)/scientific rationalization of nature
            1. heroic individualists and artists
              1. content of the art had to come from imgaination of the artist -> concept of genius
                1. distrustful of the human world -> close connection with nature is healthy -> inspiration for poetry
                  1. favor of intuition and emotion -> also Poe's characters are dominated by their emotions
                    1. setting: obscure or unknown place -> timelessness
                      1. ordinary speech
                        1. Greek and Roman ruins
                          1. rebellion
                            1. sense and sensuality (not the mind)
                            2. Dark Romanticism
                              1. literary sub-genre
                                1. fascination with melancholia, insanity, crime, ghosts, irrational
                                  1. self-destruction and human fallibility
                                    1. nature in a sinister light -> Transcendentalism: nature is universal, divine
                                      1. death, supernatural force, loss of love, flawed society, evils of human nature
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