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ROMANTICISM: It is a philosophical,cultural,and artistic movement - Coggle…
ROMANTICISM: It is a philosophical,cultural,and artistic movement
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FRANCE: The precursor is Jean-Jacques Rousseau with is exaltation ,contemplation of nature and concept of "noble savage"
ITALY:The precursor is Madame de Stael when she published an article in "Italian library" (a newspaper) in 1816
IN ENGLAND:
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LITERATURE
Prose
Horace Walpol : Gothic Novel - Theme of sublime ,linked to feelings of fear and terror
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Poetry
Second generation is composed of : Byron-Shelley-Keats THEMES: Heroism ,rebellion,freedom
LINGUISTIC FEATURES: Elevated language.
FORMS: Odes, sonnets,elegies
First generation is composed of : Wordsworth - Coleridge THEMES: Nature ,imagination ,picture of ordinary life . LINGUISTIC FEATURES : Easy language .
FORMS:Songs/ ballads
Role of the poet , concept of nature , role of the poetry in the works of the first and second generation of romantic poets
COLERIDGE: The poet has the ability to unify in order to recreate. Poetry- He uses the Primary imagination ,Secondary imagination ,Fancy. Nature - Nature is NOT a moral guide or a source of inspiration,it id expression of God's will
BYRON : The poet is not a moral guide . Poetry: It is expression of excited passion ( tragedy Manfred, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage) . NatureIt is not a source of joy,consolation and it doesn't convey any message
WORDSWORTH: The poet is a moral guide ,not superior to men but he has more sensibility and more imagination. Poetry- came from emotion recollected in tranquillity. Nature- He has e Pantheistic vision
SHELLEY:The poet is a prophet and a titan challenging the cosms. Poetry: It is the expression of imagination .Nature : It is a shelter.
KEATS: The poet has a "negative capability" ,he eliminates his certainties in order to find sensations .Poetry : It is the only reason for life . Nature: It is a source of beauty and life, so Nature was another form of beauty which could be transformed in poetry trough his imagination.