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15 Cards in this Set
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Transcendentalism
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coined by Kant, in 1820 unitarian ministers determined the essentials of the religious experience
1) intuition 2) mystery 3)emotion |
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Elements of Romanticism
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individual worth, goodness of humanity, glory of communion with nature, individual freedom of expression, equal oppurtunity
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Transcendentalism - Beliefs
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1) direct correspondance between the universe and the soul
2) by contemplating objects in nature, people can transcend the world and discover a union beyond the individual (unites all-->community) 3)follow your own intuition and beliefs; diverage from social norms 4)people are inherently good |
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Self-Reliance
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philosophy of individualusm, non-conformity, moved focus
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Emerson Themes
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greatness and meaness, inward focus
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Walden
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-moves to lake to find the essential facts - simple
-live deliberately -journal like -people so relient on news -learning newness -concept of lonely |
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Thoreau Themes
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nature, personal, sublime, outward focus
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Whitman Themes
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-no convential themes, literary allusions, rhyme
-New American poet (free verse -base in reality not morality -explored individual identity ("Americanism") |
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"I Hear America Singing"
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-talks of individual working for lifestyle
-melting pot -sense of community *catalog-there are frequent lists of people, things, and attributes |
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"Song of Myself"
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Grass::Individual
Individual::America -everyone needs to learn for themselves -nature = universal language -go back to grass @ death -LIFE CYCLE -speaker dead at poem |
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Dark Side of Individualism
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-exploration of human mind
-gothic literature/architecture -"spirit of perverseness"(Poe) -psychology (Freud) |
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Elements of Gothic Literature
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-desolate, haunted landscapes
-oppressive atmosphere of doom -phantoms; demonic powers -old house, battered by wild elements -ruined abbeys, feudal halls, castles, dungeons, old churches and graveyards, secret passageways -dreams/nightmares -hero's physical and psychological appearance |
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Poe's Role in Literature
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-created the modern short story
.....horror-emotional & shrill-builds to a climax -created detective story ..unemotional and rational (language) ..action is first part of the story ..tales of RATIOCINATION (used logic rather than horror) |
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"The Masque of the Red Death"
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-Prince Prospero takes 1,000 friends with him to abbey
-Red Death similar to bubonic plague -person at end is skeleton -they all die -7 rooms - diff colors -clock represents time is still going on allegory=death, clock can represent life |
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"The Raven"
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-18-six line stanza
POETIC DEVICES: alliteration, assonace, internal rhyme ATMOSPHERE: midnight, dreay, December SETTING/MOOD: negative, dreary MAJOR THEME: loss of loved one SECONDARY THEME: mental instability-insanity |
