济南大学外国语学院英国文学史及选读课件 Romanticism（1）.ppt

The sleep of reason produces monsters Neoclassicism Symmetry ; Proportion; order Clarity Restraint Decorum Harmony Imitation of Greek and Roman originals Dominance of pre-established rules Purpose of art: to instruct by delighting Dominance of the moral over the aesthetic function of art. Romanticism Prevalence of the individual, subjective, personal, spontaneous Emphasis on the power of imagination, emotion, irrationality Search for the transcendental. Imagination as way to reach transcendental experience/truth Appreciation for the power/beauty of untamed nature; pantheism; interdependence of living things Romanticism Preoccupation with genius, the individual, the exceptional, the exotic, mysterious, weird, occult, monstrous, diseased, satanic, medieval Artist as the supreme creator, rejection of rules, importance of experimentation Romanticism Romanticism Romantic garden Neoclassicism vs. Romanticism Society Reason Intellect Extroversion, balanced, didactic The normative, the social, the citizen Reason and social issues Poet’s skill and adherence to formal rules and traditional procedures Study of Classical Poetic and Dramatic forms Interest in the verifiable, the commonsensical, the familiar A literary movement, which took place in Britain between 1798 and 1832 and throughout Europe roughly between 1770 and 1848. Politically it was inspired by the revolutions in America and France and popular wars of independence in some countries. Socially it expressed a more or less negative attitude toward the existing social and political conditions and supported progressive causes, though when these were frustrated it often produced a bitter, gloomy, and despairing outlook. Intellectually it marked a violent reaction to the rationalism of the Enlightenment and Classicism. Emotionally it expressed an extreme assertion of the self. (emphasis on personal thoughts and feelings, often triggered by observation of nature) Characteristics of Romanticism Imaginat