Small group discussions...
Romanticism Power Point
Stopped at Slide # 5 (see below)
Characteristics of American Romanticism
Values feeling and intuition over reason.
Place faith in inner experience and the power of imagination.
Shuns the artificiality of civilization and seeks unspoiled nature.
Prefers youthful innocence to educated sophistication.
Champions individual freedom and the worth of the individual.
Reflects on nature’s beauty as a path to spiritual and moral development.
Looks backward to the wisdom of the past and distrusts progress.
Finds beauty and truth in exotic locales, the supernatural realm and the inner world of the imagination.
Sees poetry as the highest expression of imagination.
Finds inspiration in myth, legend, and folklore.
HW: read SL ch 7-8 (68-80) for Tuesday and write one question for discussion
Things to consider while reading:
What elements of Romanticism do you see in the text? How does Hawthorne juxtapose the very different worldviews of Romanticism and Puritanism?
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