American Romanticism
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Review
1. Define the term romantic as defined by Friedrich Schlegel.
Literature depicting emotional matter in an imaginative form.
2. From your notes, list 5 characteristics of American Romanticism.
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Values feeling and intuition over reason
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Values the imagination over reality
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Civilization is bad. Nature is good.
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Educated sophistication is bad Youthful innocence is good.
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Individual freedom is important
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Nature is the way to find God
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Progress is bad (Industrialization)
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Most settings are in exotic locales or the supernatural
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Poetry is the highest expression of the imagination
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Lots of inspiration from myths and legends
3. From your notes, write three characteristics of a romantic hero.
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Young (or at least acts young)
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Innocent and pure
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Has knowledge of people and life based on a deep understanding, not based on education
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Loves nature
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Has a sense of honor based not on society’s rules but on some higher principal
Define each term.
Imagery- language that appeals to the senses
Hyperbole- an extreme exaggeration
Allegory- a symbolical narrative (fable)
Tone- Writers attitude toward a the character or audience
3.
Who was the author of “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”?
Washington Irving
4. What two names did he use as “pennames” when he wrote? (notes)
Geoffrey Crayon, Dietrich Knickerbocker
5. List two characteristics that make Rip Van Winkle a typical Romantic hero.
See the list from #3- they need to give a specific example from the story
6. Why do the women of the village like Rip?
He did their chores
7. Why does rip go off into the woods?
To escape from Dame Van Winkle
8. Briefly describe his encounter with the little bearded men.
As he traveled through the mountains, he heard his name being called . he followed the voice and
came upon a short, fat, bearded man who beckoned him to follow him. He led them to a group of
these men playing nine pins and drinking. He was asked to carry a flagon of their drink, and he tokk
a few sips, liked it, and drank some more. He then fell asleep for 20 years.
9. How long was he asleep?
20 years
10. What does he think happened to his gun?
He thinks someone took his gun and replaced it with a rusty one
11. List two things that he notices that are different about his village.
The American flag, strange people in his town, a picture of the King had been replaced by a
picture of GW, the talk was of revolution and political parties
12. Why doesn’t’ anyone recognize him?
He had aged 20 years
13. How has Dame Van winkle died?
She died yelling at a salesman who had come to her door (irony)
14. Where does rip end up living?
With his daughter
15. What is the setting for “the Legend of Sleepy Hollow”?
Catskill Mountains
16. List two characteristics that show that Ichabod Crane is a Romantic hero.
See list- give specific examples
17. What does Ichabod do for a living?
teacher
18. Who was Ichabod’s rival?
Brom bones
19. Who was Ichabod’s love?
Karina Van Tasslel
20. What was the Legend of the Headless horseman?
It was a Hessian soldier who had gotten his head blown off by a cannon ball and came back to
search for it
21. List two differences between the story and the movie.
Check Assignment- multiple answers
22. List one similarity.
Multiple answers- check assignment
23. What school did Edgar Allan Poe get kicked out of?
WestPoint
24. While writing in Baltimore, Poe earned the title of “Father of the
___DETECTIVE_________________ story”.
25. Whom did he marry?
His cousin, Virginia
26. What are some recurring themes in his writing?
Death, loss, burial, dismemberment
27. How did Hop Frog get his name/
The way he walked
28. What was the king fond of?
Practical jokes
29. Describe the king.
Fat, Oily, Cruel
30. What was the relationship between Hop Frog and Tripetta?
Friends that sympathized with each other
31. What did the King do to Tripetta that infuriated Hop Frog?
He pushed her and threw wine in her face
32. Describe Hop Frogs plot for revenge.
Dress the king and his men in tar and fur as orang-outangs, chain them together to make it
appear as if they were escaped beasts. Pull them up by the chandelier chain and light them on
fire.
33. Find one characteristic of this story that makes it Romantic (in a literary sense).
Values feeling and intuition over reason
Individual freedom is important
Most settings are in exotic locales or the supernatural