American Romanticism by Vivianne Chung [Student WHS] https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb en-us 2018-12-10 15:11:41 UTC 2018-12-12 15:35:09 UTC hello@padlet.com What is Transcendentalism and how is the same and different from Romanticism? vchung1011_2 https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb/wish/312963532
  • Transcendentalism is the idea of determining the ultimate reality of God, the universe, the self, and other important matters, one must transcend, or go beyond, everyday human experience in the physical world.
  • Transcendentalism is similar to romanticism because both are idealistic and sought to transcend through the spiritual experiences in nature
  • Transcendentalism is different to romanticism because romanticism valued feelings over reason and logic and transcendentalism tries go find the truth about the world
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    ]]>     2018-12-10 15:15:50 UTC https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb/wish/312963532     What was important to Transcendentalists? vchung1011_2 https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb/wish/312963680
  • The important thing to transcendentalist is idealism and human perfectibility.
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    ]]>     2018-12-10 15:16:02 UTC https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb/wish/312963680     Transcendentalists were just as much about what they were against than what what they were for, so what were some ideas that Transcendentalists against? vchung1011_2 https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb/wish/312963807
  • Transcendentalist were against rational thinking like Benjamin Franklin. Franklin believed by looking at nature, you can examined it scientifically and use it to help humanity. However, transcendentalist gazed on nature and feeled the presence of the "Divine Soul".
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    ]]>     2018-12-10 15:16:10 UTC https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb/wish/312963807     Who are Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau? What were their philosophical and literary contributions to Transcendentalism? vchung1011_2 https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb/wish/312964047
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson was the leader of the Transcendentalist. He believe transcendentalism isn't a philosophy but "the very oldest thoughts cast into the mold of the new times". The literally contribution to Transcendentalism was the Fireside Poets.
  • Henry David Thoreau was a poet. His philosophical thinking was that "contemplation of the natural world led to a more generalized emotional and intellectual awakening. A literary contribution to transcendentalism was his poem called "The Cross of Snow".
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    ]]>     2018-12-10 15:16:29 UTC https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb/wish/312964047     What years did the Romantic Period in America take place? jiceja1001_2 https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb/wish/312970387 The Romanticism Period (1800-1860) took place by the beginning of the nineteenth century, in which Americans had forged an independent nation, but yet created their own cultural identity. 
    (Literature Book)]]>     2018-12-10 15:25:48 UTC https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb/wish/312970387     What was important to the Romantics? In what important ways was the beliefs of Romantics different from Deists? jiceja1001_2 https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb/wish/312970507 Romantics valued feelings over reason and logic, the power of imagination and the individual spirit, and the beauty of the natural world. 
    The difference between Romantics and Deists is one of emphasis and goal. Deists were defined by their religion and found the God they knew from the bible. The Romantics  believed that the imagination was able to discover truths that the rational mind could not reach.   
    (Literature Book)]]>     2018-12-10 15:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb/wish/312970507     What did authors from this time period mainly focus on in their writing? jiceja1001_2 https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb/wish/312970620 Romantics mainly focused on the natural world until dull reality fell away to reveal beauty and truth. 
    (Literature Book)]]>     2018-12-10 15:26:12 UTC https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb/wish/312970620     What is Gothic literature? jiceja1001_2 https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb/wish/313433286 Gothic Literature is known as the darkest form of Dark Romanticism in which the expressions of self-destruction and sin involving sheer terror, graphic images, madness, and the supernatural.
    “Gothic Literature - Study Guide.” Short Stories and Classic Literature, americanliterature.com/gothic-literature-study-guide.]]>     2018-12-11 15:12:10 UTC https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb/wish/313433286     Why was it also referred to as Dark Romanticism? jiceja1001_2 https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb/wish/313433355
  • Romanticism is also referred to as Dark Romanticism because it talks about how the psychological effects on human psyche but in contrast, it also talks about having the good and evil sides.
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    ]]>     2018-12-11 15:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb/wish/313433355     What ideas and themes did these authors focus on in their writing? jiceja1001_2 https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb/wish/313433488 Gothic Literature authors focused on the feature in which any Gothic narrative is a haunted space that reflects or corresponds to a haunted mind. 
    “Gothic Literature - Study Guide.” Short Stories and Classic Literature, americanliterature.com/gothic-literature-study-guide. ]]>     2018-12-11 15:12:30 UTC https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb/wish/313433488     Who are some of the more famous Gothic writers to come out of this literary period? jiceja1001_2 https://padlet.com/vchung1011_2/c4ixj7ut8oyb/wish/313433618 Edgar Allen Poe is one of the best known authors of the dark romanticism subgenre. Edgars writing examples would be ¨The Raven¨, ¨The Tell-Tale Heart¨, and ¨The Cask of Amontillado.¨ 
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