Romanticism: Mary Shelley and George G. Byron Luis Miguel Toquero Noemí Viñas Carla Erica San Miguel

Outline Historical Approach Key Elements of Romanticism Romantic Characteristics in Literature Mary Shelley (1797-1851) Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus Frankenstein:Themes Frankenstein’s Legacy in Movies George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) Byron´s Poems Conclusion Bibliography Slideshare

I. Historical Approach Cultural movement in art and literature in the 18th and 19th centuries Rooted in German Sturm und Drag movement Close relationships with French Revolution and its ideas. Rejection of the previous Neoclassicism Increase in reading public

II. Key Elements of Romanticism Imagination Nature Symbolism and Myth Individualism: The Romantic Hero The everyday and the exotic

III. Romantic Characteristics in Literature Symbolism and Myth Nature is seen as beauty and truth. Feelings and emotions take priority. Sense of nostalgia from the past. Characters are introduced as symbolic types.

IV. Mary Shelley (1797-1851) Mary Wollstonecraft + William Godwin Relationship with Percy B. Shelley Fled England Moved to Switzerland (Byron’s villa) Frankenstein 1818

V. Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus started in 1816 in Byron’s villa contest: who could write the spookiest story? Finished in 1818 edited by Percy Shelley Main representative of Gothic fiction

VI. Frankenstein:Themes Dangerous Knowledge: go beyond human limits The unnecessary woman a new creature without a woman Monstrosity grotesque and unnatural Terror setting and monster

VII. Frankenstein’s Legacy in Movies I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life and stir with an uneasy, half-vital motion.

VIII. George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) Sixth Baron Byron → Lord Byron Travelled widely across Europe → Grand Tour Castigated for his aristocratic excesses, huge debts, numerous love affairs Befriending Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley Died from a fever contracted while in Greece

IX. Poems Don Juan - “epic satire” - most famous Romantic hero - unfinished Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage - long narrative poem - young man’s reflections on travel in foreign lands

X. Conclusion Influential cultural movement 18th and 19th centuries A rejection of the precepts ideas and conceptions Imagination, nature, individualism and symbolism Mary Shelley and Gothic fiction George Gordon Byron as a representative Romantic poet of the period When you hear the term Romantic nowadays, what do you think? Is it closer to Byron? has it anything to do with Mary Shelley’s gothic?

XI. Bibliography British Romanticism. (n.d.). Retrieved March 18, 2016, from https://faculty.unlv.edu/kirschen/handouts/british_romanticism.html Gregg Wright. (n.d.). Frankenstein - The Creation. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOcJwt8XB4M Lord Byron - Poet, Playwright. (n.d.). Retrieved March 18, 2016, from http://www.biography.com/people/lord-byron-21124525 Lord Byron (George Gordon) : The Poetry Foundation. (n.d.). Retrieved March 18, 2016, from http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/lord-byron SparkNotes Editors. (2007). SparkNote on Frankenstein. Retrieved March 18, 2016, from http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/frankenstein/ The Romantics. (n.d.). Retrieved March 18, 2016, from http://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/the-romantics Volume D: The Romantic Period | The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Ninth Edition: W. W. Norton StudySpace. (n.d.). Retrieved March 18, 2016, from http://wwnorton.com/college/english/nael9/section/volD/overview.aspx

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