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The American Romantic Hero

Characteristics of the Romantic Hero Clichéd rather than well rounded The embodiment of ideas A flawed character

Characteristics cont. The American Romantic Hero has qualities that can be found in the beliefs of the Romantics.

Characteristics cont. Individual Youthful Instinctive Utilizes humor based on a higher principal

Characteristics cont. Nature Truth Key to the Romantic Hero Avoids the city Derives knowledge from experiences and nature Truth Finds truth in nature

American Romantic Novel Different from European Romantic novels Created a new and unusual American style American novels ventured into unexplored territories

Birth of Romantic Hero James Fenimore Cooper Father of the American Novel Wrote of the American Frontier The Leatherstockings Tales Natty Bumppo http://www.biography.com/articles/James-Fenimore-Cooper-9256602

Natty Bumppo First American Romantic Hero Character in many of Cooper’s novels Leatherstockings Pioneers Deerslayer Has stark integrity http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug02/COOPER/indian.html

Natty Bumppo cont. One with nature Has extraordinary ingenuity Cooper combines Indian spirit with frontiersman mentality “Nobel Savage”

Natty as an Indian Appearance Deer-skin moccasin Long unkempt hair Represents the Indian antithesis who kills in cold blood while celebrating nature

Natty as an Indian cont. Befriends Delaware Chief Chingachgook Typical Romance Indian Natty’s opposite Eventually takes on characteristics of Chingachgook With Chingachgook’s death, Natty fleas society escaping its captivity

Natty as the Frontiersman Natty represents the linguistic switch from the rationalist thinking to the creation of the American dream Symbol of the natural man Caught in the adapting American society

runningredskins.blogspot.com Rip Van Winkle Prolonged sleep sheltered and ostracized him from society Upon awakening Rip encounters trouble conforming to the new society Laziness helps cause separation from society Involved with nature

Modern Romantic Heroes Today authors still write about the American Romantic Hero Popular examples are Superman Luke Skywalker Indiana Jones superman-picture.com

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Works Cited “A New Kind of Hero.” Elements of Literature. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1997. 147-50. Print. Stevens, Jason. “The American Romantic Hero.” Hoffman Estates High School. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. <http://www.hehs.d211.org/people/stevensj/classes/E302/ Assignments_Activities/Romanticism/american_romantic_h ero.htm>. Sullivan. “American Romanticism.” PPT file. University of Virginia College of Arts and Sciences. "Natty Bumppo." James Fenimore Cooper. U of Virginia, n.d. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. <http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug02/COOPER/bumppo.html>. Unknown. “American Romanticism.” PPT file.