1.  You will need your notebook and a pencil!! NOTEBOOK CHECK TODAY!

2. 1800-1865 AMERICAN ROMANTICISM

3.  Writers celebrated individualism, nature, imagination, creativity, and emotions  Interest in fantasy and supernatural  “deep”  Good triumphs over evil, usually  Strong focus on inner feelings  Imagination over reason/ intuition over fact  Short stories, novels, and poetry CHARACTERISTICS OF AMERICAN ROMANTICISM

4.  The first imaginative/creative literature that was distinctly American  Washington Irving (folktales)  William Cullen Bryant (poetry)  James Fenimore Cooper (novels) EARLY ROMANTICS

5.  Most popular poets of the time.  Read at home by the fireside  Poems contained strong family values, patriotism, etc.  Often memorized in elementary schools  Representative Poets  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow  Oliver Wendell Holmes  James Russell Lowell  John Greanleaf Whittier FIRESIDE POETS

6.  Philosophy that came to America from Europe  Occurred after Revolutionary War  Belief that man’s nature is inherently good  Man and society are perfectible (utopia)  Stresses individualism, self-reliance, and intuition  Representative Authors:  Ralph Waldo Emerson  Henry David Thoreau TRANSCENDENTALISM

7.  Also known as Gothic or Anti- transcendentalism  Man’s nature is inherently evil  Whatever is wrong with society—sin, pain, evil– has to be fixed by fixing the individual man first  Use of supernatural  Strong use of symbolism  Dark landscapes, depressed characters  Representative authors:  Nathaniel Hawthorne  Herman Melville  Edgar Allan Poe DARK ROMANTICISM

8. THE SECRET TO UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN LITERATURE:

9. PuritanismRationalismRomanticism God God directly influences and controls the world Less emphasis on God Less emphasis on God, there is only natural order Things happen because God’s interventionLaws of natureDestiny Man’s Nature Man is inherently evilMan is inherently good Man is good, civilization corrupts Source of truth GodReason and LogicIntuition and self- reflection Fate We are predetermined what we are going to do in life, nothing changes that. God lets the world run its course without interfering We can influence our own lives, but we are destined for certain things Truth is available to The electEverybodyThose who commune with nature SO WHAT CHANGED?

10.  Take notes on the following videos  Washington Irving: Bio, works, and style Washington Irving: Bio, works, and style  Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Summary and Analysis Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Summary and Analysis VIDEO TIME

11. What do you think the world will be like in 20 years? What do you think will change in the world? How would your life, specifically, be affected by the passage of 20 years? JOURNAL 2/3/15: 20 YEARS