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Eng. Lit, LAP 3, Day 1 Introduce LAP Introduce Romantic Literature
Go over William Blake’s “Songs of Innocence” and “Songs of Experience” p Literary term: symbol
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Homework Read William Wordsworth’s “It is a Beauteous Evening” and “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” on pages Write a journal entry of at least 200 words based on the Thinking Through Literature questions on page 738 (#’s 1-3 and 6-8).
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LAP 3: Romantic and Victorian Literature
LAP 3.doc
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Romanticism American Revolution is over; French Revolution is on-going Industrial and agricultural revolutions Many problems such as crime, sanitation, and child labor
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Basic Beliefs Headed by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Part of a movement of protest– not everyone in Britain felt this way. Evil is not a result of human nature, but instead of society– humans are basically good. Emphasis on the individual, the personal, and the emotional instead of on reason
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Romanticism—features, 707
Tried to capture the language and subjects of the common people Rejected the world of science and industry– insight into the human experience comes from communicating with nature. Spontaneity and freedom Fascinated by the supernatural and exotic Nature stimulates thinking
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William Blake “Songs of Innocence” and “Songs of Experience” p Symbol: something that stands for something beyond itself.
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