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1 What is Romanticism? Some definitions: Romanticism is disease, Classicism is health. Goethe The return to nature. Rousseau Emotion rather than reason; the heart opposed to the head. George Sand

2 Origin of the term: Early Middle Ages - “Romance” denoted vernacular (vs. Latin) “romanz” – book composed in vernacular

3 Romanticism’s Timeline? Origins in early/middle 18 th century Blossomed in early 19 th century Greatest production of new works: 1798-1832 Delacroix – Liberty Leading the People (1830)

4 German Romanticism Germany = Europe’s “poor relation” at end of 18 th century Voltaire: Germany is nothing more than a word. Sparse literary tradition  Fertile ground for a new movement

5 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) The Sorrows of Young Werther - 1774 Faust I – 1808 Faust II - 1832

6 Four Aspects of Romanticism in Faust 1) The “fertility of chaos” – Longing for order yet the world is chaotic – Examples? 2) Romantic despair/melancholy - Faust’s suicidal despair in study - cave scene

7 Four Aspects of Romanticism in Faust (cont’d) 3) The divine found in nature - cave scene 4) Gretchen – Romantic heroine - domestic role model - yet, kindermorderin

8 Faust and German Nationalism 1860s Germany – Faust linked to ideals of German unification… …later, to fervent nationalism “Goethe’s Faust became the symbol of the determined man of action whom the Empire needed to fulfill its mission.” – Francoise Forster-Hahn

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