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    Native-American Literature‚ c.20‚000B.C.E.-present Characteristics The literature is as diverse as the cultures that created it‚ but there are often common elements such as stories explaining creation or natural forces. Major Writers or Works Oral narratives: Myths; legends; songs; creation stories from groups such as the Zuni‚ Aztec‚ Navajo‚ Lakota‚ Seneca‚ Tlingit‚ Cherokee‚ Blackfoot‚ Cree‚ Inuit‚ and many more. Exploration Period‚ 1492-1607 Characteristics The first European writings

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    Romanticism Chart Characteristics of Romanticism Examples from Frankenstein 1. A deepened appreciation of the beauties of nature When Frankenstein was dealing with the stress of the creature killing his family members‚ he found comfort in appreciating nature in solitude. 2. A general exaltation of emotion over reason and of the senses over intellect After Frankenstein dies‚ the Creature is remorseful. He says that he let his emotions get the best of him; he knows what he was doing was wrong

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    Romanticism: Blake and Keats Blake and Keats were renowned poet during the period where Romanticism played an essential part in creative art and works. Romanticism is an international artistic and philosophical movement that redefined the fundamental ways in which people in Western cultures thought about themselves and about their world. Poets like Blake and Keats writings were influenced by the fundamentals of nature‚ human emotions‚ feelings‚ imagination‚ instinct and intuition‚ reflection

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    Nature in Literature

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    Nature in Literature Nature is one of the most powerful forces that has ran through literature throughout human history. Ever since the first recorded dramas and philosophical works‚ man could not avoid being in contact with the world around him‚ and so his connection to the earth must inevitably be part of his story. In literature‚ when nature is addressed‚ it is often in praise or awe‚ of its terror or of its beauty. Nature can represent the real and visceral as well as the sublime and

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    Calhoun- VP * Jackson’s “New Democracy”- * 1830s-1840s American Literature- * Brook Farm Community- * Antebellum Women’s Rights- * Manifest Destiny- expansionist; American nation destined to expand all the way to Pacific Ocean; American liberty and ideals should be shared with everyone possible even if it means

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    Rogue One Romanticism

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    without a story is a pretty boring thing.” That’s what Rogue One is about. Rogue One is about the rebel alliance trying to obtain plans from the evil empire for a massive weapon called the Death Star. It is capable of destroying an entire planet. Romanticism in this movie contains imagination over reason‚ intuition over fact‚ out-of-the-ordinary settings and characters‚ and grotesque characters. In this movie‚ there is a lot of imagination over reason and intuition over fact. An example is that a

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    daily life are have morphed and adapted to society’s constant modernization. in the early 19th century a philosophy called transcendentalism started. Transcendentalism then and now promotes intuitive‚ spiritual thinking instead of scientific thinking based on material things. These ideas were presented through Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden” in the romantic period of literature. Thoreau emphasizes the idealistic thought that cutting technology out of today’s life is all around beneficial for the mind

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    Francisco Goya Romanticism

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    Fear‚ this word can be used in describing the paintings that Francisco Goya painted during the romanticism period. Around this time the French (which was run by Neapolitan) were dominating the land of Spain to gain control. Anyone would be scared seeing their own home crumbled under the destruction of war and distrust. Goya was one of the few who used this fear to his advantage and portrayed it throughout his works of art. He fought back using politics using his artistic expertise. One of the black

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    In the movie Dead Poets Society‚ the literary philosophy of Transcendentalism is portrayed through the teachings of Mr. Keating‚ a transcendentalist‚ at Welton‚ a private school grounded on conformity and institution. The movie does not look at the school as a whole‚ but one can recognize the engagement concerning the transcendentalists and conformists in the movie when observing the fluctuations and activities taken by the group of boys who call themselves the Dead Poets Society. The Dead Poets

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    Melania Verzbickis Tummillo En 300 April 2013 Dead Poet’s Society was filmed through the eyes of transcendentalism using Emerson’s philosophy‚ as seen in Nature and “Self-Reliance;” and Thoreau’s philosophy‚ as seen in Walden. The film deals with a group of young men who attend a very strict boarding school and the English teacher who gives them a new perspective on everything. The damaging effects of conformity‚ beautiful sense of nature‚ and emphasis of simplicity and individuality are shown

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