MATRIC MUSIC 2014 SET WORK Franz Schubert Der Erlkönig The Romantic Era The romantic period in music extended from about 1820 to 1900. Among the most significant musicians were Franz Schubert‚ Robert Schumann‚ Clara Wieck Schumann‚ Frederic Chopin‚ Franz Liszt‚ Felix Mendelssohn‚ Hector Berlioz‚ Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky‚ Antonin Dvorak‚ Johannes Brahms‚ Giuseppe Verdi‚ Giacomo Puccini‚ Richard Wagner and
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Theatrical Genres Comedy - In comedy the audience expects laughter and a happy ending‚ but one should be able to differentiate among at least three kinds of laughter. It is possible to laugh with a character that we like or admire; if this character triumphs at the end. For example‚ we might laugh in celebration. When we laugh at characters‚ it is because of some incongruity in behavior: because they are not as good or clever as they think they should be. This kind of comedy which shows us the
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The romantic period is a term applied to the literature of approximately the first third of the nineteenth century. During this time‚ literature began to move in channels that were not entirely new but were in strong contrast to the standard literary practice of the eighteenth century. How the wordromantic came to be applied to this period is something of a puzzle. Originally the word was applied to the Latin or Roman dialects used in the Roman provinces‚ especially France‚ and to the stories written
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Analysis of Popular genres: ‘Genre’ is a French term meaning "type" or "kind". Putting things into categories is useful in any form of study; it’s a way of establishing some kind of control over an amorphous mass of information. Each medium in the mass media has its own kinds of language‚ characteristic signs and sign systems. Genre is part of the Key Concept of Language‚ and can be applied to all kinds of media text. Putting media texts such as film‚ television programmes‚ print media‚ or
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Above all‚ Jane Eyre is a love story. How far and in what ways do you agree with this view? Jane Eyre is a novel about a trembling woman who falls in love with a Byronic man‚ the two fight against the many boundaries in their society (which are based around Jane’s social and economic standing) and after much suffering are finally able to be with one another. Essentially‚ Jane Eyre is a love story. The structure of the novel and events show the character development of Jane through her growing
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The Gothic In 1798 an anonymous author published a commentary that revealed exactly how some writers received the Gothic during this time: “ Take—An old castle‚ half of it ruinous A long gallery‚ with a great many doors‚ some secret ones. Three murdered bodies‚ quite fresh. As many skeletons‚ in chests and presses. An old woman hanging by the neck; with her throat cut. Assassins and desperadoes‚ quant. suff. Noises‚ whispers
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the gothic? Jane Austen’s novel Northanger Abbey‚ is regarded by many as a light-hearted parody of the gothic genre. The term ’gothic’ is defined in the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary terms “as a story of terror‚ suspense usually set in a gloomy old castle or monastery [hence gothic‚ a term applied to medieval architecture and thus associated in the 18th century” (page 106). In addition the inclusion of comedic references attempts to challenge conventions and pokes fun of the gothic. Austen’s
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Gothic Essay Gothic literature can be described in various ways. There are numerous elements such as death‚ tragedy and corruption that make up this genre‚ however there is a lot more to it. Accidents of life and the inevitability of fate are commonly seen in many gothic texts and most themes are mutual throughout plays‚ novels and poems. The dark element intrigues us and back in the 1900’s‚ when gothic literature was very common‚ it no doubt scared people. Historically‚ people around the time
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The Romantic Period was a literary movement in Europe and America during the late 1700s through the middle 1800s. Romanticism was characterized by five basic systems of beliefs. It should not be surprising that these were completely different from the characteristics of the Enlightenment. Romanticism was an intentional revolt against the rational‚ formal‚ reasonable period of the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment was too scientific and did not focus on romanticism. The Romantic Movement emphasized
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Dual English Historical Notes The Romantic Period the shortest period scholars singled out 6 poets- Wordsworth‚ Coleridge‚ Byron‚ Percy‚ Shelley‚ Keats‚ and Blake- and constructed notions of a unified Romanticism on the basis of their works. They didn’t all get along though In 1798‚ the year of Lyrical Ballads‚ neither of the authors had much reputation Some of the best regarded poets of the time were women- Anna Barbauld‚ Charlotte Smith‚ Mary Robinson- of which Wordsworth and Coleridge
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