ENGL200B Lecture 1: Jan. 05 - The Romantics
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Painting: key influencers: goethe, rousseau (social contract, 1762) o, influenced by: Uprisings throughout europe in the 1830s all failed in changing government, though they did change the way people thought o: the romantics. Link to romantic gesture and decorum, concerns feelings (rather than war or politics) Explaining/recording private and subjective feelings a psychological kind of literature. The modern concept that individual unique feelings have value comes from the romantic era. This movement helped to form the liberal-democratic state. Concentration is on helping people understand art, and the artist explaining their art. Common theme of rejecting the past and developing revolutionary ideas. Development of science and industry during this time. Romantics felt that scientific views were too restricting and literal. Rationalism cannot and will not explain everything. against rationalism. Relied more on emotions, memories, dreams, and other things considered irrational. Wanted to re-spiritualize the world, beyond religion in a more individualist sense.
