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romantic vs. Romantic

Do stories/words have the power to move us so intensely that we lose our footing in reality?

Which are so easy to evoke that it's almost "cheap?"

Gothic

The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.

Number your word associations for the following images:

zeitgeist: (german)

The spirit of the age

What are the strongest emotions?

60-Second Thrill

Using words only (either visually or verbally delivered), evoke the strongest emotion in 60 seconds. You get no more time

Enter the "Penny Dreadful"

then: cheap horror story for one cent

now: demeaning term for bad books

also, name of a shock-factor tv show

"shudder novel"

Schauerroman

Entry 42: Do you consider yourself a superstitious person? Why or why not? On a related note, to what extent do you believe in "returns" on our actions (ex. Karma, curses, divine punishment)

Vivisepulture

Known for reviving the gothic style as an art form

Capital R Romantic

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Focused on Psychology over traditional gothic storytelling elements

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http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/slender-man-stabbing/slender-man-stabbing-suspects-blamed-each-other-interrogations-n310176

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Edgar Allan Poe

Neoclassicism:

classical mythology (greek, roman)

Neoclassicism vs. Romanticism

valued logic and reason

aka literary daddy issues

utilized poetry to express heightened thought, and further humanistic ideals

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sought to tame nature: "artificial"

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The Fall of

the House of Usher

Romanticism

Relied upon the experience of the common man

valued imagination and emotion

Literature constantly seeks to "kill the father," a la Oedipus Rex

utilized poetry to express the self and to inspire emotions

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sought the natural beauty of untamed nature

and to rise above human ability

"make it new" by rebelling against elements of the old

-Brought back Gothic elements

-Focused on both the mind and the story structure in a Sublime atmosphere

stone vs. watercolor

Death

Architecture/Atmosphere

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tone, style, excerpt

Insanity

Identity/Family

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174151

Before you leave:

turn in Usher outline

For next time:

comment online with your proposal for

Tales of Terror

the Sublime

an important topic throughout the text

themes and details in

USHER vs. ANNABEL LEE

Intro to Romanticism

Imagination

what is our zeitgeist?

The Gothic and the Sublime in Dark Romanticism

(rather than reason)

Nature

Journal #40: What's your biggest fear? Explain it so vividly that a reader would be able to feel that fear to the same extent that you would.

Identity

from the french (1600's)

pertaining to stories

with love affairs

"french kiss" wouldn't

be coined until 1900s

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