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Transcript of Dark ROMANTICISM Yes. I am creeped out too. What do you think it is? Facial expression: enticing...
What do you think it is?What do you think it is? Facial expression: enticing creepiness, Facial expression: enticing creepiness,
punishment, shock, horror punishment, shock, horror Setting: broken down church, run down, Setting: broken down church, run down,
darknessdarkness Characters: facial expressions, body language, Characters: facial expressions, body language,
crashing instruments, coming out of the groundcrashing instruments, coming out of the ground Music: whispering voices in the background, Music: whispering voices in the background,
deeper, not happydeeper, not happy Feelings: felt rebellious against nature, scared, Feelings: felt rebellious against nature, scared,
worriedworried
Let’s think back to Let’s think back to RomanticismRomanticism
A literary and artistic movement that A literary and artistic movement that placed an emphasis on placed an emphasis on imagination, imagination, emotion, nature, and individualityemotion, nature, and individuality
Elevated the imagination over reason Elevated the imagination over reason – and – intuition over fact– and – intuition over fact
Reveled in natureReveled in nature
DARK-ROMANTICISMDARK-ROMANTICISM
Opposite attributes of Romanticism Opposite attributes of Romanticism and tends to and tends to accent the grotesque, accent the grotesque, the gloomy, the morbid the the gloomy, the morbid the fantastic yet negative aspects of fantastic yet negative aspects of human experiencehuman experience
Acknowledged the evil of man Acknowledged the evil of man and the horror of eviland the horror of evil
Depravity of man and sinDepravity of man and sin
Dark Romantics Dark Romantics valued intuition valued intuition and emotion and emotion over logic and over logic and reason and saw reason and saw symbols, spiritual symbols, spiritual truths, and signs truths, and signs in nature andin nature and
Examined the psychological effects of guilt and sin, the conflict between good and evil, and people plagued with madness. They agreed that human nature is not necessarily good.
Gothic Style CharacteristicsGothic Style Characteristics
SettingSetting is in bleak or remote is in bleak or remote placesplaces
PlotPlot involves morbid or violent involves morbid or violent incidents incidents
CharactersCharacters are in psychological are in psychological and/or physical tormentand/or physical torment
A A supernaturalsupernatural or otherworldly or otherworldly elementelement is often present is often present
What is Gothic?
Today, the word gothic primarily describes a style of Erupean Architecture that uses pointed arches, spires, stain glass windows, etc
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Gothic Literature
A literary style of fiction prevalent in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe which emphasized the grotesque, mysterious, and the desolate.
This style of fiction reflected the Gothic art and architecture from the Middle Ages and thus, dark, foreboding castles, Knights and ladies
strange supernatural occurrences were all prominent themes of the Gothic Novel
Who are the Dark Who are the Dark Romantics?Romantics?
Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe Wrote “The Raven” Wrote “The Raven” Widely accepted as Widely accepted as
the inventor of the the inventor of the detective storydetective story
Known as an Known as an eccentric writer – eccentric writer – his dark and dismal his dark and dismal life probably had life probably had something to do something to do with itwith it
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville Wrote Wrote Moby-DickMoby-Dick
which is widely which is widely regarded as one of regarded as one of the finest novels in all the finest novels in all of American Literatureof American Literature
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne Believed evil was a Believed evil was a
dominant force in the worlddominant force in the world Wrote Wrote The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter
and “The Minister’s Black and “The Minister’s Black Veil” and “Dr. Heidegger’s Veil” and “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment.”Experiment.”