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Literatura Inglesa Ii
Facultad de Filología
Universidad de Sevilla
AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
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There were innovations in farming technology. The Enclosure Acts (1750-1860)
allowed individuals to buy their properties, for farmers to control their
production….
There was a population migration from the farms to the cities. Also as a result of
all the innovations, population doubled. This led to the:
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (1760-1840)
Between 1700 and 1800 England’s population doubled. There was a transition to
a more urban, industrial society. This produced an increase in the number of
Great Britain began to see the RISE OF IMPERIALISM Foundation for the
(Second) British Empire of the 19th century, rise of the nation-state, increase in
slave trade in order to help the production of products liked to the Industrial
Revolution.
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1765-1783)
Revolution in the 13 British Colonies in North America rebelled AGAINST GREAT
BRITAIN, as a result of the heavy taxation and the British threat. Great Britain
did not want to leave so easily these Colonies, so there were conflicts between
them AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1775-1783), finally the colonies
won, and became independent, The Declaration of Independence (1776).
This idea of revolution is going to influenced romantic poets.
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (1787-1799) the rising of the common men
against the monarchy, the government in general. Romantic writers wanted to
sympathy with the common working men, lower classes instead of the monarchy.
After this Revolution, Romanticism began to be seen.
CHARACTERISTICS OF ROMANTICISM
- PREFERENCE FOR MEDIEVAL LITERATURE Romantic writers preferred more
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medieval literature than the classical literature, they preferred to look back to the
Middle Ages (more idealistic time, before so many changes began to take place
with the Industrial Revolution), emphasis on God, religion was so important in
the Middle Ages.
- ORIGINALITY AND IMAGINATION Romantic writers tried to be original,
whereas neoclassical writers preferred to imitate classical literature. Romantic
writers thought that originality and that the ideas were born of the poet and not
copied were essential. They defended imagination, not only talk about the real
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ROMANTIC LITERATURE
Neoclassism emphasizes on didactical literature, literature that teaches, that
emphasizes wit, intelligence…
Poetry:
-Lyric poetry
-Odes
-Elegies (Dealing with death, pain…)
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“A Character” An individual in literature. Also, the emotions, personalities, all
of these elements that make up an individual person.
RHYME AND METER: Rhyming couplets (AA, BB, CC…). There are variations,
romantic poets used to play with the rhythm, they did not follow a pattern. It is
divided into quatrains, using the structure to express different ideas in each
quatrain.
STANZA 1
A person that has a strength, that strength could cause harm, pain, grief,
suffering…. First contradiction, there is strength and weakness. Wordsworth is
“A NIGHT THOUGHT”
NATURE, EMOTIONS (examining human emotions), INDIVIDUALITY (putting himself
out of the crowd, he doesn’t want to be like other human beings),
When he looks to the moon to help him not to be like everyone else, like other human
beings, he is admiring the moon, the beauty of the moon (NATURE CONNECTED TO
HUMANITY)
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mental disease. He admired studying Shakespeare and Milton.
He met William and Dorothy Wordsworth in 1795. Then he travelled to Germany with
the Wordsworths.
-Christabel
His major prose works are:
-Lectures on Politics and Religion
-Lay Sermons
-Biographia Literaria
He is jumping into 3 different countries China, Greece and Ethiopia (we have to
remember that this is a DREAM.
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There is musicality in the poem, he has a very interesting use of rhyme, there is not a
pattern of rhyme but it helps to create musicality.
ROMANTIC CHARACTERISTICS:
1.Nature Reflection on nature (stanza 2) describing the river, the power of the river.
The power of nature. Nature as something mysterious, the beauty of nature (luxurious
type of gardens).
2. Individuality Describing for the reader, a dream that he had, his own experience,
his vision.
3. Imagination He is using imagination and calling the reader to envision his dream,
WILLIAM BLAKE
William Blake was a 19th century writer and artist who is regarded as a seminal figure
of the Romantic Age. His writings have influenced many writers and artists through the
ages, and he has been defined as both a major poet and an original thinker.
He was born and raised in London, he was given a Christian education. He claimed to
have had spiritual visions as a child. He was an excellent poet, but madness as well.
He started his career as an engraver and painter. He decided that he was going to do
some innovations in engraving and illustrations. He found a way of publishing his poems
called “Relief etching”. He was very involved in the process of his own publications.
Some of his most important works:
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-All Religions are One
“THE TYGER”
Central question of the poem What “immortal” being or force is able to create such
a fearful animal as you? (lines 3-4)
Reference to a classical myth Icarus was wearing the wings in order to escape from
a tower. He dares to fly higher and higher.
Quite of few questions, questioning who or what the creator of the Tyger is.
Did the creator of the Lamb (gentle, mild, pure animal), could also make you, the Tyger
(ferocious, dangerous, evil). The creator can make both. The Lamb is also referred to
Jesus Christ. How could the creator do both good and evil?
“The Lamb” asking similar questions, do you know who creates you, Lamb? With a soft
tone and “The Tyger” are linked together.
There is no an answer at the end of the poem.
DIFFERENCE “Dare” has a more negative connotation, is challenging the creator,
accusation (judgement), at the beginning is a general question, how could he do it?, he
is wondering what or who could create the Tyger (objective).
CHARACTERISTICS OF ROMANTICISM:
-William Blake can be considered as a pre-romantic writer.
-Imagination: Imagining this dream, so the reader can dream long with the poet.
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-Nature: nature can reflect human emotions, when the morning rises and the angel has
gone she is being able to express herself.
-Individualism: Our narrator telling us information about a dream, the narrator is giving
a very personal reflection on a dream he/she had.