The romanticism presentation was very informative and interesting. There were tons of information and detailed background knowledge of romantic artists. Before I watched the presentation, I wasn’t quite sure about what is romanticism and the difference between realism and romanticism. “Tyger” by William Blake had a great impact on me, because this poem explained almost [...]
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The Romanticism project was a ver insightful and very interesting project because I personally know a very few poets and artists and its these types of assessments which make me really learn more about the vast world out there with a huge about of literary poets authors and artists. We started learning about different types [...] The presentations about Romanticism all gave me information about people and ideas I did not know about before. The artists, poets, writers, musicians all had different jobs and expressed themselves in differently but there were many similarities which were mainly linked to Romanticism but the artists life also had an impact on their work. Shawn, [...] From the presentation, I learned that Romanticism is a movement during the 18th and the 19th century that is against the Neoclassicism. People were being very idealistic and extreme ideas, the good people are good throughout the story, and bad people were completely bad. Transcendentalism is a movement in America from the 1830′s to the [...] In the recent classes, we have been looking at different artists and poets of the Romantic era. We were split into 6 groups to research about individual artists and poets. Our group researched about John Keats and William Wordsworth. Others researched Mary Shelley, William Blake, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ludwig Van Beethoven, J.M.W. Turner, [...] In English class for the past few lessons, we have split into groups and studied different Romantic artists to present to our classmates. The different artists available included Samuel Taylor Coleridge, J.M.W. Turner, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Throeau, Bronson Alcott, J.J. Rousseau, von Goethe, von Beethoven and a lot more. My group researched Percy [...] During the presentations on the various leading figures of the romantic era, it became clear that these men signified emotional qualities, and they represented these with passion, all their works are based on either inspiring emotions, describing emotions, or both. A recurring theme that all these authors present us with is nature and their philo [...] I really enjoyed researching information about Romanticism for my oral presentation and watching others’ oral presentations about Romanticism. I found some useful and interesting information from oral presentations. First of all, Shawn, Kim and Tanmay had an oral presentations about William Wordsworth and John Keats. The names were familiar but I didn’t know anything about [...] Recently we had oral presentations where we presented different people from Romanticism to our peers. Most of the presentations were pretty good and I managed to learn several things from them. From Shawn, Kim and Tanmay’s presentation I learned that John Keats’ first book was an utter failure, and that he was about to marry [...] I learned a lot from the presentations about Romanticism. Before the presentations i was not sure about what Romanticism and Realism was, but now i know their meanings and what their differences are. Romanticisms was discovered in the mid 18th, it was an artistic movement that arose in Europe. It was seen was as an [...] The oral presentations taught me a lot about Romanticism. Now I know what Romanticism is and how it is expressed. Romanticism started in the mid 18th century as an alternative to the ideals of the Industrial Revolution and Enlightenment which emphasized science, empirical evidence, and rational thought. Romanticism was expressed in literature, art, music, theater, [...] English Romanticism William Wordsworth: Kim, Tanmay, Shawn Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Mizuki, Da Ye, Rebecca William Blake: Eric, Jun Ho, Hyeong Jin Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Lord Byron: Eric, Jun Ho, Hyeong Jin John Keats: Kim, Tanmay, Shawn J. M. W. Turner: Sunniva, Denise, Janani American Transcendentalists Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and [...] 12 May, 2012 Dear Mr Whitman,
I am one of your biggest admirers, “Song of Myself” in the “Leaves of Grass” was amazing, and I got new inspirations every time I read it. It feels fantastic to be able to write a letter to you. I am just an “ordinary” high school [...] April 23, 1812 Dear Walt Whitman I have been reading your poem, ‘Leaves of Grass’, in your ‘Song of Myself’. I am especially interested in you concept of the men’s consciousness. ‘I CELEBRATE myself’ you wrote for the first line. ‘I loafe and invite my soul;’ As human beings, our own consciousness is so complex, [...] Dear Mister Walt Whitman, Recently in class we read your poem “Song of Myself”. I really enjoyed reading it. I like your reference to nature, and how you expressed that everyone is equal .In your poem you showed traits of Romanticism, for example individualism; which is shown from the title “Song of Myself”. In our [...] Dear Mr. Whitman, Hi, Mr. Whitman, how are you doing? I am a student from 21st century. I don’t know if you can believe this, but the current generation has changed noticeably to the world you are living in. In our English class, we are focusing on different literature in Romantic era. At the present [...] May 2012 Dear Walt Whitman, I am a student who has been reading your piece of work-‘Leaves of Grass’. It is a very great pleasure to me to write a letter to you thus, I appreciate your wonderful poetry with all of my heart. While I was reading, [...] Dear Mister Walt Whitman January 29th, 1799 I have recently read your poem Songs of myself and I felt like I needed to write you a letter about it, because this poem really gave me a lot of opinions I want to share with you. You are dragging things way too far Walt Whitman! When [...] Dear Walt Whitman, This is my first time writing to you and thus, before I get to the main point, I would first introduce myself. My name is Jack and I am just like any other ordinary fourteen-year-old kid living on a tiny island somewhere in Asia. Just so you know, I am writing to [...] November 7th 1810
Dear Mr. Whitman, This is William writing. You may not remember, but we have met before at the 1806 poetry convention in Paris, four years ago. I was the man who asked you whether or not you had ever thought about converting to another form of creative expression. Despite this, [...] I had never even heard the term “Romanticism” until recently, but surprisingly it turned out not to be a completely alien concept. Now after learning a lot about it thanks to Mr. Macknight, handouts, a podcast, and a wonderful presentations, I think of Romanticism as kind of being divided into two parts. One side is [...] For the past weeks we had been learning more about Romanticism. We were paired off to do some research on how our chosen Romantic influence the later generations. During the time spent on research I learnt a lot more about the Romantics. One of the things that I particularly notice Romantics like Mary Shelley and [...] The Romanticism is the period of time that is full of natural, amazing, yet unrealistic dreams. William Blake, who was the father figure of the romanticism, the pre-romanticism. While he was alive, he wrote a lot of poetries, in very simple form with comprehensive words. He’s regarded as the most important people during the romanticism [...] This term, we have started a new unit called romanticism. Although I didn’t know much about romanticism until now, it seemed fairly interesting, as for this unit we were be split up into groups of two and assigned two or more famous or influential people, who had connections towards romanticism. As a result of this [...] In recent English classes, we were focusing on the Romantics and Romanticism. We have grouped into twos and began the research on the Romantics in different countries. Not only we found some information about them, but also how their literature works have influenced the later generations and the way in which they presented Naturalism and [...] Reflection on Romanticism During these two weeks, we have been asked to do a presentation on the different aspects of Romanticism. We need to study how different poets portray the elements of Romanticism. So far, three groups have already done theirs and, my group presented one of them. I would say that just by these [...] Although the majority of our class has yet not presented their work about romanticism I feel like I have already learnt a lot about it that I didn’t know before. From my research about romanticism I must say I find it more interesting than I thought I would. For example, my favorite romantic poet so [...] Romanticism
This week, we started on a new project about Romantics and Romanticism. Only 2 groups have presented theirs so far, but both of them are really good. They did the section of English Romanticism, American Transcendentalists and French Romanticism.
Aurora and Alissa were the first one to present their work; they did [...] So far, our class has been looking at the Romantics and Romanticism. Only 2 groups have performed their presentation this week, but I feel I have learned wide range of Romanticism such as English Romanticism, American Transcendentalists and French Romanticism. First of all, Aurora and Alissa’s group has presented the English Romanticism on [...] |
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