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Romanticism
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(1749-1832)
A True Renaissance Man—
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was…
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a gifted writer
a scientist
a painter
a statesman
a philosopher
an educator
Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress)
Movement
• Goethe joined this movement
• Members rebelled against the rationalism of
the Enlightenment
• Members emphasized:
1. power of the imagination
2. spontaneous expression
• Goethe’s most notable contribution—
his novel The Sorrows of Young Werther
Goethe’s Trip to Italy
• In 1786
• Goethe influenced by classical art and
architecture
• Goethe’s life after his return productive.
He wrote—
1. novels
2. narrative poems
3. poetic dramas (Faust—Pt.1/1808 Pt.2/
1833)
Romanticism
• was a revolt against the restrictions imposed
by the classic, aristocratic ideals of the 18th
century
• Romantics wrote in the language of everyday
speech about everyday people and events
• The romantic individual was—
*daring and rebellious
*free to express “the spontaneous overflow
of powerful feelings”
Romanticism
• Romantics favored…
**emotion over reason
**intuition over intellect
**the subjective over the objective
• Romantics celebrated…
**creativity, individuality, imagination
• Their writings reflect…
**nature, self-knowledge, folklore, the
mysterious and exotic
Romanticism
• “Romanticism prizes the free expression
of the individual’s thoughts and feelings.
Love of nature, respect for ordinary
people, and an interest in fantasy are
typical Romantic values”.
Prologue—Faust Part 1
• What are the three archangels—Raphael,
Gabriel, and Michael—stating, along with the
choir of angels, in the prologue?