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Romanticism

Your assignment will take you on an exploration of the romantic period. You will be responsible for responding in your journal (and then handing in your entire journal collection from the beginning of the year). You will use the copies of notes on the romantic period to give you the necessary insight to react to the things you read, see, and hear. All of the materials will be found online, so Internet access and your notebook will be the only requirements for the exercise. The exercise should be done at multiple sittings, because of the vastness of the assignment. Please read the directions carefully and complete the tasks asked of you.

1. Literature
a. Go to: http://englishhistory.net/keats/poetry.html
b. The romantic era was a great age for English poetry. John Keats wrote some of the most beautiful romantic poetry in the English language. Read the “The Eve of St. Agnes,” or both the “Ode to a Nightingale,” and the “Ode on a Grecian Urn.”
c. Journal entry must include:
i. What characteristics of Romanticism are found in this (these) poem(s)? Explain.
ii. What is this (these) poem(s) about?
iii. How does this(these) poem(s) make you feel? What emotions do they elicit? Explain.

2. Painting
a. Pick one of the following artists and find three of his paintings online: Eugene Delacroix, Camille Corot, John Constable, J.M.W. Turner, or Francisco Goya.
b. Journal entry must include:
i. What characteristics of Romanticism are found in these paintings? Explain.
ii. What are these paintings about?
iii. How do these paintings make you feel? What emotions do they elicit? Explain.

3. Music
a. Search and listen to one of the following songs on YouTube: Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze, nos. 1-6, Chopin: Ballade in G minor, Mendelssohn: Symphony #4, “Italian” movts. 1 and 2, Beethoven: Fidelio, Act II, No. 11, and Finale (No. 16), Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, or Wagner: Valkyrie Overture.
b. Journal entry must include:
i. What characteristics of Romanticism are found in this music? Explain.
ii. What is this music about?
iii. How does this music make you feel? What emotion does it elicit? Explain.

4. Fairy Tales
a. Go to: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/index2.html
b. Read at least two of the stories.
c. Journal entry must include:
i. What characteristics of Romanticism are found in these fairy tales? Explain.
ii. What are these fairy tales really about?
iii. How do these fairy tales make you feel? What emotions do they elicit? Explain.

Each journal entry needs to be a minimum of 1 page and have all Romanticism facts/characteristics underlined.