Choose one of the literary movements for example The Romantic
Period was characterized by an emphasis on individualism and emotions. Writers
at this time glorified the past and nature, preferring the medieval rather than
the classical, especially through poetry. This period was a reaction to the
Industrial Revolution, as well as the Age of Enlightenment and the scientific
rationalization of nature. The Romantic Period included poets such as William
Blake (The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 1790-1793), John Keats (“Ode to a
Nightingale” (1819), and Percy Bysshe Shelly (“Ode to the West
Wind,” 1819), who wrote about nature, imagination and individuality in
England. Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice, 1813) also wrote during this time.
In America, this period was called the Transcendental period and included Ralph
Waldo Emerson (“Self-Reliance,” 1841) and Henry David Thoreau
(Walden, 1854). about this week and at least one work from that movement.
Movements, authors, and famous works are discussed in the lesson as well.
Option 1: Examine the movement and specific work
in relation to historical and political influences of the movement. Include a
one paragraph summary of the plot before moving on to the examination of the
work in relation to the movement.
Option 2: Examine a specific artwork influenced
by a literary work and how the artist captured the subject or story. Here are a
few examples, but you are not restricted to this list:
Asher B. Durand’s Thanatopsis (influenced by
William Cullen Bryant’s “Thanatopsis”)
John William Waterhouse’s The Lady of Shalott
(influenced by Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shalott”)
Sir John Everett Millais’s Ophelia (influenced
by Shakespeare’s Ophelia from Hamlet)
Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne or The
Rape of Prosperina (influenced by ancient myths)
Ancient Greek vase painting (influenced by
various ancient myth