Essay+Writing

· ** Romanticism – ‘ways of thinking’ ** · ** Paradigms ** · ** Emotional intensity – the primacy of emotion over reason ** · ** Importance of the individual – (Industrial Revolution/ political revolution – rise against class and constraints) ** · ** Individual gains meaning through relationship with nature ** · ** Central importance of creative expression – artistic process. Prominence of creative /artistic exploration – finding meaning ** · ** Idealism – sense of hope/optimism - (link to individual) ** · ** Sublime **  || **Individual & nature ** || ** Creative expressio n ** || || ** Cathy & Heathcliff – connection ** || ** [Visions and dreams] ** || Central importance - it is in the land of dreams - offers solace ** || ** Imaginative capacity allows us to experience beyond our usual world ** || At one with nature Joy that nature offers ** || ** Contemplation of the natural world inspires creative genius ** || Introduction: Frames the response to the question - sets up the argument. Foregrounds texts. Then goes on to introduce theory re Romanticisim. Define the period in some ways (perhaps include relevant quote about Romanticism). Identify texts used to explore, identify that there are different ways of explaining it (it is homogenous), and what makes a text pertain to the Romantic period. (Perhaps at this stage incorporate the paradigms)
 * ESSAY WRITING **
 * Question will always be about: **
 * Fine tune this to two or three for the purposes of the exercise. **
 * Emotional intensity **
 * Individual gaining meaning through relationship with nature **
 * Central importance of creative expression **
 * || **Emotional intensity **
 * ** Wuthering **** Heights ** || ** Central to text **
 * Houses **
 * People **
 * Loss **
 * Mood – pathetic fallacy **
 * Young Cathy restrained & her search for freedom **
 * ** The Land of Dreams ** || ** Loss & fear of death - sense of mortality and intensity of understanding of self ** || ** Symbolism & imagery -
 * ** Daffodils ** || ** Present in relationship to the natural world ** || ** Solitary reflection on nature brings intense emotion
 * Romanticism is not an homogenous expression of ideas /ways of thinking, rather it is interpreted and realised in a variety of ways.

How do i dentify texts as belonging to romanticism? (to be safe, choose texts that lie WITHIN the Romantic Period. How are they reflective of the ways of thinking (paradigms) of the time?