feb 23 lecture

CREATEDATE 2/23/09 1:15 PM Enlightenment vs. romanticism Rationalism W arold that is rational/describable Contrasted by emotinalism Part of the romantic period Interestd inhieracrhy Romantic was interested in individualism The Byronic hero A hero we have a connection with, but is somethat dark Batmanish a rebel refuses society?s moral claims respect role within society subjectivity ? looked at ourselves instead of on society to determine hat is important a dominance over nature was borught out no longer feared, but tamed Scandanavian romantic poetry Sucks Romanticism is very deep/dark, strange ass shit Biedemeier Avoided all controversial aspects of life He makes things seem idealic The ideas came from the Napoleonic wars due to all the death and destruction that came about from them Our world is very biedemeiric Leave it beaver Superficial problems that aren?t really problematic Stuff just needs to be simple Don?t want to grow up Want to ignore the difficult things in life the Angel prop r cant be used, pretty hard to do so very religious text deals with death bildung and biedemeir are stark contrasts with each other biedermeier can be seen as bourgeois romanticism the hill of elves example of fairly biedemeir elves are another form of dangerous pieces of folk lore but the Andersen version is one of a bourgeois house in denmark the comet mother worried that the candle wick once curled up will meant the boy dies hes busy noticing the comet when its flying known as an emblem takes thigns from superstition in folk tales blends it with his stories the bubbles were supposed to symbolize the years he has to live bubbles when he hits his face , cause him to tear he sees how long he should live with each year in the end the tears are brought on by the sad melodie that reminds him of his painful things in life