Greetings Young APES!
This year has veritably flown by!
We have SO much left to do! Not only must we complete our research papers, but we must also learn all about the American Romantics, Transcendentalists, and Anti-Transcendentalists! Do not forget to bring in your bibliography and note cards on the assigned day (see link)!
After we discuss the stories we have read by Irving/Knickerbocker/Oldstyle/Crayon, we will read two poems by William Cullen Bryant that illustrate the connection the Romantics felt with Nature: "To a Waterfowl" and "Thanotopsis."
We will also read two stories by Poe, "The Fall of the House of Usher," which will will analyze for symbolism and artistic merit, and a frame story, "The Oval Portrait," which we will compare to Anti-Transcendentalist author, Nathanial Hawthorne's "The Birthmark." By comparing and contrasting these two stories, you should be able to discern the differences between Romanticism and Anti-Transcendentalism, which so many misguided souls lump together as one movement.
Be sure to read all the aformentioned texts at home for class discussion.
See you in class!
Mrs. SO
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