Assignment:
World Cultures
Discussion Question
Discussion Beethoven: Art and Protest in the 1800s
FIRST: Please respond to each of the following questions, using on line sources and the textbook for your response:
1. Cite several lines from a Romantic poet/poem in our text and then find a landscape painting by Constable or Turner from this time period you think might illustrate those lines. Consider poems from Keats, Shelley, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Bryon, or William Blake. Here is a link to a slide show with pictures you might use (also consider our text)
Here are some websites to use, along with your textbook,as a source for a poem: and a link to the poetry foundation which has links inside to the different poets.
2. Person of the Week for week four: Your choices are Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, or Byron. Also, consider the contributions of Mary Shelley, writer of the original book called Frankenstein and Mary Godwin, an advocate for women's rights. While some worked together (Wordsworth and Coleridge, Shelley and Byron, as well as Shelley and his wife, Mary), and some wrote alone (Keats and Blake--but Blake did work with his wife on his engravings that accompanied his poetry), each was noteworthy and changed the way poetry (and fiction) was written. Several were so famous that they were poetry "rock stars."
Here is some information about Mary Shelley to get you started. Read this article to see the origin of her work and how it was based on a fascination with electricity:
Discussion
"My greatest pleasure was the enjoyment of a serene (bright, calm and clear sky amidst these verdant woods: yet I loved all the challenges of nature and rain and storm and the beautiful clouds of heaven brought their delights with them." When rocked by the waves of the lake my spirit rose in triumph as a horseman feels with pride the motions of his high fed steed".
-Matilda (1819) this is romantic to me because is my opinion she feels liberated natural nature taking its course bring her peace of mind.
"Once again do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs, that on the wild secluded scene impress thoughts of more deep seclusion and connect the landscape with the quiet of the sky. (pg.915 27.4) this means to me that all though there are challenges and risk you are able to grab on and ride it out until it is complete without giving up in my opinion.
Merry Shelly is my person of the week because she is in touch with life and the light her soul and spirit are at peace and are on one accord.