The Romantics

• Romanticism : A movement in the arts and literature, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of individuality. 
• Gothic Romanticism : A form of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance.
• Southern Gothic Romanticism :  literature that puts romanticism of Gothic novels with the Southern traits. 
• Washington Ivory : American writer who is most known for his short stories "The Legend Of The Sleepy Hallow" and "Rip Van Winkle" 
• Edgar Allan Poe : American author, poet, editor and critic best known for his mystery and macabre he was also considered a huge part of the romantics movement.
• Charles Baudelaire : Famous french poet, his most famous work is "The Flowers Of Evil" 
• Nathaniel Hawthorne : He published several short stories mostly all about allegories and the puritan religion.
• Flannery O'Connor : An American writer who was very important voice in American Literature.
• William Faulkner : An American writer and Nobel prize winner. Faulkner wrote many things including novels, short stories, plays, poetry, essays and screenplays.
• Wallis Wallis : He is credited with composing several negro spirituals. 
• Negro Spirituals : Song that were created by enslaved Africans in the united states. 
• Call and response : A perspective pattern of democratic participation also used in public gatherings and religious rituals. ,
• Motif : Any recurring element that has a symbolic meaning.
• Genre : A category of artistic composition as in music or literature characterized by similarities in form style or subject matter.
• Irony : The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite. 

Determining the theme.

• The major theme of this unit is that you will always be able to find love, even if it doesn't last. Love is everywhere. It relates to the unit because all the stories we have been reading have been about findng love and the stories all show how everyone can find all differnet types of love.

"The Legend Of The Sleepy Hallow"

The story captures the imagination of readers today by making impossible things fell like they could possibly happen, when you read this story you cant help but think maybe this is possible and maybe this is a true story. Once you get those thoughts in your head you cant help to wonder what else is possible. This really captured my imagination because I have heard this story before, but not with this many details. It really made me think of the chances of this happening. I know it is just a tale but somewhere in the back of my mind I still wonder if it is true.

"Swing Low Sweet Chariot"

This song in about religious hope and faith because the slave that wrote this had faith in god and hope that he would come down and save him from his misery. i'm not for certain but i'm pretty sure this song reflects its time period by kind of showing how the slaves wanted god to come save them, and take them to heaven in his chariot.

"Where Are You Going and Where Have You Been"

 1. Closed-ended question
Q: How did Connie respond to Arnold Friend showed up at her house?
A: She was nervous and felt awkward.

 2. Open-ended question
Q: Why does Connie feel like she needs to go with Arnold?
A: She feels like she needs to go with Arnold because she is afraid of what he might do if she doesn't.

3. World connection questions
Q: Should people be able to keep a weapon in their homes?
A: I personally believe that everyone should keep a weapon in their home. If something like this were to happen to someone with a weapon they could easily defend themselves.

4. Universal theme
Q: How could people in the modern world prevent kidnapping?
A: In the modern world there are many new technologies that can help prevent kidnapping but it still happens all over the world. A few things that can help with preventing kidnapping would be being more alert and aware of your surrounds. Also you could learn how to defend yourself and never go out by yourself.

5. Literary analysis questions
Q:  Were there any allegories in this story?
A:

Essential questions for this unit.

1. Romantics beliefs of optimism and individualism reflect in their writing because in their writing they talk about art and music and love. They always say things that refer towards individualism.

2. Romanticism is everything including love,art, music, feelings, family, nature, and many more. Gothic Romanticism  is  a romance that deals with mysterious events  and a southern Gothic Romanticism is a story with deeply flawed characters grotesque situations and other sinister events . They all relate to each other by involving some of the same reasoning for placing items and having cretin settings in the stories, they differ by having  more details in each story and each topic shows different views . 

3. Southern Gothic literature movement deals with ruins, decay, death, terror, and  chaos. this was a response to literary movements that preceded it because it showed other sides to Southern Gothic Romanticism.

4.The American culture prompt the dark sides of Southern Gothic Romanticism because it showed more dark and sinister stories that everyone loved. It made more people read and become interested in dark creepy stories. 

5. The writing of these time periods influenced writings today by......

Southern Gothic "A Rose For Emily" and "The Life You Save May Be Your Own"

Southern Gothic romanticism is a unique form of literature which takes place mostly in the south. Gothic Romanticism is basically all about people who have bad lives or many problems in their lives, also it is about how they can overcome many harsh situations. The two stories relate to southern Gothic romanticism because each character in the stories have bad lives, or hard times growing up. In "a Rose for Emily" I believe that her crimes go unnoticed until she dies because she sealed off the top floor and no one ever been in there, and even if they tired to go and talk to her she wouldn't answer. When they tried to talk to her about the tax collection she just ignored them. No one found Homers body because it was basically locked up for no one to see. The only time anyone could go and investigate was after she was dead. In "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" the hitchhiker in the end really brings together the story because it shows the rottenness of many people even if you are doing something good for them.