Romance. A cultural affair. The epoch of romance in the mirror of the Blue Flower from 1800 to 1850.
The central themes of Romanticism are the scary, the unconscious, the fantastic, the passionate, the individual, the emotional and the adventurous, all of which should extend the boundaries of the mind and oppose pure utility thinking and the emerging industrialization. The cultural-historical epoch of Romanticism can be dated from the end of the 18th century to the late 19th century, while in particular the literary era of Romanticism refers to the first five decades of the 19th century. The literature of the Romantic period can be divided into the phases of the early, high and late romantic epoch. That is why the Romanticism stands between the Sensibility (1789-1800) and the Realism (1850-1890).
The representatives of Romanticism turned against the rationality of the Enlightenment and the rigor of classical music and emphasized both the feeling and the individuality and passion. The romanticists represented a division of their world into reason and feeling. The main representatives are Achim and Bettine von Arnim, Clemens Brentano, Adelbert von Chamisso, Joseph von Eichendorff, Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, Novalis and August and Friedrich Schlegel and Ludwig Tieck. This lecture aims to give an idea of this epoch which is so important for German literature and culture.
The central themes of Romanticism are the scary, the unconscious, the fantastic, the passionate, the individual, the emotional and the adventurous, all of which should extend the boundaries of the mind and oppose pure utility thinking and the emerging industrialization. The cultural-historical epoch of Romanticism can be dated from the end of the 18th century to the late 19th century, while in particular the literary era of Romanticism refers to the first five decades of the 19th century. The literature of the Romantic period can be divided into the phases of the early, high and late romantic epoch. That is why the Romanticism stands between the Sensibility (1789-1800) and the Realism (1850-1890).
The representatives of Romanticism turned against the rationality of the Enlightenment and the rigor of classical music and emphasized both the feeling and the individuality and passion. The romanticists represented a division of their world into reason and feeling. The main representatives are Achim and Bettine von Arnim, Clemens Brentano, Adelbert von Chamisso, Joseph von Eichendorff, Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, Novalis and August and Friedrich Schlegel and Ludwig Tieck. This lecture aims to give an idea of this epoch which is so important for German literature and culture.
- Teacher: Michael Fisch