Learning+Objectives+for+Transcendentalism+and+Romanticism

Students will be able to: ·  Become familiar with important aspects and excerpts of writings from selected American Transcendentalists and Romantics ·  Understand and analyze syntax, detail, diction and author purpose in writing ·  Appreciate and recognize various literary devices/elements and theme ·  Identify elements of transcendentalism such as the connection between people and nature, an individual's ability to think freely, and the importance of spiritual self-reliance to the individual found in the works of American Transcendentalists. ·  Articulate the predominant perspectives of these writers, to respond to them critically, and to compare and contrast one to another ·  Place American Transcendentalists in an historical perspective, seeing how each earlier writer influenced those who followed (within the movement and beyond) ·  Identify the elements of transcendentalism as represented in present-day genres (comic strips, lyrics, and music). ·  Investigate the representation of transcendentalist thought in social commentaries ·  Develop their own views on the subjects of individualism, nature, and passive resistance
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