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when was the reign of terror and what happened?
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1793 beheading of French king and queen
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after the reign of terror france became a directory. what is that
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form of a republic
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when did napoleon declare himself first console of france?
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1799
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French revolution
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conflict between French aristocracy and monarchy, the rising bourgeoise middle class and lower class and other worker classes.
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when did napoleon become emperor?
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1804
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how long was napoleon emperor?
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1804-1815
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what did napoleon try to do to Europe?
Definition
turn it into france
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when and where was napoleon defeated
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1815 in waterloo then was banished from france
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Napoleonic code
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a system of modern law for france
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what three things did the Napoleonic code do
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1) rights for middle class
2) abolished aristocratic privilege
3) brought peace and economic prosperity to France
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romanticism time period
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1798-1870
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"romanticism"
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a literary and philosophical theory tends to see the individual at the very center of all life and experience.
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romanticism view of the world
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the world cannot be fully understood through reason and that truth can best be approached through feeling and intuition
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basic characteristics of romanticism
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1)primitivism/emotions
2) love of nature
3) sympathetic interest in the past
4) celebration of the individual
5) interest in human rights
6) always striving for perfection
7) belief in pantheism
basic optimistic spirit
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primitivism/emotions
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faith that intuition could lead to truth
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love of nature
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saw nature as capable of revealing truth
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always striving for perfection -
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a man's reach should exceed his grasp
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belief in pantheism
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worship of nature
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sturm and drang movement
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Germany in late 1700's
outpouring of primitive emotion
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what does sturm and drang mean in english
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storm and stress
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who was the leader of the sturm and drang movement
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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what are the titles of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe sturm and drang works?
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Faust
Sufferings of Young Werther
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what are the two themes of faust and sufferings of young werther written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Rebellion against authority and expression of primitive emotion
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when and where did the English romantic poetry movement take place
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early 1800's in England
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what was the English romantic poetry movement and who was the leader
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poets often used free verse form and common language. Leader was William Wordsworth
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who wrote Tintern Abbey and what are the themes
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William Woodsworth
the relationship of human beings with nature, finding beauty in the ordinary.
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who was a poet in the English romantic poetry movement who wrote odes?
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John Keats
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exoticsm
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use of intuition and emotion
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who were other writers in the English romantic poetry movement?
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John keats, Percy Byssche Shelly, and George Gordon, Lord Byron
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Hegel's theory of regarding arts purpose in society
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art should unite opposite principles just like Kant's view
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Kant's view of art in society
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should unite opposite principles like Hegel's view
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dialectical theory
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you have two opposite principles. Thesis and antithesis until synthesis.
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Karl Marx's view of art's purpose in society
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Marx said art should be realistic in style to best portray social class struggles throughout history
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when was the first time people could make money writing novels but had to publish under pseudonym?
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19th century. often featured romantic elements with realistic ones
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who were some of the first romantic novel writers
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Victor Hugo, Gustave Flaubert, Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky
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transcendatalist
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transcend to a higher level of understanding through love of nature and intuition.
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when and where did trsnscendalists start
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mid 1800's, in America
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Four of the best transcendalists
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Emily Dickenson and Walt Whitman
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what were the themes of transcendalists
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love of nature, freedom, celebration of the individual, mysteries of life.
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what did Henry david Thoreau write
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on the duty of civil disobedience. inspired by Ghandi and MLK
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what did Ralph Waldo Emerson write
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The American Scholar in 1837, believed that there should be an American type of writing. had a love of nature.
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the slave narrative genre
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another realist literary genre.
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an example of the slave narrative genre
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The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas by Frederick Douglas himself. Autobiography
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factors and conditions of early modernism
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1) industrialized cities experienced food/housing shortages, and dangerous work conditions
2) development of trade/labor unions, improved public education, women in work force, and voting rights for women
3) conflicts among political parties: liberalism and capitalism vs. socialism and labor parties
4) economic inequalities among European countries: less industrialized south, east, and central European countries vs. wealthier northern countries
5) Nations of Africa, asia, and south America resented European and American colonialism/imperialism
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j. l. david paintings
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death of Socrates
oath of horataii
cornation of napoleon
death of murat
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oath of horataii
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3 guys sacrificing themselves for good of rome
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july revolution 1830
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"Liberty leading the people"
worker revolution. all social classes united under flag of victory. person in middle is upper class. goddess victory is present with tri color flag. became national flag of france.
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eroica symphony
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Beethoven classical sytle symphony. Italian for heroic. no 3
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pastoral symphony
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no. 6 for Beethoven symphony
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triumph over fate
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symphony no 2. schumann
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constable was a painter of what kind
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romanticism. originator of pastoral landscapes. Painted Hay Wain
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pastoral elements in romanticism paintings
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stream of water, dog running around, expansive meadow, clouds, cloud formation
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sublime elements in romanticism paintings
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combine 2 themes. human catastrophe and natural disaster. JMW Turner is an example. he painted snowstorm and hannibals army
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who painted monk by the sea and what 3 things did it combine
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friedrich painted it.
combined spirituality in nature, love of solitude, fascination with the infinite, awesome forces of nature
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what did Goya paint
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executing of may 3rd 1808. nationalist painting about Napoleonic wars, soldiers gunning down protestors in spain. Goya identifies with victims
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what did Gericault paint
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raft of the medusa. shipwreck of medusa its captian and survivors. captain left workers to drown. picture is surviors spotting a ship to rescue them.
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what did Delacroix paint
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liberty leading the people.
massacre at chios - battle from greek war for independence from greek island of kiyos.
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stream of consciousness writing
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gives the impression of mind at work
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expressionism
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emotion that is painful for author
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theme of story of an hour
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forbidden joy of independence
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#4 extra credit
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The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock
t.s. eliot
literary modernism
"let us go then you and I,
when the evening is spread out against the sky"
the damaged psyche of humanity
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3 extra credit
Definition
"lines composed above tintern abbey"
W. Woodsworth
English romantic
"That on a wild secluded scene impress
Thoughts of more deep seclusion"
beneficial influence of nature
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2 extra credit
Definition
"song of myself"
walt Whitman
transcendentalist
"I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,
Hoping to cease not till death."
Democracy as a way of life
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1 extra credit
Definition
"hope is the thing with feathers"
Emily Dickenson
transcendatalist
"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words"
the individuals struggle with god
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5 extra credit
Definition
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