ENGB34 Lecture Notes - Transcendentalism, Cognitive Dissonance, Ancient Greek Temple
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Lecture 02 engb34: agenda, open discussion, review of romance, gothic romance, uncanny aesthetic, thematic readings. Hawthorne"s transcendentalism (responding to british forms of romanticism, how he is skeptical of materialism - something mystical not explained by science: objectives: It is an allegorical form because characters and spaces embody abstract. The character"s power of action is superior to other men and to their environment ideas another - death of beatrice makes us question, in a religious sense. It is a revolutionary mode because it idealizes one set of values over: romance transforms threats into pleasures. Horror becomes the marvelous - spectacular atmosphere, yellow wallpaper. Lust becomes love: fantastical elements however the narrator seems realistic - engages us more, gothic romance: Old spaces with hidden secrets or special powers. Allegorical spaces - described as a real space but is associated with some secondary idea - structure of the house becomes an allegory for the structure of the mind, etc. (gilman) -
