Concetti Chiave
- The Enlightenment emphasized rationality and order, especially in artistic forms like poetry, advocating for controlled emotions and imagination.
- During the Romantic period, feelings, intuition, and the free play of imagination became central, contrasting with Enlightenment ideals.
- In the Augustan age, children were expected to be disciplined, whereas the Romantic age revered children as sacred and close to God.
- The language of the Enlightenment was sophisticated, while Romantic poets favored common language accessible to all.
- Romantic poetry often drew on medieval and oriental themes, focusing on the soul and natural experiences, differing from classical allusions.
What is the relationship between Enlightenment and rationality?
In England, during the 18th century, there was the enlightenment, that expressed the importance of treason and order not just in everyday life but especially in artistic forms like poetry. For what concerned the emotions and the imagination, these had to be controlled by the person and intellectuals suggested a rational thinking and argumentation. On the contrary, during the romantic age, there is the importance of feelings and intuition and free play of imagination.
Childhood perspectives
There are also some differences for what concern the role of the children and childhood: in fact, while in the Augustan age children must be disciplined and civilized, during the romantic age children are sacred, being the closest creatures to God and adults should learn a lot of things from their childhood experience. We can find differences in the language too: in fact the classical language is sophisticated while the language used by the romantic poets is the common language that every people can know. There are also few classical allusions or themes in romantic poems, are used medieval and oriental histories and poetry is seen as the expression of the soul and the celebration of the natural experience.
Domande da interrogazione
- How did the Enlightenment view the role of emotions and imagination in artistic expression?
- How did the perception of childhood differ between the Augustan and Romantic ages?
- What are the differences in language and themes between classical and Romantic poetry?
During the Enlightenment, emotions and imagination were to be controlled by the individual, with a focus on rational thinking and argumentation, especially in artistic forms like poetry.
In the Augustan age, children were expected to be disciplined and civilized, whereas in the Romantic age, children were considered sacred and closest to God, with adults encouraged to learn from their childhood experiences.
Classical poetry used sophisticated language and classical allusions, while Romantic poetry employed common language accessible to all, with themes drawn from medieval and oriental histories, celebrating the soul and natural experience.
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