1. Romanticism

2. Romanticism
 Artistic,
literary, and intellectual
movement.
 Europe at the end of the eighteenth
century .
 Reaction to the Industrial Revolution
and the rationalization of the century
before.

3.  Began in Germany.
 Proto-romantic movement called
STURM UND DRANG (Storm and
stress)

4. Characteristics of the romantic
literature
 French Revolution.
 Expression of feelings, including terror.
 Against rules.
 Individualism and isolation of poets.
 Escape from the reality:
 Evocation of the past: ancient and
medieval history.
 Wild nature, exotic places.
 Supernatural.

5. Characteristics of the romantic
literature
 Nationalism: development of the
national languages.
 Folklore, local customs and
traditions.
 Marginalized elements of the society.

6. Romantic authors in Britain and
Spain
John Keats Percy Shelley

7. Romantic authors in Britain and
Spain
Mary Shelley Charlotte &
Emily Bronte

8. Romantic authors in Britain and
Spain
Mariano José Gustavo A.
De Larra Bécquer

9. Romantic authors in Britain and
Spain
Rosalía de Castro

10. Romantic authors in Britain and
Spain
Lord Byron, George Gordon
1788-1824

11. Sir Walter Scott
1771- 1832

12. José de Espronceda
1808- 1842

13. José Zorrilla
1817-1893