Literature : A Literary Movement

During the 1870s a new category of art formed known as the Aesthetic Movement, which was based upon not what world was around the art, but the art itself (Pohl 284). This movement originated in England and spread throughout the Americas opposing the current views about art during the time the it arose, which was the ideology that art must always serve some sort of clandestine purpose. Artists who supported the Aesthetic Movement also denied any moral values that people gave to art. The painting that I chose that best fits the ideals of aestheticism is In the Studio, 1880 by William Merritt Chase. During the 19th century industrialization rapidly began to change American culture bringing on consumerism and capitalism, which focused on the

My relationship with literature has changed dramatically over the course of my life. I found my love of reading early on, and somehow, I also lost my love of reading pretty early. Reading as a child was my escape, running away from my problems without actually going anywhere. I could get away from the world around me and be transported into these amazing and beautiful stories full of wonderful things. Then once reading became something I was forced to do it no longer felt wonderful. It felt like a chore that I really didn’t want to participate in. Losing that choice to read or not to read really is what my downfall was.

Aestheticism was a popular dogma in the late 1800s that centered on the belief that art should exist for beauty alone. This doctrine is defined as an “exaggerated devotion to art, music, or poetry, with indifference to practical matters” and “the acceptance of artistic beauty and taste as a fundamental standard, ethical and other standards being secondary” (“Aestheticism,” def. 1 and 2). In Oscar Wilde’s sole novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, aestheticism is a fashionable belief accepted by society at the time. Oscar Wilde uses the moral deterioration and ultimate destruction of Dorian Gray in The Picture of Dorian Gray to emphasize the negative effects of society’s preoccupation with aesthetics and offer a moral for the reader.

3. His eyes widened and, accentuated by his __________________________________, you could tell he was sickened by the sight of his wife in the room. 4. The __________________________________ philosophy is to use a practical approach to problems, rather than theories. 5. She __________________________________ conversed with her friend on phone. 6. The room was hidden behind the __________________________________ green curtain. 7. He and his __________________________________ hung out at the bar smoking. 8. He could feel __________________________________ anger building inside himself. Matching: Match the antonym to the vocabulary word. _____ 1. concerned _____ 2. compliant _____ 3. clear, truthful _____ 4. ornate _____ 5. tiny _____ 6. beneficial _____ 7. harmful _____ 8. ideally A. austere B. equivocate C. mulish D. cynically E. benignly F. colossal G. apathetically H. pernicious

This essay originally titled Studying Literature in Grade 12, has an abundance of information regarding and convincing the readers that the grade twelve English course should be composed of Canadian literature. The grammar in this essay however, was weak. The subject did not agree to their pronouns, making many sentences awkward. Overall, improvements could have been made. Some of these include MLA format, the title, introduction paragraph, grammar, punctuation and the citation format.

Many of the main ideas behind the literary movement of Romanticism can be seen in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Although the dark motifs of her most remembered work, Frankenstein may not seem to conform to the brighter tones and subjects of the poems of her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley, and their contemporaries and friends, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Mary Shelley was a contemporary of the romantic poets. Despite this apparent difference, Mary Shelley was deeply influenced by the romantics, and the reader of Frankenstein can certainly identify a number of characteristics of romanticism in this novel. Some critics have argued that Frankenstein is actually more sophisticated than the prose of other romantic writers, as

In the article, “Why Literature Matters” by Dana Gioia, Gioia argues that the decline of interest in art in young Americans is a major problem. Gioia uses polls, studies, and a quotation from a credible author in order to illustrate this point. Gioia’s overall purpose in writing this article is to highlight the lack of art interest in young Americans. His primary audience would most likely be the American people, with an emphasis on millennials.

In this essay, “A literature of place”, Barry Lopez discusses the topic of how nature gives us reason and logic for everyday tasks. He claims that nature gives us new life lessons that most people don’t realize. Using his own views and research he describes how nature is a way of life and how it will change people's lives. Lopez talks about past experiences he had as a kid and uses them to persuade readers to go outside and explore the earth. Barry says that when people have an emotional connection with a placer that they will always remember that place. The place that they remember also remembers them spiritually forever. Which is a good thing for most people when they feel alone they can go to their place that they remember to feel close

The passage, “Why Literature Matters”, argued about why literature matters and how it could affect the society. In the beginning of the passage, the author establishes the problem and the proof of the problem. In the middle of the passage the author talked about how and why literature matters with proofs and evidences. And, in the end of the passage, the author talked about the effects of illiteracy on the society. Dana Gioia used facts, evidence, and call to action to persuade his audience that the decline of reading will have a negative effect on society.

Literacy, the ability to read, write, and understand a language, is an extremely important part of modern society. It’s second nature for us now to read street signs as we drive past, food labels in the grocery store, etc. Not to mention the ability to enjoy novels. Being illiterate means that you can’t do any of that. You probably wouldn’t even know how your name is spelled or what it even looks like. Literacy (or lack of) has greatly affected an abundance of people’s lives throughout history. Three authors-Sandra Cisneros, Frederick Douglass, and Sherman Alexie- share their backgrounds, the influence that literacy has had on their lives, and the challenges that they faced to get to where they are. The similarities and differences

During the 1870s a new category of art formed known as the Aesthetic Movement, which was based upon not what world was around the art, but the art itself (Pohl 284). The movement originated in England and spread throughout the Americas opposing the current views about art during the time this movement arose, which was the ideology that art must always serve some sort of clandestine purpose. Artists who supported the Aesthetic Movement also denied any moral values that people gave to art. The painting that I chose that best fits the ideals of aestheticism is In the Studio, 1880 by William Merritt Chase. During the 19th century industrialization rapidly began to change American culture bringing on consumerism and capitalism, which focused

“Aestheticism can be defined as the ideal of creating works of art that renounce any purpose or meaning other than their own refined beauty.” (Quirk) Aestheticism’s main goal was to be a way to counter the political and social views of the time. “Human beings in decadent art and writing are irretrievably flawed and live in a state of disruption both with themselves and with an equally flawed Nature. Since this is the case, humans can only overcome this imperfect melancholy state momentarily in acts of sin, disguise, or pretense.” (Quirk) Perhaps Aestheticism’s most recognizable figure was Oscar Wilde, who was the author of Dolan Grey. Aesthetic art focused more on being beautiful and pleasing to the eye rather than having a deeper meaning. The paintings often do not have any subject and are abstract, which is different than many types of art.

The many technological advances made during the Victorian Era in England drastically altered the way scientists, artists, and the public viewed art and aesthetics. Aesthetics came to be a branch of philosophy that contained a set of principles concerning nature and appreciation of beauty and art. Due to this change, a European art movement, known as the Aesthetic Movement, occurred in the late nineteenth century. This movement was based on the doctrine that art exists for the sake of its beauty and appreciation alone. Therefore, art did not need to serve any political, educational, or other purpose. It emphasized the importance of aesthetic values over moral and social themes in literature and the arts. The movement started as a reaction to the dominance of scientific thinking and the hostility of the middle class society to judge whether or not art was useful or teaching morals. One of the most prevalent values of the movement was suggestion as opposed to statement because no one could judge or try to reason the creation of any

Literature: the enlightenment, romanticism, realism, modernism, and postmodernism…. Where does one begin? To some, those words can be as scary as the word computer is to others. This essay is designed to help you become a great literary interpreter. Getting the motivation is three fourths of the battle to getting into the heads of the artists. To begin, an outline of some of the literary movements has been provided.

The author states in this chapter that the actual goal of the character, the quest, is not the actual point of the story. The point is to actually see how the character changes and develops. This has lead me to the conclusion that literature cannot truly be enjoyed by a reader without good characters. The human experience and growth is what calls for a quest and in the end fulfills it. We, the readers, do not care about the objects or the scenery in literature. We care about how it impacts, reflects, or relates to the character. This is why by the end of most quest based stories, as the author puts it, “We hear less and less” about the stated goal. Now it isn’t always that the goal decreases in importance to the protagonist, like in