romantics V6 HLZ

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

ROMANTICISM

A LITERARY PERIOD IN ENLGISH LITERATURE STRETCHING FROM 1798-1837

Romantic

What is the order of the poem? 

fruitfulness

harvest

dusk & empty fields

What is different about Autumn in the Ode compared to La Belle Dame

What is an ALLITERATION?

Alliterations in "To Autumn"

Which aspect of autumn is distinctly emphasised in the 1st stanza? + Give examples

Who is HIM in line 3?

Keats consciously uses a number of old-fashioned words in the poem. Why + give examples

Can you identify the 9 characteristics?

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

What is the correct combination?

1. 1h; 2d; 3a; 4b; 5f; 6g; 7c; 8e; 9 i
2. 1d; 2h; 3g; 4b; 5f; 6a; 7c; 8e; 9i
3. 1h; 2d; 3g; 4b; 5f; 6a; 7c; 8e; 9i
4. 1h; 2d; 3g; 4c; 5f; 6a; 7b; 8e; 9i

The Romantic Period is first and foremost a reaction to

1. rationalism and industrialisation
2. neoclassicism
3. The enlightenment
4. Christian dogmas

What marked the beginning of the Romantic era in 1798?

1. A poem by William Wordsworth
2. The publication of the Lyrical Ballads
3. The French revolution
4. The Peterloo massacre

The French Revolution inspired the Romantics in its

1. emphasis on brotherhood
2. shout for freedom and rejection of authority
3. fashionable Frenchness
4. emphasis on feelings

Keats was the poet

1. of the supernatural
2. with a keen sense of social injustices
3. most taken with childhood innocense
4. drawing heavily from sensory experience

Most remarkable: as a medical apprentice he knew

1. how to take care of his brother
2. How to treat his own illness
3. He already knew he was dying when he wrote his best poems
4. He wrote about beauty when he knew he was dying

What role does beauty play in this poem?

Wednesday, 3 March 2021

1) Oral exams: assignment + groups

Oral exams: assignment

When? After SE3 (dates to be announced). In pairs / 20 minutes in total (10 minutes each) 

What? Each pupil brings a printed newspaper article (with a minimum of 1000 words) in Dutch about a controversial topic (challenge: find an article that isn’t related to the Corona-virus)

-Pupil 1 talks about the article (what’s in it? Your opinion? …) and starts a small discussion (asks pupil 2 a question)

-Pupil 2 talks about the article (what’s in it? Your opinion? …) and starts a small discussion (asks pupil 1 a question)

-Time left? DKX tells about another article and asks person 1 and 2 for their opinions

Assessment B2+ / C1 level (erk.nl)

Vocabulary

Grammar

Fluency and coherence

Pronunciation

-Grade between 3-5: level B1
/ B2-

-Grade between 6-8: level B2+ / C1

-Grade 9: C2

Groups

-Send me a message today with the pupil you would like to do the oral exam with. 

-Don’t worry if you don’t know. After today, I will assign everyone to a partner. 

-Groups of three are not allowed in the first place.

Literature: Romantics 

-Last time: La Belle Dame Sans Merci - John Keats  (+ introduction to the Romantics - 9 characteristics)

-Today: Ode to Autumn - John Keats (p. 10-11)

Ode to Autumn. What is an ODE?

What is the order of the poem? 

fruitfulness

harvest

dusk & empty fields

What is different about Autumn in the Ode compared to La Belle Dame

Reflection

We have discussed La Belle Dame Sans Merci and Ode to Autumn. You know who Keats is and you can analyse his two poems.