Unit 2 Tenets Flashcards
Each person should follow their own conscience, no matter how different their ideas and beliefs are from society’s
Transcendentalism
Nature is a violent, destructive force
Dark Romanticism
Drew inspiration from myths, legend, and folk lore
Romanticism
View nature as a pathway to spiritual and moral development
Romanticism
Supernatural entities are malevolent
Dark Romanticism
Value feelings and intuition over reason and logic
Romanticism
Every individual is good and deserved the respect of all men
Transcendentalism
Nonconformists are singles out for persecution
Dark Romanticism
Intuition and conscience transcend experience and are better guides to behavior than the senses or logical reasoning
Transcendentalism
Prefer nature to artificial civilization
Romanticism
Every individual should be self-reliant and self-trustworthy
Transcendentalism
Every individual should express themselves freely
Transcendentalism
Places faith in inner-experience and the power of imagination
Romanticism
Champions individuality and nonconformity
Romanticism
The past is not sentimentalized or nostalgically presented
Dark Romanticism
Human potential is limitless
Transcendentalism
An omni-present Over-soul can be found in every person and all of nature
Transcendentalism
Sees poetry as the literary genre most conductive to expressing the imagination
Romanticism
People should simplify their lives and turn away from materialistic lifestyles
Transcendentalism
Emphasis on the supernatural
Romanticism
Innocence can be corrupted and is a liability
Dark Romanticism
Nature is good and humans should commune with it in order to discover the lessons that it has to teach
Transcendentalism
Prefers youthful exuberance to sobering sophistication
Romanticism
Values the past and distrusts progress
Romanticism
