Extension 1 - Romanticism

[Prerna Kumar]

Hi, I was just wondering if there were any great websites that you could recommend to help me analyse Frost at Midnight.
Thanks

[bowiemily]

Hi, I was just wondering if there were any great websites that you could recommend to help me analyse Frost at Midnight.
Thanks

http://www.romanticismhsc.org/samuel-taylor-coleridge

I didn't use this site much during the HSC, but I went to the lectures they hold each year and they were fantastic! So, I hope this may be of help to you 

[Mary_a]

Hey,

I am also studying Romanticism for the HSC! I honestly love this topic so much. I am a bit curious about how to dress related texts for the different prescribed texts.

For Coleridge: John Keats-La Belle Dame Sans Merci (my favourite poem)

For Frankenstien: I'm thinking of Wuthering Heights

however,

For A Vindication Of The Rights Of Woman: I have no idea. I am really unsure what to select and how to incorporate a related for this text.

Do you happen to have any ideas or advice I can use in regards to Romanticism related?

Thank you so much,

Mary x

[bowiemily]

Hey,

I am also studying Romanticism for the HSC! I honestly love this topic so much. I am a bit curious about how to dress related texts for the different prescribed texts.

For Coleridge: John Keats-La Belle Dame Sans Merci (my favourite poem)

For Frankenstien: I'm thinking of Wuthering Heights

however,

For A Vindication Of The Rights Of Woman: I have no idea. I am really unsure what to select and how to incorporate a related for this text.

Do you happen to have any ideas or advice I can use in regards to Romanticism related?

Thank you so much,

Mary x

Hey Mary!

Personally I did not have a related text for each of my prescribed. This was mainly because I knew that I was going to write about Frankenstein and Vindication in my exam. So, I looked at Hazlitts essays (choosing 'On the Ignorance of the Learned' in the end) and Keats' Ode on a Grecian Urn. I picked these because I thought they exposed areas of Romanticism that my prescribed texts didn't cover. Also, I really enjoyed them (which is important!).
If you like Keats, perhaps you would like to use one of his Letters as another ORT. Otherwise, you could use some of P Shelley's Essays as an ORT for Vindication - as they expose another way in which political voice was exercised during the period

[Mary_a]

Hey Mary!

Personally I did not have a related text for each of my prescribed. This was mainly because I knew that I was going to write about Frankenstein and Vindication in my exam. So, I looked at Hazlitts essays (choosing 'On the Ignorance of the Learned' in the end) and Keats' Ode on a Grecian Urn. I picked these because I thought they exposed areas of Romanticism that my prescribed texts didn't cover. Also, I really enjoyed them (which is important!).
If you like Keats, perhaps you would like to use one of his Letters as another ORT. Otherwise, you could use some of P Shelley's Essays as an ORT for Vindication - as they expose another way in which political voice was exercised during the period

Hey,

Thank you so much! I will definitely look into Shelley's essays and poetry, hopefully I can find a related text.

Thank you so much for your feedback and advice,

Mary x

[Iesh]

Hi,
Thanks for all the previous feedback. Just reading through has helped me
Just wondering if you could post an example of an exemplary Romanticism Essay or Creative Writing?
  Preferably a Coleridge and Wordsworth Essay  .....
If not, is there anywhere where I could access them? I just want to know the standard that I should be shooting for.
Also can we post essays to be marked on this forum?

Thanks for your time!!

[carolinewang206]

Hey Emily,

I just got my half yearly results back, 22/25 for the essay and 20/25 for the creative. The test was on 2 Coleridge poems, Frankenstein and a related (I did Edmund Burke's Treatise on the Sublime and Beautiful).

I'm debating about whether or not I should change the Burke related to something else (I would probably to Keats' letters). My second related is Shelley's 'A Defence of Poetry'.

What are your thoughts on these? Are any of them overdone in the HSC?

Thanks heaps!

Caroline

[elysepopplewell]

Also can we post essays to be marked on this forum?

Thanks for your time!!

Hey Lesh! If you'd like an Extension essay marked, you need to make 15 posts on the ATAR Notes forums So 15 posts = one marked piece. And I'll happily give you some feedback!

Also, one user has posted their HSC Romanticism essay which you can download here if you're looking for ideas They didn't say which mark they got, so gauge the quality for yourself

[bowiemily]

Hey Emily,

I just got my half yearly results back, 22/25 for the essay and 20/25 for the creative. The test was on 2 Coleridge poems, Frankenstein and a related (I did Edmund Burke's Treatise on the Sublime and Beautiful).

I'm debating about whether or not I should change the Burke related to something else (I would probably to Keats' letters). My second related is Shelley's 'A Defence of Poetry'.

What are your thoughts on these? Are any of them overdone in the HSC?

Thanks heaps!

Caroline

Hey there Caroline,
Those are pretty popular ORTs, yes. But you shouldn't stray away from them for this reason. If you've picked them because there's lots of notes available, or because your teacher has given you resources regarding them, you may want to rethink your choice. Ultimately, your ORT should show your own understanding of Romanticism. If it doesn't do this, or you're regurgitating common analysis/quotes, I would find something that you enjoy more

[carolinewang206]

Hey there Caroline,
Those are pretty popular ORTs, yes. But you shouldn't stray away from them for this reason. If you've picked them because there's lots of notes available, or because your teacher has given you resources regarding them, you may want to rethink your choice. Ultimately, your ORT should show your own understanding of Romanticism. If it doesn't do this, or you're regurgitating common analysis/quotes, I would find something that you enjoy more

Hey Emily, no I haven't really been looking at notes and my teacher hasn't given us any resources, I am leaning more towards a defence of poetry and Dorothy Wordsworth's journals. Do you think that despite being quite popular it is still fine to use them? They both work very well for my argument and I genuinely enjoy them; however I don't want to do an ORT that is too overused.

Thank you!

[bowiemily]

Hey Emily, no I haven't really been looking at notes and my teacher hasn't given us any resources, I am leaning more towards a defence of poetry and Dorothy Wordsworth's journals. Do you think that despite being quite popular it is still fine to use them? They both work very well for my argument and I genuinely enjoy them; however I don't want to do an ORT that is too overused.

Thank you!

I don't think thats a bad thing, no! As long as you love them and can analyse them well 

[elysepopplewell]

Just set this topic as sticky so students can find it easily when they go to the Extension 1 forums! It's a very popular option so it makes sense to have it's own top-title like After the Bomb does.

[diesxel]

Hello, I have an essay on Coleridge's poems as an assessment coming up, it's an in class essay but we have the question already. The question is "Write an essay that explores interplay between imagination and human experience in Romanticism.".

Can someone please help break this down for me? Our teacher recommended that we look at the poems holistically and dont break them up into paragraphs. I'm the most confused about the part about "interplay" and "human experience". We also have to link it to ways of thinking and philosophers at the time. Would appreciate any help, I'm so confused!!!! Thank you very much

[bowiemily]

Hello, I have an essay on Coleridge's poems as an assessment coming up, it's an in class essay but we have the question already. The question is "Write an essay that explores interplay between imagination and human experience in Romanticism.".

Can someone please help break this down for me? Our teacher recommended that we look at the poems holistically and dont break them up into paragraphs. I'm the most confused about the part about "interplay" and "human experience". We also have to link it to ways of thinking and philosophers at the time. Would appreciate any help, I'm so confused!!!! Thank you very much

Hey there!
So when the question asks you to examine 'interplay', you're looking at how these two ideas work together. How does the imagination change the way of thinking about the human experience? Does it allow romantics to better understand it? Does it uncover ideas that were previously not explored?

Otherwise, I would agree with your teacher when she advises you to think of the poem whollistically. That is, how do particular techniques work together to convey an idea. In this case, the idea would be the relationship between the human experience and the imagination.

[diesxel]

Oh thank you, that makes sense.

For my structure, I was thinking of having two body paragraphs, with one focusing on nature (romantic way of thinking) and one focusing on childhood. And so, I will explore each theme separately in each paragraph, in realtion to power of imagination, human experience, the STC poems, and other ways of thinking of the time. Is this a good idea? Or should I not do this. You guys are really helpful thanks so much