UNIT II: The Romantic Hero

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Term Project I

A. Issues

1. Underdog as hero- Common man
2. Hubris as destructive
3. Alienation
4. Search for spiritual value
5. Monster as a product of the unconscious
6. Salvation Through Love

B. Literature

1. "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" - Coleridge pp 143-Web Site
2. Mary Shelly- Frankenstein Web site

C. MusicComposer Archive

Die Winterreise- Schubert- Art Song Cycle
1. Gute Nacht
2. Geforne Tranen
3. Der Lindenbaum
4. Der Leiermann

2. Flying Dutchman- Wagner

D. Art

1. Themes of Alienation and the romantic hero as seen in.

a. Daumier (French)

• "Third Class Carriage",
• "Uprising"

b. Friedrich (German) Museum                       Special Exhibit

• "Monastery Graveyard in the Snow"
• "Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog"
• "Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon"
• Winter Landscape
• Cross on the Mountain

c. Goya (Spanish)-

• "The Third of May"

d. Delacroix

• "Liberty Leading..."
• "Massacre at Chois"

2. Monster as a product of the unconscious/imagination

a. Goya- Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco or  Artchive link

• "Saturn devouring his son"
• "Los Caprichos"
• Out Hunting for Teeth
• God Forgive Her
• Sleep of Reason
• They Say Yes
• Here Comes the Bogeyman
• They carried her off

• "Los Desastres de la Guerra"
• And they are like wild beasts
• One Can't Look
• An Heroic Feat
• Unhappy Mother
• Truth has Died

b. Gericault

• "Insane",
• "Raft of the Medusa"

Exhibit II

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