FIRST PAPER
14227 Teatro Inglés Siglos
XIX y XX Grupo A
Guillermo Carnero Garrido.
Title of the Paper: Paper on W. Wordsworth and
Romanticism.
Title
of the Second Paper:
Comparison between Victorian and Romantic Era.
Abstract:
This essay attempts to bring together three of the
great authors of the Victorian English literature, Lord Byron, John Keats and
Oscar Wilde. We will prove that Wilde was extraordinarily influenced by
Byron’s way of living. Wilde constructs his personality and his image out
of Byron’s. They both have in common some biographical aspects, vital experiences,
a nostalgic longing for childhood. Wilde really admired the Byronic hero. They
both share the same attitude towards the social and political establishment,
which they ironically criticize. Both Wilde and Byron have a passion for the
classical world. They will end up their lives going into exile.
Keat’s background and life
was completely different from Wilde’s, but the former influenced Wilde
regarding classical world and
What Wilde really admires about Keats is his ability
to assimilate impressions so perfectly expressed. (A. SANDERS
The Short Oxford History of English Literature, Oxford Press, N. Y. 1994, p.
385).
We will see how Keats is actually mentioned several
times in Wilde’s poems.
Something that strucks me as
being obvious, is the fact that with Romanticism the poet, understood as a
whole in society, becomes important, and enters a dimension that had never been
studied before.
He is not someone “normal” in the
traditional sense of the term, and he has some unique, inalienable and original
features that make him an extravagant and curious being. Lord Byron was pretty
much this way: he was a rebel, original and theatrical; it was the dandy model
for the artists that would follow.
Romantic poetry tends towards egotism and subjectivity
as never before.
Art will develop until the end of Modernism with this
individualism basis coming from the artist himself who considers art as a
projection of himself, and also a projection that’s justifiable by him.
It’s the famous theory of Art for Art’s sake.
Auto-evaluation:
I have always been
deeply concerned about the English Romantic topic since I was an adolescent,
for it was a subject that interested my parents, and I guess I was influenced
by this fact. The first time I heard about English Romantic poetry was William
Beckford’s. Ever since I have really enjoyed going deeply in this topic,
and I think I have learned many interesting details, reading all the
information I could get access to. It actually encouraged me into reading more
and more, and, as I was studying, I think I understood what the romantic
mentality means.
At the same time, I
regret not having a methodology that would allow me to be more precise and
efficient, and because of this lack of ‘self-confidence’ when doing
this kind of work, I had to read, re-read; and change many things until I
finally got the “final cut”, so to speak.
Since I have worked hard, I suppose I have done my best, and I consider my
papers worth reading.
Academic year 2005/2006
© a.r.e.a./Dr.Vicente Forés López
© Guillermo Carnero
guicarga@alumni.uv.es
Universitat de València
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