22Chirchik State Pedagogical University Current Issues of Modern Philology and Linguodidactics
Staatliche Pädagogische Universität Chirchik Aktuelle Fragen der modernen Philologie und Linguodidaktik
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ENGLISH ROMANTICISM AND ITS DEVELOPMENT
Gulrukhsor Do'stnazar kizi Inoyatova
Chirchik State Pedagogical University, Faculty of Tourism, Department of Foreign Language and Literature (English), Bachelor degree student Nasiba Komil kizi Jumaeva Supervisor, Chirchik State Pedagogical University, English teacher [email protected]
ABSTRACT
This article aims at giving an overview on the whole romantic period. The start of the romantic period, the way it happened, the poets that helped to make this period shine, the background of the poets and the details of the romantic poetry that ruled this era - all of the aspects are described very elaborately in this article. The romantic age was established at the end of the eighteenth century and it lasted up to the 30's of the nineteenth century. This romantic period replaced the neoclassical period where the classical poets like Alexander Pope made classical poetry famous among readers. Elements such as imagination, emotion, nature were used very passionately in the romantic poetry. There are more than four poets who wrote romantic poems in this period but only the life and poetry of the significant four poets are written in this article who was William Wordsworth, Samuel Coleridge, John Keats, P. B Shelley. Wordsworth and Coleridge were the very first influencers of the romantic period. This article will guide people in knowing even the little things of the romantic era.[1]
Keywords: influencers, overview, period shine, details, romantic age, neoclassical period, imagination
INTRODUCTION
Romanticism in English Literature was a revolutionary movement that originated towards the end of the 18th century in Europe. Romanticism is considered as a ballad or tale of an adventurous movement, which stresses individual heroism. Romantic Movement is in contrast to elegant formality and it is marked as a revolution in literary style and content creation. This paper has described the importance of Romantic period in English literature. A literature review has been provided that includes orientalism, industrial and agricultural revolution, blue-culture studies, influence of modern English on romance, discussion about Walter Scott's influence, and "Echo" in literature. Using secondary data, this research has been done
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and it reached its findings. A brief discussion about all findings has been shared in this research paper. Romantic period in English Literature is considered a revolutionary time. It brought Artistic, intellectual, literary as well as musical movement started across Europe. Many renowned poets, novelists, dramatists, writers came out of their shells and contributed their masterpieces in English literature to enrich it. However, romantic period is mostly influenced by poetry that is called "Age of Poetry". In this period, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, and Byron have significant contributions that English Literature still perishes in modern time.[2]
LITERATURE REVIEW
The Romantic period changed the whole complexion of English literature during the nineteenth century. The Romantic Movement started with Lyrical Ballads'in 1798 A.D which was written by Samuel Coleridge and William Wordsworth. This new age of romantic poets broke the traditional classical style of literature writing which was primarily written for the higher class of people. As the people of the eighteenth century experienced only the classic form of literature, the people of the nineteenth century experienced a completely new and refreshing form of the English literature. This so called Romantic period ended in 1837 by covering only one-third of the century. Romantic period poets were very different from the traditional poets of the previous century. They included many new elements in their poetry which were completely neglected in the classical era. The romantic poets induced imagination, individual emotion, sensitivity in their poems and made their poems very reachable to all classes of people. Poems with stories of king, queen and heroes were replaced by emotional and sensible stories of the common people which attracted more audience. Eighteenth century poets did not pay much attention to nature in their poetry but the romantic poets cherished the connection of man and nature in their works. Romantic writers saw nature as a teacher and a source of infinite beauty.' Individualism was given the priority in Romantic poetry: stories of individuals regarding their passion, daily deeds were given the upper hand rather than a fully general or objective approach in writing poetry. This kind of poetry had a fair amount of reliability and uniqueness to it. The standard form of poetry was easily recognized by some heroic couplets which the classical poets put in their poems for their heroes or kings whereas the romantic poems had much more to them such as ballads, sonnets, blank verses etc. The poets who made the romantic period popular with their poem sare William Wordsworth, S.T. Coleridge, P.B Shelley, John Keats, Lord Byron and a few more. They were the faces of English literature at that time. Among them, William Wordsworth started to write in simple
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language for the better understanding and enjoyment of all the people around the globe. He neglected the conventionalized language and wrote in a basic and simple manner full of emotional aspects. Foreign politics and the thought process of foreign poets greatly inspired the romantic poets and helped to form their writing style.[3]
DISCUSSION AND RESULTS
William Wordsworth explained the new styles and themes of poetry in his Preface to Lyrical Ballads'. In his preface, he described that incidents that were very much related to the common life or real situations were written in those poems by the language in use. Those situations were uplifted with a touch of imagination which brought out the emotion in the audience and made them excited about thepoems. These poems chose to connect with people in a deeper level. So, the poets took inspirations from the humble and rural lives of people. Necessary emotions and passions were evoked when nature was described very beautifully and magically. The simple mannerisms of simple people speaking simple language brought out the raw feelings of readers and helped them to get engaged in those poems. Previous poets shed honor upon themselves in their poems by not caring about the mass people which made their poems very stale. Wordsworth also said in his preface of Lyrical Ballads that all of the poems should have a purpose. The poems should excite those feelings with which the poets wrote them. A very significant line from his preface is mentioned below: For all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.'
e also added these lines- For our continued influxes of feeling are modified and directed by our thoughts, which are indeed representatives of our past feelings; and as by contemplating the relation of these general representatives to each other, we discover what is really important to men, our feelings will be connected to important subjects , till at length.' In these lines Wordsworth talks about connecting to past feelings. We can reminisce our past sensations for the usage of real life adapted scenarios. These scenarios and objects have a high chance of somehow having links with our past. These past feelings can get very attached with the subject if we treat the subject sensibly.[4]
CONCLUSION
To conclude, Wordsworth, Coleridge started this journey of Romantic poetry with fresh perspectives and open-minded readers. Keats, P.B Shelley finished this journey with elevated writing and overly satisfied readers. They all contributed a lot to make this romantic period valid to all classes of people and showered them with all the emotions, feelings, sensations. The romantic
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period replaced the neo-classical era very smoothly as the readers started liking the positive vibes rather than just ignoring it. [5]
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