The Factors of Both Romanticism and Transcendentalism in Emily Dickinson's Character

Emily Dickinson is one of the most widely read and well-known American poets. Although there were just seven poems published during her lifetime, she was brought to many people's attention. Some people believe that Dickinson is a real romantic but others think she is a transcendentalist. However, both the factors of romanticism and transcendentalism can be seen in her character indeed. Romantic factors include individualism in her personality and her escaping from society. Transcendental factors are oversoul and mysticalness. If all the factors are taken into account, Emily Dickinson can fall into the category of both romanticism and transcendentalism.

A Brief Study of Wordsworth's Romantic Poetry in Light of Ecocriticism

Ecocriticism is a new-born literary criticism that delves into the exposition of the relationship between human beings and other specimen in nature from the literary angle as well as observes and discloses in detail and with sincerity the effect of literature in the human activities and natural environment. The thesis combines the theory of ecocriticism with romanticism to study Wordsworth's romantic poetry from an ecological perspective as Wordsworth,the great"worshipper of nature"can also be called an ecological critic since many of his poems are focused on ecological themes and he expresses his passion on an ecological basis. Going through the thesis is the most fundamental concept of ecocriticism: ecological holism. Supporting this backbone is analyzes of selected paradigmatic romantic poems by Wordsworth.

A Study of Romantic Tendency in Jane Austen's works——A Comparison between Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion

Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion is Jane Austen's first and last published works respectively, which are read widely all over the world. Austen proclaims that feeling should be governed by reason in Sense and Sensibility and that reason should be compatible with feeling in Persuasion. This paper attempts to explore romantic tendency in Austen's works according to the comparison and contrast between her two novels. Through comparison and contrast, we can see the transformation of Marianne from a lady of sensibility to a sensible lady and the growth of Anne into a lady with romance.

Exploring the Association between Adult Attachment Styles in Romantic Relationships, Perceptions of Parents from Childhood and Relationship Satisfaction

Little research has examined how attachment styles in childhood are related to current romantic relationship experiences. The aim of this study was to explore the association between perceptions of childhood experiences with parents, attachment styles in romantic relationships, and relationship satisfaction in a sample of young adults. The sample consisted of 227 participants, 153 of which were university students and the remaining 69 were members of the general population. Of these, 177 (78%) were female and 50 (22%) were male, with an age range of 18 - 39. Participants completed a battery of self-report measures assessing their attachment style in romantic relationships, satisfaction in their current romantic relationship, and an adjective checklist describing their parents and their parent’s relationship with each other. The majority of males had an avoidant-fearful style, while females tended to have an avoidant-fearful or secure style. Findings were that participants’ descriptions of their mother, father, and parental relationship were associated with their attachment style. In terms of a current romantic relationship, those with a secure attachment style were much more likely to be in a relationship whereas those with an avoidant-fearful style were not. Secure participants were more satisfied in their relationships than the insecure styles of attachment. Finally, chi-square tests revealed that there was no association between gender and attachment style. Results were discussed in terms of methodological limitations such as the use of self-report measures;theoretical weaknesses for example the variability in the approaches used in attachment research;and future research, which included the use of longitudinal studies which may offer insight into how early parenting behaviours act as predictors of later relationship functioning.

Jane Eyre's Contradictory Characteristics from the Perspectives of Realism and Romanticism

Various researches have been conducted in realism,description of psychology and romanticism in Jane Eyre respectively.Author of this paper is going to connect realism and romanticism to reflect contradictory characteristics in the title character whose author Charlotte Bront? was shaped in the shift of romanticism to realism in Victorian age.

由“Romanticism”一词的两种译法看周作人早期文学观

1918年,周作人在北京大学讲授欧洲文学史,并编写讲义《欧洲文学史》及《近代欧洲文学史》两册,在讲义中周作人将"Romanticism"一词译为"传奇主义"和"理想主义",这两种译法并非偶然为之,其背后蕴藏着作者在同一时期所主张的文学观及文艺理论。本文主要从"Romanticism"在中国的接受与传播、"传奇主义"与"抒情传统",以及"理想主义"与"人的文学"等三个方面来探讨"Romanticism"一词中文译法背后的深刻含义。

Romanticism in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been studied as a realistic work widely.Although The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn mainly work for the realism,there are also spark notes of romanticism in the book.So this essay discusses the romanticism from its source and its conception,and the third part of this essay analyzes which parts and which points in the book show the romanticism,and analyzes the romanticism in the book from the general following aspects:description of the environment,the friendship between the main characters,the plots,and themes.At last,the author concludes the indelible artistic value in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Positive Romanticism and Ode to the West Wind

There are not as many British positive romanticism research as romanticism research.The positive romanticism possesses distinguished characteristics in different cultures.The English positive romanticism pushed the romanticism literature to the highest among which Shelley's Ode to the West Wind is one of the best works.Through mainly analysis on the background of Ode to the West Wind,and the features of positive romanticism,my research finally drew an conclusion that Ode to the West Wind adopts a variety of ways to analyze the subjectivism,the political lyricism,idealism.This thesis also illustrates the features of human's appreciations for the nature.

An Analysis of Romanticism Characteristics in Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables is one of the famous works of Canadian children’s literature.It was created by Canadian authoress Lucy Maud Montgomery in 1908.The novel tells a story about the innocent and kind heroine—Anne,who is an orphan and adopted by Matthew and Marilla of the green gable at her age of 11.The whole novel is full of romanticism and realism characteristics.It is exactly a transition from romanticism to realism.The heroine’s imagination and the love toward nature can be comparable to Alice in Wonderland.Mark Twain commented,"In Anne of Green Gables you will find the dearest and most moving and delightful child since the immortal Alice."

Endorphins, oxytocin, sexuality and romantic relationships: An understudied area

Endorphins are the body's natural opioids that are created and released by the central nervous system, hypothalamus and pituitary gland. Endorphins have a reputation for pain reduction, enhancing excitement or satisfaction, boosting confidence, enabling control of emotions and generating feelings of euphoria, and are involved in the natural reward cycle. There is also evidence in the literature suggesting the role of endorphins in sexuality(including sexual function and sexual behaviours), as they may regulate the release of sex hormones, prolactin and growth hormone, which are involved in sexual function and love. Endogenous oxytocin is another intrinsic hormone whose role in inducing labour contractions, the delivery of the baby and stimulating lactation has been well studied. However, the potential impact of endorphins and oxytocin on sexuality and romantic relationships is not well understood. This article reviews the research on endorphins and endogenous oxytocin and how they relate to human sexuality and romantic relationships. Some animal studies report the effect of endorphin and oxytocin on sex hormones and mating behaviours, but these findings have not been supported by research into human behaviour, indicating many gaps in knowledge relating to the association between these hormones and human sexuality.

Current Evidence of the Monoaminergic Regulation of Romantic Love and Relationship

Introduction: Sexual response cycle is modulated by a variety of biological factors, especially antidepressants and antipsychotics. Although the circuit of romantic love has recently been delineated, the biological impact on romantic love is barely mentioned in human, however. Methods: In thus study, a comprehensive literature review was completed to elucidate the role of central monoamines, including dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine, epinephrine, melatonin and histamine, for the romantic love and relationship in human. Results: The central circuit of romantic love includes the mesolimbic and mesocortical tract and their extensions widely distributed in cortical, subcortical and brainstem structures. The activation of brain foci progressively decreases along with the romantic relationship in many areas, including the bilateral caudate and ventral tegmentum area without change of passionate love. Hyperactivity of dopamine and serotonin is suggested at the synaptic level for romantic love in lovers, probably through an inhibition of transporters or increase of terminal release. Romantic love can be modulated by antidepressants or recreational drugs. Polymorphism of dopamine and serotonin receptor relates to the romantic relationship. The effect of other monoamines is barely mentioned. Conclusions: Romantic love is vulnerable for secondary effect, such as drugs which modulate the dopamine and serotonin, in human. Romantic relationship is also impacted by the polymorphism of monoamine receptors. Therefore, the biological effect is not limited to sexual response cycle but also the romantic love and relationship. Further investigation is warranted for understanding the secondary effect in romantic love for romantic dissolution or divorce.

Hart Crane:A Romantic Poet of the Complex Genre of High Modernism

For many decades Herold Hart Crane,an American poet,who played a very important role in the development of Modern American Literature in the early decades of 20th century,had been considered as a romantic poet by many critics for his romantic verses.His poetries are considered not only the reflection of the contemporary social phenomenon,ideology,and thoughts,rather they are prophetic.On the other hand,in the early decades of 20th century,in American society,modernism marked a simultaneous movement which tremendously affected the emergence of new values in field of politics,economy,lifestyle,literature,and literary thoughts.The influence of rapid industrializations and the First World War not only changed the philosophy of human life,but also changed the writing style of the contemporary American writers.The new crowded urban life,which is a result of rapid industrializations,and the fear of war made the human being selfish.Humans lost his romantic attitudes towards the literature.A complexity emerged.Hart Crane also could not avoid this complexity.If we study his life style,philosophy of life,and poetic diction,we will surely confine his intelligence not between romanticism and modernism separately.Rather,we can call him a Modernist Romantic poet.In short,Crane can be declared as a romantic poet of the complex genre of high modernism.

Motives for romantic relationships and the risk of heavy alcohol use, regular smoking and cannabis use during adolescence and early adulthood: A longitudinal study

Background: Engaging in sexual activities at a younger age is associated with higher risk of substance misuse among adolescents. It could be hypothesized that substance misuse and certain romantic relationship related behaviors may be influenced by similar hormone and other inner physiological factors that are affected by related motives. This study investigated the association between motives for romantic relationships and the risk of heavy alcohol use, regular smoking and cannabis use from adolescence through to early adulthood. Method: A population-based longitudinal study using data collected from Wave I and Wave III of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Characteristics of romantic relationship ideals (as the proxy of motives) measured in Wave I (mean age: 16 yrs) were applied to predict substance use indicated at Wave III (mean age: 22 yrs) using multivariate analyses. Results: Adolescents who included sexual activities as part of their romantic relationship ideals were at significantly higher risk of cannabis use among males and heavy alcohol use among females. Romantic ideals that included, gift giving (female) or receiving (male), declaration of love (male), marriage (male) and becoming pregnant (female) were associated with reduced risk of one or more types of substance use. Conclusion: In adolescence, sexual motives for romantic relationships were associated with higher risk of substance use and misuse, while motives related to intimacy and commitment in romantic relationships were associated with lower risk.

A Study of Presupposition Triggers in Chinese Romantic Conversations

Presupposition means an implied fact or information which is accepted by both speaker and hearer in a conversation,or at least the information that can always be inferred from the context after hearing the discourse.In the analysis of how speaker's assumptions are typically expressed,presupposition has been associated with the use of a large number of words,phrases,and structures,known as presupposition-triggers.There are many studies on trigger language at home and abroad,but there are relatively few studies on analyzing presupposition triggers from the perspective of romantic conversations.In this paper,by analyzing what presupposition triggers are used in the conversations and what functions the triggers perform,also the various ways of communication in which a boyfriend annoys his girlfiriend,we can solve the doubts of many male friends,so that people can have a deeper understanding of presupposition triggers and the application of it in romantic conversations,which may help us a lot in our daily interpersonal communication life.

Romanticism in Buck--Rereading The Call of the Wild

In The Call of the Wild,the dog Buck shows keen love towards nature and through it,he attains fullness spiritually as well as physically. This attitude towards nature is opposite to the principles on which naturalism is based on,and betrays to some extent the romantic spirit contained in the writer.

The Lake Poets in Romanticism

Romanticism is an essential part in English literature. In this new trend, the group of poets, also called the Lake Poets,used their finest poems to show respect to nature and life, to advocate human instincts and emotions and to look forward to new world.

Brief Analysis to the Substance and Features of English Romanticism

To better know the English romanticism, the substance and the features of English romanticism are studied. The substance of English romanticism which is stated from the politic, philosophy, literary and the features of English romanticism which are stated from their revolt to authority, the emphasis on emotion, the affection to nature, the use of exaggeration mean, the pursue for the extraordinary story are presented.

Rabindranath Tagore’s Romanticism in Stray Birds

Stray Birds is one of the works of the famous poet,Rabindranath Tagore.The main purpose of this paper is to get a better understanding of romanticism in his poems by interpreting from words,sentences,figure of speech to his romanticism,natural view,and life philosophy and so on.And then it can be concluded that Tagore’s writing style and wisdom and love for life is meaningful for all of us.

Ecological Ideas Embodied in the 19th-Century American Romantic Writings

Henry David Thoreau and James Fennimore Cooper are regarded as representatives of American Romanticism.And a close analysis of their masterpieces reveals quite a few ecological traces in them.By comparing their writing styles with eco-literature in America,the present paper finds that they have a lot in common.Based upon this,it is to be believed that the romanticism in the 19th century of America breeds the later ecological literature.

Robert Frost:A Poet from Romanticism to Modernism

Robert Frost's most,especially early wrtitings are about nature things,and describe and comment on a scene or event closely related to the countryside of New England.Most of them carry the beauty of nature and the importance of individual.Gradually,certain elements influence him and his poetry became more and more gloomy and of dark picture of the world,which carries the elements of Modernistic writing.This thesis is attempts to dig deep into the process that his general development from Romaticism to Modernism and how it developed.This thesis gives three main reasons:the First World War,the key figures among Modernists and personal tragedies.However,we can not see superficially the difference clearly in his later poems.In a word,the environment,the people around and personal tragedy can change a person and,if a poet,his poetry too.