Romanticism & Women Writers th 19 century

Romantic Literature

Emphasis on emotions and sensibility. Interest in the imagination, the bizarre, the supernatural, the exotic and the gothic. Interest in the past. Love of Nature. Belief in the individual and common man Isolated and heoric protagonists in unpleasant or difficult situations.

Outstanding Women Writers

Mary Shelly: Frankenstein Charlotte Smith: The Wanderings of Warwick Ann Radcliffe : The Romance of the Forest Mary Charlton: The Wife & the Mistress

Outstanding Women Writers II

Eliza Acton (1799-1859) Poems (1826) Mrs. R. Addison Poetry on Different Subjects (1812) Barrell, Miss P. The Test of Virtue and Other Poems (1811)

19th Century The Golden Age of the Novel

Female writers: Jane Austen and the Bront Sisters

They wrote love stories. They focused mainly on the middle to upper-class. Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice- A story of love, reputation, and class Mrs. Bennet is desperate to see all of her middle-class daughters married to rich husbands. The story follows the sisters Elizabeth and Jane.

Emily and Charlotte Bront

Chalotte: Jane Eyre (Gothic and Romantic) Emily: Wuthering Heights

Women Writers Project OBJECTIVES

Read about selected women writers

Make a small biography Describe their time Select one literary piece Summarise the story and tell about the main characters

Get an insight of romantic female literary work

Make a poster about it

Learn about Romanticism main characteristics.

Women Writers Project Planning and Timing

The main group meets and organises tasks per expert groups. Each expert group gathers and completes its specific tasks. Consensus needed before splitting up the expert group and return to the main one. The main group meets again and, after group consensus, fills the answer sheet that will be assessed and marked by the teacher. Each group has to tell the class about their findings and complete a matching exercise (pair > group > class consensus) In the school hall, our exercises and posters will be exhibited.

Women Writers Project ACTIVITIES

Choose one women writers (Expert Groups 1, 2,3,4)

Make a small biography Describe her time

Select one literary work, summarise the story and tell about the main characters. (Expert Groups 1,2,3, 4)

Select one of her novels Make a poster about it

Do a bilingual list of Romanticism main characteristics. (Expert Group 5) Complete the answer sheet and participate in the class debate.